Bias in AI: Illuminating the Unseen with Dr. Tania Martin-Mercado

04/28/22 • 42 min

On the latest episode of Chilcast: Healthcare Tech Talks, we are delighted to feature an interview with Dr. Tania Martin-Mercado, an expert in clinical research, biotech and public health. She joins Chilmark Senior Analyst Jody Ranck for a discussion on the issue of bias in AI: how it’s harmful to patients individually and our culture as a whole, how to add diversity to data teams in meaningful and authentic ways, and what organizations can do to tackle this issue as more algorithms are deployed for care delivery.

04/28/22 • 42 min

ChilCast: Healthcare Tech Talks - Bias in AI: Illuminating the Unseen with Dr. Tania Martin-Mercado

Transcript

Dr. Tania: [00:00:00] And unfortunately the use of race is still commonplace when designing clinical algorithms — I don't mean Health and Human Services or outreach programs, I mean specific to clinical decision making — race is still a factor, even though it is widely known. This is not new information among scientific and research communities that race is not a biological issue, it is a social issue. So we know this, it seems like in science and research and in health ca

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