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Hugo Aerts
Director of the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine programme, Mass General Brigham
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press citations on 1 topic since 29 Apr 2026 · last quoted 20 Oct 2026
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Hugo Aerts: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Director of the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine programme, Mass General Brigham
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 20 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 29 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Hugo Aerts sits on cancer
Ranked 36= of 100 voices quoted in the press on cancer, level with 27 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Prof Peter JohnsonClinicianNational Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS England23 - 2
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)17 - 3=Dr Claire FullerClinicianNational Medical Director, NHS England15
- 36=Floor Christie-de JongAcademicLead Researcher and Associate Professor in Public Health for Medicine, University of Sunderland3
- 36=Caitlin MurphyAcademiccancer epidemiologist and professor at the University of Chicago3
- 36=Hugo AertsAcademicDirector of the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine programme, Mass General Brigham3
- 36=Anthony ChalmersAcademicProfessor, chairman of clinical oncology at the University of Glasgow3
- 36=Lorenzo SpaggiariAcademicDirector of thoracic surgery at the European Institute of Oncology, Milan3
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05 On the record · press
What Hugo Aerts has said
By outlet · linked articles
- aol.co.uk1
- express.co.uk1
- technologynetworks.com1
Where Hugo Aerts has been quoted
- 01'I joined an AI health study that estimates your age from a selfie'express.co.uk · 20 Oct 2026
- 02New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests - AOLaol.co.uk · 19 Oct 2026
- 03AI Estimates of Biological Age From Face Photos Predicts Cancer Outcomestechnologynetworks.com · 29 Apr 2026
Verbatim
“To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration that an AI model can directly predict cancer survival from a simple photograph.”
“FAHR-FaceSurvival advances the field of facial health recognition AI a step further by learning survival risk directly from facial photographs of patients with cancer.”
“We can use artificial intelligence (AI) to estimate a person's biological age from face pictures, and our study shows that information can be clinically meaningful.”
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