Prof. Francesca Dominici

Join us for the Data Sciences Speaker Series with Prof. Francesca Dominici, Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

This talk is co-sponsored by the Data Sciences Institute and the Ontario Regional Centre of the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI Ontario) , University of Toronto.

• Date: March 17, 2025 
• Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm 
• Format: In-person 
• Location: Department of Statistical Sciences, 10th-floor Seminar Room, 700 University Avenue, Toronto

Talk Title: TBC

Biography: 

Dr. Dominici’s research has focused on machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, causal inference, and data science to impact climate and environmental policy.   Her air pollution studies have directly and routinely impacted air quality policy, leading to more stringent ambient air quality standards in the U.S. Her work has been covered by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC, the Guardian, CNN, and NPR.

Among her most recent awards, she was recognized as the Mosteller Statistician of the Year by the Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association in 2022. The award is given to a distinguished statistician who has made exceptional contributions to the field of statistics and outstanding service to the statistical community.