Medical School Establishes Center for Computational and Social Sciences in Health - News Center
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"Utilizing large and complex datasets or advanced modeling approaches to understand the health of populations requires transdisciplinary collaboration that unites social scientists and health researchers... This kind of collaboration does not come easily, however. It requires time in the same spaces, it requires the building of trust, the development of shared language..." - Michelle Birkett, PhD.
"Our mission at COMPASS is to leverage innovative data collection and analytic techniques and to foster an environment where interdisciplinary partnerships can thrive for the advancement of population health research." - Patrick Janulis, PhD.
"COMPASS will serve as a hub for promoting connections that will increase the capacity of cutting-edge research that uses social and behavioral science... to understand and enable the health of populations." - Announcement on the establishment of COMPASS.
"We believe that by training the next generation of population health scholars, we can sustain and enhance our efforts to address health disparities at a systemic level." - Michelle Birkett.
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