# Can astronomers help doctors?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBoston 2011
- Speaker: Michelle Borkin
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michelle_borkin_can_astronomers_help_doctors)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How do you measure a nebula? With a brain scan. In this talk, TED Fellow Michelle Borkin shows why collaboration between doctors and astronomers can lead to surprising discoveries.

## Lectures

1. [Can astronomers help doctors?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michelle_borkin_can_astronomers_help_doctors/f4023cc81578), 10 min (TED's player)