Ford School professor Shobita Parthasarathy has been appointed to the Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication, a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee that was established in 2016 to advance ethical, evidence-based science communication by supporting collaboration, research, and capacity-building across disciplines and institutions. Parthasarathy was chosen for her scholarship and expertise in the ethics and policy of emerging technologies, including AI, and their intersection with equity and just social outcomes.
“It is a great honor to join the Standing Committee,” said Parthasarathy, professor and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program. “I am particularly excited to provide expertise on how scientists and engineers can develop more equitable and inclusive relationships with the communities they aim to serve, and the kinds of structures and policies that academia and government can adopt to foster more trustworthy science and technology.”
Fellow committee members include public health, data science, and journalism leaders affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute, The COVID States Project, The Open Notebook and Ciencia Puerto Rico. Others represent academic institutions such as Duke University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Cornell University, Indiana University and Harvard Medical School.
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