DPhil student
Colleges
Ben Omega Petrazzini
BSc
DPhil student
Global cardiovascular health and artificial intelligence
Biography
After my BS in Biology at Uruguay’s Universidad de la Republica (UdelaR), I joined The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to study cardiovascular disease (CVD) genetics and prediction using artificial intelligence (AI).
Now, as a DPhil student, I am studying the use of AI for individualized CVD risk estimations. My goal is to develop a tool to accurately predict CVD risk in any country using a simple blood test. Such a tool would enable CVD care outside hospitals with greater benefits for marginalized populations with limited access to healthcare and high CVD burden.
My work is co-supervised by Prof. Rahimi (Oxford), Dr. Rao (Oxford) and Prof. Di Angelntonio (Cambridge), and funded by the Clarendon Fund and Uruguay’s Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion.
Additionally, I serve as the 2024/2025 Graduate Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Reuben College.