Session 3-G

Health Equity Science: Principles, Applications and Trust in Healthcare Access, Safety and Privacy

Health equity and access to hi-quality, trusted medical care is a multidimensional concept long recognized as a critical pillar in national economic development and healthcare system performance. The historical roots of the concept go back to the 1800s, and the first documented use of the term “health equality”, to 1966, in an article published in the Penn Law Review. Inevitably, healthcare equity revolves around questions of personal privacy, provider trust, data ownership, and the trusted exchange of sensitive data, especially for disadvantaged populations. In this session, we will draw on the experience of three noted experts in the fields of privacy, data ownership, and the complex relationship between the quality of medical research, and the quality of the data it depends on. Our distinguished speakers include Alastair Thomson, Director of Data Innovation for ARPA-H, Dr. Scott Kahn, CIO Illumina (ret) and Ian Komorowski, Executive Director, VHA Strategic Investment Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The session will be moderated by Dr. James Short, Lead Scientist and Director of SPARK AI, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego.

Speakers

Dr. James Short

Lead Scientist, San Diego SuperComputer Center, UC San Diego

alastair thomson

Director, Data Innovation, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

DR. SCOTT KAHN

LunaDNA CIO and Chief Privacy Officer, Illumina (ret)

IAN KOMOROWSKI

Executive Director, VHA Strategic Investment Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

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