Data Science for Public Health Summit

For four years, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health has held the Data Science for Public Health Summit. At these events, faculty leaders and researchers across Columbia University and beyond come together to discuss how they are using data science in public health research and practice for the benefit of society. This year's Summit focused on data science in climate research, pandemic preparedness, and the role of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT in public health and society.

Additional details and recaps of past events are available in the Summit archive.

• 2025 Data Science for Public Health Summit
  Keynote: "Statistical Opportunities to Improve Healthcare" (Dr. Scott L. Zeger)
• 2024 Data Science for Public Health Summit
  Keynote: "The Bright Future of Applied Statistics" (Dr. Rafael Irizarry)
• 2023 Data Science for Public Health Summit
  Distinguished Lecture: "Algorithmic Bias and Machine Learning in Health Care" (Dr. Sherri Rose)
  Keynote: "Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Statistician’s Reflection" (Dr. Xihong Lin)
• 2020 Data Science for Public Health Summit
  Keynote: "Data Science, Statistics, and Health" (Dr. Robert Tibshirani)