F. DuBois Bowman, PhD - Data Science and Academic Leadership


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May 08 2022 45 mins   1

What's it really like to be a dean? How do academic administrators use data collection and analysis to guide decisions?


A renowned expert in the statistical analysis of brain imaging data, F. DuBois Bowman, PhD, is dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, one of the nation’s top public health programs. Dr. Bowman’s work mines massive data sets and has important implications for mental and neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, schizophrenia, and substance addiction. His research has helped reveal brain patterns that reflect disruption from psychiatric diseases, detect biomarkers for neurological diseases, and determine more individualized therapeutic treatments.


Our Data Science Zoominars feature interactive conversation with data science experts and a Q+A session moderated by Rafael A. Irizarry, PhD, Chair, Department of Data Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.