---
title: 'Episode 97: Dr Ralf Huss - Immunology and Precision Cancer Medicine'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-97-dr-ralf-huss-immunology-and-precision-cancer-medicine'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2022-01-31'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xu93cf/Dr_Ralf_Huss_-_1_29_22_1028_PM7hud5.mp3'
---

# Episode 97: Dr Ralf Huss - Immunology and Precision Cancer Medicine

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralf Huss What we discuss with Dr Huss: His path to medicine and his initial interest in surgery Studying immunology and transplant biology What it was like to be in these fields as exciting new discoveries were happening...

## Summary

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralf Huss

What we discuss with Dr Huss:

- His path to medicine and his initial interest in surgery

- Studying immunology and transplant biology

- What it was like to be in these fields as exciting new discoveries were happening

- How he started working in the pharmaceutical industry and some of his job duties

- The early days of image analysis in pathology and how that field has evolved

- His role at the Institute for Digital Medicine, and the goals of the institute

- The origin of the book Precision Cancer Medicine: Role of the Pathologist and the intended audience

- How the role of the pathologist has changed in cancer medicine

- The need for standardization in digital and computational pathology

- Tumor heterogeneity and tumor microenvironment, and why these concepts are important

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[Precision Cancer Medicine: Role of the Pathologist](https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Cancer-Medicine_-Role-of-the-Pathologist/dp/3030840867/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WBGKME09Z81Y&keywords=precision+cancer+medicine+role+of+the+pathologist&qid=1643586653&sprefix=precision+cancer%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1)

[Artificial Intelligence Applications in Human Pathology](https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0336)

[Tissue Phenomics](https://www.amazon.com/Tissue-Phenomics-Profiling-Treatment-Decisions-ebook/dp/B08R2FZF1Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2VOWCXX67HV6W&keywords=tissue+phenomics&qid=1643586864&sprefix=tissue+phenomics%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)