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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

2 In this way and many others, AI could facilitate exponentially faster, and more significant, medical advances. 9 In addition, those who are diagnosed often experience more severe and disabling symptoms than those experienced by other races and ethnicities. 3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. 10 Only 35.1

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How does grantmaker CEO compensation compare with grantmaking? 

Candid

Family foundations are typically funded by a single family, whose members also play a role in governance and management. Breaking down compensation-to-grantmaking ratios by the CEOs’ race/ethnicity, the median for white and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) CEOs is the same: about 5¢ to $1 of grantmaking.

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Taking Payout Strategy a Step Further

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The HIV virus was spreading rapidly, and there was not yet a feasible medical intervention to contain the pandemic. That research proved essential to the extraordinary medical progress we have seen in the fight against AIDS. A few issue areas call for saving for the future, not racing against it. Consider an ethnic conflict.

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From HeLa Cells to Digital Health: Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of Modern Clinical Research

NonProfit Quarterly

What follows is a regrettable event in medical research related to this topic. 27 Various approaches, including data stewardship, 28 data governance/accountability, 29 consent management, 30 data trusts, 31 and regulatory oversight 32 are being utilized to achieve these goals.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

In Nigeria, where health inequities are deeply rooted in systemic issues such as poverty, 1 gender inequality, 2 and inadequate governance (poor administration/planning), 3 the introduction of new technologies can sometimes deepen these disparities rather than alleviate them. In Nigeria, the doctor-to-patient ratio remains a critical concern.

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Harnessing the Power of AI for Positive Impact: A Conversation with Juan Lavista Ferres

NonProfit Quarterly

On the other hand, AI has tremendous potential to help scientists, medical professionals, and researchers solve previously intractable problems and make good on technologists’ claims that AI will transform the world for the better. You can observe income and you can observe demographic characteristics like race.

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Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice by Shawn Ginwright

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers have found that the duration, quality, and frequency of rest in general and sleep in particular are shaped by income level, housing conditions, employment status, type of work, and race. Rest and race are intertwined, and it all boils down to who has the right to rest and under what conditions rest and leisure should be granted.