Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78794, first published .
The Role of Data in Public Health and Health Innovation: Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health, Community-Based Data Approaches, and AI

The Role of Data in Public Health and Health Innovation: Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health, Community-Based Data Approaches, and AI

The Role of Data in Public Health and Health Innovation: Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health, Community-Based Data Approaches, and AI

Kaakpema Yelpaala   1 , MPH ;   Michael Christopher Gibbons   2 , MD, MPH ;   Ines Maria Vigil   3 , MD, MPH, MBA ;   Jennifer Leaño   4 , BA ;   Terika McCall   5 , MPH, MBA, PhD ;   Ijeoma Opara   6 , MPH, LMSW, PhD ;   Anne Zink   1 , MD ;   Marcella Nunez-Smith   7 , MD, MHS ;   Bhramar Mukherjee   5 , PhD ;   Megan Ranney   1 , MD, MPH

1 Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States

2 The Greystone Group, Greenbelt, MD, United States

3 Healthcare Management and Administration, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

4 Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States

5 Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States

6 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, United States

7 Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Megan Ranney, MD, MPH
  • Department of Health Policy and Management
  • Yale School of Public Health
  • 60 College Street
  • New Haven, CT 06510
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 2037852867
  • Email: megan.ranney@yale.edu