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Last updated July 2026

Known & Cited · Press

In the press

Where Russ and Known & Cited have shown up – on stage, in print, and in the words of people who were there.

Coverage · Feature

In The Guardian.

The Guardian
“I have stage 4 cancer. AI is how I took back control.” A first-person feature by Russ, published 26 June 2026 as part of the Health Awareness campaign.
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Podcast

On the Timewise podcast.

Timewise Podcast
Special Episode 2: how to thrive in part-time work. Russ joins the Timewise “Part-time Works” series to talk about working through cancer treatment, published June 2026.
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Podcast

On The Agentic Patient.

The Agentic Patient
One Tool, One Job: Cancer. Russ on the Faces of Digital Health podcast, on the AI toolset he uses to manage his cancer, published 30 April 2026.
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View from the Room
You must advocate for yourself, and AI can help you do that.
Russ Read-Barrow · The Guardian (Health Awareness) · June 2026
Speaking · HIMSS Europe 2026 · Copenhagen

Patient AI, on the main stage.

Russ Read-Barrow on stage at HIMSS Europe 2026, Copenhagen, speaking on a patient AI panel with a microphone in hand. Behind him a panel slide names co-panellists Sigrid Berge van Rooijen (Health AI Consultant, Eir Health, The Netherlands) and Dr Siobhan McMahon (Director of AI Solutions, Dedalus, Italy).
HIMSS Europe 2026 · Copenhagen · 20 May 2026

Russ spoke on a patient AI panel at HIMSS Europe 2026 in Copenhagen alongside fellow cancer patient advocate Dale Atkinson, after an invitation from Tjasa Zajc. The room – a healthcare technology conference with thousands of attendees – had two patients on stage.

Russ used his time to argue that AI's most useful place in healthcare isn't on the platform side. It's in the hands of patients building tools to survive. He's open-sourced his entire treatment data set to make the point – anyone can use it.

The cancer side of Russ's work runs through FC:AI, a separate project building free AI tools for patients. The HIMSS talk straddled both worlds.

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Coverage

In Provoke.

Provoke
PR AI Update: New tools are changing how PR executes campaigns and measures impact.
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Coverage · Guest piece

In Clearbox Communications.

Clearbox Communications
GEO in plain English, and why PR people just got even more useful. A guest piece by Russ, published 29 June 2026.
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What people are saying

Reactions to the talk.

I spent my days at HIMSS Europe in Copenhagen in big conference rooms. Keynotes, panels, stage talks. Tech people talking about AI adoption curves, ROI frameworks, platform integrations. 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 · Read the full post →

This is where AI can be used for good. His story and example is the power of AI to do good for patients – and the most powerful is when regular people build, not to make money, but in an effort to make a difference.

Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL. Nurse. Innovator. Author. Speaker. · LinkedIn →
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