Social determinants of health, data science, and decision-making: Forging a transdisciplinary synthesis

Sandro Galea; Salma M. Abdalla; Jeffrey L. Sturchio

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003174

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Social determinants of health, data science, and decision-making: Forging a transdisciplinary synthesis

Sandro Galea ,

* E-mail: sgalea@bu.edu

Affiliation School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-0945

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Salma M. Abdalla,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-4521

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Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Affiliation Rabin Martin, New York, New York, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-0167

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Social determinants of health, data science, and decision-making: Forging a transdisciplinary synthesis

Sandro Galea,
Salma M. Abdalla,
Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Published: June 11, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003174

About the Authors

Sandro Galea

* E-mail: sgalea@bu.edu

Affiliation School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-0945

Salma M. Abdalla

Affiliation School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5474-4521

Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Affiliation Rabin Martin, New York, New York, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0108-0167

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SG, SMA, and JLS received a grant from Rockefeller Foundation to develop the 3-D Commission.

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