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In the press

Where I've written, spoken and been interviewed. Some of it is about GEO and PR. Some of it is about using AI to live with cancer.

Last updated October 2026

On GEO and PR

Clearbox Communications · Guest piece · 29 June 2026

GEO in plain English, and why PR people just got even more useful

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Provoke Media · Coverage

PR AI Update: new tools are changing how PR executes campaigns and measures impact

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On work, AI and cancer

Health Awareness, with The Guardian · 26 June 2026

"I have stage 4 cancer. AI is how I took back control."

A first-person feature in the Health Awareness campaign distributed with The Guardian.

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Timewise podcast · June 2026

How to thrive in part-time work

On the "Part-time Works" series, talking about working through cancer treatment.

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The Agentic Patient · 30 April 2026

One tool, one job: cancer

On the Faces of Digital Health podcast, about the AI tools I use to manage my treatment.

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Russ Read-Barrow speaking on a patient AI panel at HIMSS Europe 2026 in Copenhagen

Speaking · HIMSS Europe 2026 · Copenhagen · 20 May 2026

Patient AI, on the main stage

I spoke on a patient AI panel at HIMSS Europe with fellow cancer patient advocate Dale Atkinson, at the invitation of Tjasa Zajc. My argument: AI's most useful place in healthcare isn't on the platform side, it's in the hands of patients building tools to get through treatment. I've open-sourced my own treatment data to make the point. That work runs through FC:AI.

What people said

"Then Russ spoke for a few minutes and I forgot all of it. He doesn't need our frameworks. He needed to not die faster, and so he built something."

Jan Beger, GE HealthCare, on HIMSS Europe 2026

"This is where AI can be used for good."

Rebecca Love RN, nurse, innovator and author

Speaking, podcasts or interviews

I'm happy to talk about AI search for PR people, or about patients using AI. Email [email protected].

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