Very Brief Blog: Using AI to FInd Someone's Name

 We live at a time where some people use AI like second nature and some nearly never.

Here's a real life example.  For a moment today I was blocking on the name of Jennifer Leib, a well-known health policy consultant in DC.  Here's my prompt and here's the result.

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PROMPT

There is a woman in washington dc whose training is as a genetic counselor and she runs a small but high quality health policy consulting group. it has a sort of generic name (like "policy innovations"). ???

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RESULT [chat gpt]

I think you’re looking for Jennifer Leib, ScM, CGC, founder of Innovation Policy Solutions — very close to your “policy innovations” memory.

Why this fits:

Innovation Policy Solutions is a government affairs / health policy consulting firm focused on genomics, precision medicine, diagnostics, therapeutics, digital health, regulatory and reimbursement issues. Jennifer Leib is listed as founder, and her bio says she began as a board-certified genetic counselor, did the NHGRI/ASHG Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship, worked with Francis Collins at NHGRI, served on Sen. Ted Kennedy’s HELP Committee staff, and later directed the Washington, DC office of Affymetrix. (Innovation Policy Solutions)

Her bio also says she has a master’s degree in genetic counseling from Johns Hopkins and previously co-founded HealthFutures, later acquired by CRD Associates. (Innovation Policy Solutions)

A separate MDA article describes her as “a genetic counselor and founder of Innovation Policy Solutions, a government affairs consulting firm specializing in genomics and precision medicine.” (Quest | Muscular Dystrophy Association)

So the name you were reaching for is probably:

Jennifer Leib — Innovation Policy Solutions
Website: search for iPolicySolutions Jennifer Leib.