Sarah Urbut, MD, PhD, is featured in a 54-minute discussion with Eric Topol focused on how researchers can understand and anticipate the course of a person’s health over time. The program examines the ideas behind her work on individual health journeys.

Urbut is a physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Research Institute. Her research has drawn attention through a landmark paper published by her team in the journal Nature.

The conversation presents that Nature study in the context of “health arcs,” exploring how patient experiences may be analyzed as connected journeys rather than isolated medical events. It offers an overview of the research and its significance in the wider effort to better predict health outcomes.