Denis Newman-Griffis
Member since 2023
I am excited to work in the UK Young Academy to make science more inclusive for all and to improve public communication around artificial intelligence.
Bio
Denis Newman-Griffis (they/them) is a transdisciplinary data scientist working at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), disability, and responsible design. Their research integrates perspectives from AI and machine learning, critical data studies, and health informatics to understand how AI systems can be ethically designed and managed to improve health equity of all populations.
Denis has developed some of the first natural language processing methods for analysing information about the lived experience of disability, and is pioneering methods for critical analysis of AI design. They are developing shared practices for responsible AI and growing international community around disability informatics.
Denis is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and AI for Health Lead in the Centre for Machine Intelligence at the University of Sheffield. They hold a PhD from the Ohio State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. They received the AMIA Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2021.
