Dr. Kadija Ferryman is a cultural anthropologist who studies the social, ethical, and cultural dimensions of health information technology. She is Industry Assistant Professor of Ethics and Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and will be developing a core ethics and technology course as well as expanding the engineering ethics curriculum. Ferryman serves on the national institutional review board for the All of Us Research Program, and was formerly a policy researcher at the Urban Institute, and a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Data & Society Research Institute. She received her anthropology degrees from Yale University (BA) and the New School for Social Research (PhD).
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The Cancer LetterAs AI becomes integrated into different facets of our lives, Data & Society Researcher Kadija Ferryman joins Robert A. Winn in considering what this means for the field of health. "How can we bring together the excitement ... Read on The Cancer LetterNovember 2018 -
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PointsIncreasingly, technology's impact on infrastructure is becoming a health concern. In this Points piece, Data & Society Researchers Mikaela Pitcan, Alex Rosenblat, Mary Madden, and Kadija Ferryman tease out why this intersec... Read on PointsSeptember 2018 -
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PointsAfter the Cambridge Analytica scandal, can internet data be used ethically for research? Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Kadija Ferryman and Elaine O. Nsoesie, PhD from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation re... Read on PointsApril 2018 -
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Data & SocietyFairness in Precision Medicine is the first report to deeply examine the potential for biased and discriminatory outcomes in the emerging field of precision medicine; "the effort to collect, integrate and analyze multiple sources of data in order to develop individualized insights about health and disease." Read moreFebruary 2018 -
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Data & SocietyThe Precision Medicine National Actor Map is the first visualization of the three major national precision medicine projects--All of Us Research Program, My Research Legacy, Project Baseline--and the network of institutions connected to them as grantees and sub-grantees. The map was developed for the Fairness in Precision Medicine initiative at Data & Society. Read moreFebruary 2018 -
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Data & SocietyWhat is Precision Medicine? is a general audience white paper by Dr. Kadija Ferryman and Mikaela Pitcan that introduces and outlines the emerging field of precision medicine; the effort to collect, integrate and analyze multiple sources of data in order to develop individualized insights about health and disease. Read moreFebruary 2018 -
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PointsAs data becomes more prevalent in the health world, Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Kadija Ferryman urges us to consider how we will regulate its collection and usage. "As precision medicine rushes on in the US, how ... Read on PointsFebruary 2018