Panel: Navigating the Ethical Landscape of “Big Data” as Black Women Scientists
Wed, Jan 20
|Zoom
Illuminating the experience of Black women biological/public health data scientists as architects of data narratives that impact our communities.


Time & Location
Jan 20, 2021, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
Zoom
About the Event
A community discussion focused on empowering Black womxn in or near largescale data sciences to move through their field with more knowledge and competence on the ethical impacts of handling “big data”, data justice, and bias from the particular perspective of a Black womxn in and outside of academia.
Panelists: Asia Mitchell, Ph.D., Janina Jeff, Ph.D., Danielle Purifoy, Ph.D.
Asia Mitchell
Asia Mitchell works in clinical data analytics in Medical Affairs at Invitae, a team that supports clinical studies and informs scientific, government, and commercial communities on results from clinical genetic testing. Communicating accurate and accessible information to empower individuals and inform communities on healthcare decisions drives much of Asia's past and present work.
At Invitae, Asia leads analytics for a portfolio of reproductive health products including carrier, prenatal, and preimplantation genetic screening assays. Her past work includes, establishing data warehousing and collection for a state-wide genetic cancer screening program,…
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