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Using Mathematics to Transform Communities
By Tanya Moore, PhDBlackwell-Tapia Conference 2008
Raleigh, North Carolina November 15, 2008
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the
community, and as long as I live it is my privilege
to do for it whatever I can.
~ GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
The Infinite Possibilities Conference
Statistics for Social Change Upcoming apprenticeship program for Building Diversity in Science to begin in
January 2009
Transitional aged-youth (16-24)
Participants learn statistics, logic, reasoning, and evaluation skills and applied knowledge to a research question related to violence in their community
Goal is to better understand conditions leading to violence and peace in South & West Berkeley
Joint program with B-Tech, Berkeley’s continuation high school
Public Health: Improving & Supporting the Health of the Community
Examples of Health Inequities in Berkeley African Americans in Berkeley on
average live 10 to 15 years less than any other racial/ethnic group
If inequities between Whites and African Americans and high and low poverty were eliminated, annually there would be 41% fewer deaths in African Americans and 36% fewer deaths in the poorest neighborhoods
BARHII Data Workgroup
Neighborhood Based Approach to Reducing Health Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease
In Conclusion…
Acknowledgements
Thank you to IPC sponsors & partners, in particular: National Security Agency National Science Foundation American Statistical Association North Carolina State University, SAMSI, Spelman College
Thank you to collaborators for IPC 2005, 2007 in particular Dr. Nagambal Shah Dr. Leona Harris Dr. Kimberley Weems
IPC Pictures Jeff Basladynski and Frederick Moore
City of Berkeley Collaborators: Neil Maizlish, PhD Victoria Breckwich-Vasquez, DrPH