Dates: 16 – 22 November 2024Location: Ravenala Attitude Hotel, MauritiusOrganizer: DS-I Africa Consortium (NIH-supported health data science initiative) Overview The 4th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting convened researchers, data scientists, early-career scientists, and stakeholders from across Africa to advance collaboration and capacity building in data science for health. The meeting combined pre-meeting activities (Data Bootcamp and…
Dr. Sally Adebamowo has been appointed interim co-leader of the Population Sciences Program at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC). This appointment, confirmed by the Executive Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), places her at the forefront of UMGCCC’s efforts to understand cancer’s causes, improve…
We are pleased to announce the publication of our collaborative article, Ethical Oversight of Data Science Health Research in Africa, in the New England Journal of Medicine’s AI journal (NEJM AI). The paper was accepted on March 27, 2024 and published in the May 2024 issue of NEJM AI. In this perspective piece, we examine…