The next QSIDE colloquium (https://qsideinstitute.org/events/qside-colloquium/) is Thursday February 24, at 2pm Mountain (=4pm Eastern). The virtual talk will consist of around 40 minutes of presentation by the speaker and 20 minutes of Q+A from both panel and general participants. After the talk, there will be a 30 minute tea time conversation you are welcome to stay for!

Speaker: Taj Mustapha

Title: A Road to Inequity Paved with Good Intentions: Data Science and Health Care Delivery in the US

Abstract: Researchers have uncovered racial disparities in infant and maternal mortality, survival after myocardial infarction, pain control for long bone fractures, vaccine administration, cancer screening, minimally-invasive versus radical surgical procedures, and more. However, those inequities remain. In fact, many times institutional efforts to address racial and other disparities have resulted in increased disparities. In order to understand why, it is important to understand the barriers to equity fundamental to the foundation of modern medicine and healthcare delivery in the US. This talk seeks to expose some of those foundational and systemic barriers, and to generate discussion about the role of data science in overcoming these barriers in the future.

Zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84451747892?pwd=Wm5qK2ZFNUpiOUhUZXc0Y3k2Ti9mUT09