Dean’s Distinguished Women in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Lecture Series • The Data Struggle of the Unseen
Please note: This distinguished lecture will take place in DC 1302.
Bhramar Mukherjee
John D. Kalbfleisch Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics
University of Michigan
Despite several proposed roadmaps to increase diversity in scientific research, most of the world’s research data are collected on people of European ancestry. We rely on summary statistics from historically privileged populations and then devise clever statistical methods to transfer/transport them for cross-ancestry use.