Data science for improving health.
The Center for Health Data Science leverages data in combination with knowledge across disciplines and places, with the ultimate goal of addressing quality of life and other public health priorities.
About
The Center for Health Data Science (CHDS) is a hub and conduit for transdisciplinary research with an international outlook.
Uniquely, CHDS enhances interdisciplinary public health research, teaching and practice through leveraging and developing data science methods in conjunction with public health knowledge, frameworks, and action as well as with other disciplines such as computer science, urban planning, and sociology.
CHDS values and promotes pluralistic knowledge discovery and action, such as through cross-border student and faculty exchanges based on long-term relationships, and by working directly with practitioners on the ground to help address community needs.
Our Activities
Promoting cross-border knowledge transfer through student and faculty exchanges
based on long-term partnerships.
Enhancing interdisciplinary public health research, teaching and impact by
our novel data science methods.
Working with communities and practitioners on the ground in vulnerable areas of the globe to collectively address community needs.
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