Premature Baby Nutrition & Neonatal AI: Isabel Hoffmann on Personalizing NICU Care
Premature baby nutrition in most NICUs is standardized -- same fortification dose for every infant, regardless of gestational age, weight, or clinical profile. Isabel Hoffmann, CEO of TellSpec and Preemie Health, built a 30-second sensor that analyzes human milk and generates a personalized fortification prescription matched to each premature baby's clinical data. In this episode of Stories in Life Sciences, we cover: Personalized neonatal nutrition: why standardized fortification over- or under-doses preterm infants Human milk analysis: how near-infrared spectroscopy reads fat, protein, and fatty acids in 30 seconds Federated learning in healthcare: training NICU AI models without sharing patient data across hospitals AI model certification for medical devices: how the FDA freeze-and-resubmit process works The human milk research gap: what funding priorities reveal about healthcare inequities Founder journey: from children's educational software and Apple bundling deals to neonatal AI Who this episode is for: Founders and researchers in medtech, neonatal care, digital health, AI in healthcare, and life sciences commercialization. Guest: Isabel Hoffmann, CEO - TellSpec & Preemie Health https://tellspec.com https://www.preemiesensor.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelhoffmann Host: Christopher Wilson, Founder - MedAxis AI https://www.medaxisai.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-wilson-medaxisai Follow Stories in Life Sciences on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube for new episodes.