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Lies, Damned Lies and Official Statistics

WEBOn June 24, the Health and Human Rights Journal published “Lies, Damned Lies, and ‘Official’ Statistics,” an essay authored by HRDAG statistician Maria Gargiulo …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Megan Price, PhD

WEBAs the Executive Director of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, Megan Price drives the organization’s overarching strategy, leads scientific projects, and presents HRDAG’s …

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New Research on Civilian Deaths and Disappearances in El Salvador

WEBToday, the journal Demographic Research has published HRDAG research regarding the civil war in El Salvador. The article, titled, “Civilian killings and …

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HRDAG’s Year in Review: 2021

WEBWhen I reflect on what this past year has meant for HRDAG, two things leap to mind: service and partnership. We’ve spent an uncountable number of hours working …

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Reflections on Data Science for Real-World Problems

WEBTrina Reynolds-Tyler was HRDAG’s 2019 Human Rights Intern. I was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, and I have always known I wanted to support …

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A Model to Estimate SARS-CoV-2-Positive Americans

WEBFor several reasons, testing for Covid-19 in the United States is deeply inadequate, which means that the true number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Audrey Chapman

WEBDr. Chapman began her professional career as a faculty member in the Political Science Department at Barnard College. She then spent several years teaching and conducting …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Paul Wesson

WEBPaul Wesson. Advisory Board 2022 - present. Paul Wesson is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), …

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Reflections: Some Stories Shape You

WEBThe first time I met anyone at HRDAG, I was a journalist. It was 2006. I was working on a story about a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon who’d collaborated with …

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FAQs on Predictive Policing and Bias

WEBLast month Significance magazine published an article on the topic of predictive policing and police bias, which I co-authored with William Isaac.Since then, …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Kim Keller

WEBKim Keller. Emeritus Advisor | Advisory Board, 2014-2015. Kim has been the executive director of the David and Anita Keller Foundation since 2011. With a background in …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Christine Grillo

WEBAs the communications hub at HRDAG since 2013, Christine manages editorial content for the organization. In addition to her work at HRDAG, Christine is a science writer, …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Rachel Weintraub

WEBRachel Weintraub began working as Strategic Development Consultant to HRDAG in 2018 in order to assist the organization in structuring and strengthening its major donor …

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Learning a Modular, Auditable and Reproducible Workflow

WEBWhen I first learned about Dr. Patrick Ball’s work contributing statistical evidence to the conviction of Slobodan Milosevic, I had been taking statistics courses in …

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Predictive Policing Reinforces Police Bias

WEBOctober 10, 2016. , , , Issues surrounding policing in the United States are at the forefront of our national attention. Among these is the use of “predictive policing,” which is the …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Vernard Martin

WEBVernard joined HRDAG in 2022 as a systems administrator. He has 25+ years of experience working with large-scale host installations, clusters, and high-performance …

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HRDAG – Human Rights Data Analysis Group Sri Lanka

WEBHRDAG has provided technical assistance to a broad range of non-governmental human rights organizations in Sri Lanka since 2000. Our assistance has included database …

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