
Listen to the new episode of the Clinical Trial Files podcast, where Karin Avila, Taymeyah Al-Toubah and Thomas Wood of Fast Data Science chat about AI and NLP in pharma, the Clinical Trial Risk Tool, what impact AI can make in clinical trials. This episode commemorates Alan Turing’s 113rd birthday on 23 June 2025.
The group chatted about how a team of data scientists together with clinical professionals can be much greater than the sum of its parts, and what traditional machine learning, statistics, and generative AI can achieve in the clinical research field.
Thomas Wood also discussed the thinking behind Fast Data Science’s flagship product, the Clinical Trial Risk Tool, and why and how this tool came to exist and how it’s helping clinical researchers validate protocols. Karin and Taymeyah told us about the exciting developments in AI that they are seeing in clinical research.
The Clinical Trial Files podcast is organised by Karin Avila, Taymeyah Al-Toubah, and Roberto Torres. You can listen below on Spotify:
You can find the Clinical Trial Files podcast episode on
Dive into the world of Natural Language Processing! Explore cutting-edge NLP roles that match your skills and passions.
Explore NLP Jobs
On 20 May, I attended the Expert Witness Conference in Dublin, Ireland, organised by La Touche Training. It was an eye opening event with a mixture of lawyers and expert witnesses in different fields from Ireland and abroad. The event was chaired by Mr Justice Michael Peart, with a keynote address by the Honourable Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court of Ireland.

Fast Data Science at Ireland’s Expert Witness Conference on 20 May 2026 in Dublin Links to guidance on legal AI issued by legal authorities and other organisations Official guidance UK: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidance for Judicial Office Holders, 31 October 2025. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Artificial-Intelligence-AI-Guidance-for-Judicial-Office-Holders-2.pdf
What we can do for you