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A Discover BMB symposium: Bias In, Bias Out in Data Science
Allison C. Augustus鈥揥allace
By Allison C. Augustus鈥揥allace
Sept. 22, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a light on the disproportionate burden that certain diseases and conditions — such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome and mental health disorders — have on historically excluded, marginalized communities. It also has drawn attention to the negative impacts of implicit biases and the social construct of race.

The 麻豆传媒色情片 and 麻豆传媒色情片 Biology Maximizing Access Committee’s symposia at in Seattle in March will examine the effects of implicit biases on science at the genomic level, including experimental design and data interpretations, and how they contribute to health disparities. This topic is of particular importance with the emerging use of genetics in the development of artificial intelligence mechanisms.

We must seek remedies and mitigate health disparities. This means asking tough questions, even of ourselves as scientists. We must examine how our implicit biases warp our lens as biomedical researchers. We must revisit our scientific past to understand better our present and, thus, prepare for our future.

Keywords: Genetics, race, implicit bias, data interpretation, health disparities, artificial intelligence.

Theme song: “Free your Mind” by En Vogue is a song that speaks to daily stereotypes, implicit biases and microaggressions that historically excluded, marginalized people face. If only those who make such judgments would free their minds, peace for all of us would follow.

This session is powered by our need, as scientists, to be mindful of our implicit biases — and the potential roles they play in our research questions, experimental designs and data analyses — so that we can mitigate them and thereby health disparities.

Speakers

Implicit bias
Ruma Bannerjee (chair), University of Michigan
Mahzarin Banaji, Harvard University

Race as a human construct: We are only human, not a race
Kayunta Johnson–Winters (chair), University of Texas at Arlington
Amanda Bryant–FriedrichWayne State University
Chris GignouxUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Daniel DawesMorehouse School of Medicine Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Allison C. Augustus–WallaceLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

How selection bias and data interpretation contribute to disparities in health outcomes and artificial intelligence development
Sonia Flores (chair), University of Colorado Denver
Irene Dankwa–MullanIBM Watson Health
Lucio MieleLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Robert MaupinLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Rosalina BrayUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Allison C. Augustus鈥揥allace
Allison C. Augustus鈥揥allace

Allison C. Augustus-Wallace is an associate professor-research and director of Undergraduate Academic Pipeline Programs for Diversity at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, School of Medicine, Office of Diversity and Community Engagement and a member of the ASBMB Maximizing Access Committee.

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