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Conditional Generative Models for Synthetic Tabular Data: Applications for Precision Medicine and Diverse Representations
Kara Liu, Russ Altman
Deep DiveJan 14, 2025
Research
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Tabular medical datasets, like electronic health records (EHRs), biobanks, and structured clinical trial data, are rich sources of information with the potential to advance precision medicine and optimize patient care. However, real-world medical datasets have limited patient diversity and cannot simulate hypothetical outcomes, both of which are necessary for equitable and effective medical research. Fueled by recent advancements in machine learning, generative models offer a promising solution to these data limitations by generating enhanced synthetic data. This review highlights the potential of conditional generative models (CGMs) to create patient-specific synthetic data for a variety of precision medicine applications. We survey CGM approaches that tackle two medical applications: correcting for data representation biases and simulating digital health twins. We additionally explore how the surveyed methods handle modeling tabular medical data and briefly discuss evaluation criteria. Finally, we summarize the technical, medical, and ethical challenges that must be addressed before CGMs can be effectively and safely deployed in the medical field.

Conditional Generative Models for Synthetic Tabular Data: Applications for Precision Medicine and Diverse Representations

Kara Liu, Russ Altman
Deep DiveJan 14, 2025

Tabular medical datasets, like electronic health records (EHRs), biobanks, and structured clinical trial data, are rich sources of information with the potential to advance precision medicine and optimize patient care. However, real-world medical datasets have limited patient diversity and cannot simulate hypothetical outcomes, both of which are necessary for equitable and effective medical research. Fueled by recent advancements in machine learning, generative models offer a promising solution to these data limitations by generating enhanced synthetic data. This review highlights the potential of conditional generative models (CGMs) to create patient-specific synthetic data for a variety of precision medicine applications. We survey CGM approaches that tackle two medical applications: correcting for data representation biases and simulating digital health twins. We additionally explore how the surveyed methods handle modeling tabular medical data and briefly discuss evaluation criteria. Finally, we summarize the technical, medical, and ethical challenges that must be addressed before CGMs can be effectively and safely deployed in the medical field.

Healthcare
Regulation, Policy, Governance
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Research
Michelle M. Mello's Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee
Michelle Mello
Quick ReadSep 02, 2025
Testimony

In this testimony presented to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Examining Opportunities to Advance American Health Care through the Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies,” Michelle M. Mello calls for policy changes that will promote effective integration of AI tools into healthcare by strengthening trust.

Michelle M. Mello's Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee

Michelle Mello
Quick ReadSep 02, 2025

In this testimony presented to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Examining Opportunities to Advance American Health Care through the Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies,” Michelle M. Mello calls for policy changes that will promote effective integration of AI tools into healthcare by strengthening trust.

Healthcare
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Testimony
Musk's Grok AI Faces More Scrutiny After Generating Sexual Deepfake Images
PBS NewsHour
Jan 16, 2026
Media Mention

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Musk's Grok AI Faces More Scrutiny After Generating Sexual Deepfake Images

PBS NewsHour
Jan 16, 2026

Elon Musk was forced to put restrictions on X and its AI chatbot, Grok, after its image generator sparked outrage around the world. Grok created non-consensual sexualized images, prompting some countries to ban the bot. Liz Landers discussed Grok's troubles with Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Privacy, Safety, Security
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Media Mention
Response to the Department of Education’s Request for Information on AI in Education
Victor R. Lee, Vanessa Parli, Isabelle Hau, Patrick Hynes, Daniel Zhang
Quick ReadAug 20, 2025
Response to Request

Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI on advancing AI in education, urging policymakers to anchor their approach in proven research.

Response to the Department of Education’s Request for Information on AI in Education

Victor R. Lee, Vanessa Parli, Isabelle Hau, Patrick Hynes, Daniel Zhang
Quick ReadAug 20, 2025

Stanford scholars respond to a federal RFI on advancing AI in education, urging policymakers to anchor their approach in proven research.

Education, Skills
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Response to Request
Translating Centralized AI Principles Into Localized Practice
Dylan Walsh
Jan 13, 2026
News
Pedestrians walk by a Louis Vuitton store

Scholars develop a framework in collaboration with luxury goods multinational LVMH that lays out how large companies can flexibly deploy principles on the responsible use of AI across business units worldwide.

Translating Centralized AI Principles Into Localized Practice

Dylan Walsh
Jan 13, 2026

Scholars develop a framework in collaboration with luxury goods multinational LVMH that lays out how large companies can flexibly deploy principles on the responsible use of AI across business units worldwide.

Ethics, Equity, Inclusion
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Pedestrians walk by a Louis Vuitton store
News
Labeling AI-Generated Content May Not Change Its Persuasiveness
Isabel Gallegos, Dr. Chen Shani, Weiyan Shi, Federico Bianchi, Izzy Benjamin Gainsburg, Dan Jurafsky, Robb Willer
Quick ReadJul 30, 2025
Policy Brief

This brief evaluates the impact of authorship labels on the persuasiveness of AI-written policy messages.

Labeling AI-Generated Content May Not Change Its Persuasiveness

Isabel Gallegos, Dr. Chen Shani, Weiyan Shi, Federico Bianchi, Izzy Benjamin Gainsburg, Dan Jurafsky, Robb Willer
Quick ReadJul 30, 2025

This brief evaluates the impact of authorship labels on the persuasiveness of AI-written policy messages.

Generative AI
Regulation, Policy, Governance
Policy Brief
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