Using Mathematics to Transform Communities

By Tanya Moore, PhDBlackwell-Tapia Conference 2008

Raleigh, North Carolina November 15, 2008

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the

community, and as long as I live it is my privilege

to do for it whatever I can.

~ GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

The Infinite Possibilities Conference

Statistics for Social Change Upcoming apprenticeship program for Building Diversity in Science to begin in

January 2009

Transitional aged-youth (16-24)

Participants learn statistics, logic, reasoning, and evaluation skills and applied knowledge to a research question related to violence in their community

Goal is to better understand conditions leading to violence and peace in South & West Berkeley

Joint program with B-Tech, Berkeley’s continuation high school

Public Health: Improving & Supporting the Health of the Community

Examples of Health Inequities in Berkeley African Americans in Berkeley on

average live 10 to 15 years less than any other racial/ethnic group

If inequities between Whites and African Americans and high and low poverty were eliminated, annually there would be 41% fewer deaths in African Americans and 36% fewer deaths in the poorest neighborhoods

BARHII Data Workgroup

Neighborhood Based Approach to Reducing Health Inequities in Cardiovascular Disease

In Conclusion…

Acknowledgements

Thank you to IPC sponsors & partners, in particular: National Security Agency National Science Foundation American Statistical Association North Carolina State University, SAMSI, Spelman College

Thank you to collaborators for IPC 2005, 2007 in particular Dr. Nagambal Shah Dr. Leona Harris Dr. Kimberley Weems

IPC Pictures Jeff Basladynski and Frederick Moore

City of Berkeley Collaborators: Neil Maizlish, PhD Victoria Breckwich-Vasquez, DrPH