Published September 20, 2022 | Version v1
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The Bioinfo4Women Research Working Group on Sex and Gender Bias in Healthcare and AI

Creators

  • 1. Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Description

A brief graphical description of the work carried out within the Research Working Group within the Bioinfo4Women initiative at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

Notes

Historically, scientific research has been led by and focused on males, and in the case of research with human beings, these were traditionally white men. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in precision medicine has proven that these practices were discriminating for minorities, and more specifically for women. Sex and gender biases are found at all stages of the AI lifecylce, from design to data acquisition, deployment and use. To move towards a fair development of new technologies, it is essential to include sex and gender diversity both at workplace and in research practices. In this context, the Bioinfo4Women (B4W) program of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center works in three axes: (i) promote the participation of women scientists by improving their visibility, (ii) foster international collaborations between institutions and programs and (iii) advance research on sex and gender bias in AI and health. This poster introduces the objectives of the B4W research working group and the first two actions taken in 2021: (i) Raise awareness about sex and gender differences in healthcare and biases in biomedical research and AI through a series of conferences and open debate between scientific community and society; (ii) Build best practices for biomedical dataset creation and use as a result of a qualitative and quantitative analysis done at the Elixir BioHackathon 2021. These initial steps are fundamental to guarantee the scientific quality of the results and impact in society and to develop a science of excellence.

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