Tackling bias in AI health datasets through the STANDING Together initiative

Shaswath Ganapathi¹, Jo Palmer², Joseph E Alderman^{2

3}, Melanie Calvert^{4

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6

7

8}, Cyrus Espinoza⁹, Jacqui Gath^{9

10}, Marzyeh Ghassemi¹¹, Katherine Heller¹², Francis Mckay¹³, Alan Karthikesalingam¹⁴, Stephanie Kuku^{15

16}, Maxine Mackintosh¹⁷, Sinduja Manohar¹⁸, Bilal A Mateen^{19

20}, Rubeta Matin²¹, Melissa McCradden^{22

23}, Lauren Oakden-Rayner²⁴, Johan Ordish²⁵, Russell Pearson²⁵, Stephen R Pfohl¹², Negar Rostamzadeh²⁶, Elizabeth Sapey^{2

3}, Neil Sebire^{18

27}, Viknesh Sounderajah^{28

29}, Charlotte Summers^{30

31}, Darren Treanor^{32

33

34

35}, Alastair K Denniston^{2

3

4

6

18}, Xiaoxuan Liu^{36

37

38}

Affiliations

¹ College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
³ Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Centre for Patient Reported Outcome Research, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁷ NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ NIHR Applied Research Collaborative West Midlands University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁹ Patient Partner, Birmingham, UK.
¹⁰ Patient Partner, Sheffield, UK.
¹¹ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹² Google Research, Mountain View, California, USA.
¹³ The Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁴ Google Research, London, UK.
¹⁵ Institute of Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Hardian Health, London, UK.
¹⁷ Genomics England, London, UK.
¹⁸ Health Data Research, London, UK.
¹⁹ Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.
²⁰ The Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
²¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
²² Department of Bioethics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²⁴ Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
²⁵ Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, London, UK.
²⁶ Google Research, Montreal, Canada.
²⁷ Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
²⁸ Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK.
²⁹ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³⁰ Wolfson Lung Injury Unit, Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambrdige, UK.
³¹ Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
³² Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
³³ University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³⁴ Department of Clinical Pathology, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³⁵ Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³⁶ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. x.liu.8@bham.ac.uk.
³⁷ Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. x.liu.8@bham.ac.uk.
³⁸ Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. x.liu.8@bham.ac.uk.

PMID: 36163296
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01987-w

Tackling bias in AI health datasets through the STANDING Together initiative

Shaswath Ganapathi et al. Nat Med. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;28(11):2232-2233.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01987-w.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
² University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
³ Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Centre for Patient Reported Outcome Research, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁷ NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ NIHR Applied Research Collaborative West Midlands University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁹ Patient Partner, Birmingham, UK.
¹⁰ Patient Partner, Sheffield, UK.
¹¹ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹² Google Research, Mountain View, California, USA.
¹³ The Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁴ Google Research, London, UK.
¹⁵ Institute of Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Hardian Health, London, UK.
¹⁷ Genomics England, London, UK.
¹⁸ Health Data Research, London, UK.
¹⁹ Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.
²⁰ The Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
²¹ Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
²² Department of Bioethics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
²⁴ Australian Institute for Machine Learning, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
²⁵ Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, London, UK.
²⁶ Google Research, Montreal, Canada.
²⁷ Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
²⁸ Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, UK.
²⁹ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
³⁰ Wolfson Lung Injury Unit, Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambrdige, UK.
³¹ Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
³² Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
³³ University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³⁴ Department of Clinical Pathology, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³⁵ Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
³⁶ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. x.liu.8@bham.ac.uk.
³⁷ Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. x.liu.8@bham.ac.uk.
³⁸ Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. x.liu.8@bham.ac.uk.

PMID: 36163296
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01987-w

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