England, GBR
Dr. Paul Festor is a healthcare AI researcher and founding engineer at STRIVE Health, where he develops precision-dosing technologies grounded in his doctoral work. He completed his PhD in Computing at Imperial College London, specializing in reinforcement learning, clinician–AI interaction, and safety evaluation of clinical decision support systems. His research has led to novel methodologies for assessing the safety of AI tools in intensive care and has been deployed in real hospital environments.
Dr. Festor has authored more than ten peer-reviewed publications, including work in NPJ Digital Medicine and the ICML workshop series, focusing on clinician behavior, AI explainability, and safe cooperation between humans and machine-learning systems. Before STRIVE Health, he worked across academia and industry in machine learning, human-computer interaction, and applied mathematics, and has contributed to open source software.
He is passionate about translating rigorous AI research into practical tools that improve patient outcomes at scale.
Personalizing Blood Pressure Targets in Sepsis: External Validation of the STRIVE-MAP AI System
Sunday, March 22, 2026
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM Central Time
Disclosure(s): STRIVE HEALTH LIMITED: Employee (any industry) (Ongoing), Other Financial or Material Support (Ongoing), Salary (Ongoing)
First Evaluation of a Real-Time Reinforcement Learning Decision Support System for Sepsis in the ICU
Sunday, March 22, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Central Time
Disclosure(s): STRIVE HEALTH LIMITED: Employee (any industry) (Ongoing), Other Financial or Material Support (Ongoing), Salary (Ongoing)
