Valerie Miké, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Biostatistics, has been studying ethical and value issues pertaining to uncertainty in biomedical science and technology, with emphasis on the role of statistical evidence in technology diffusion, medical decision-making, and the development of healthcare policy. She introduced the notion of an “ethics of evidence,” a multidisciplinary approach addressed to all of society. Her ideas have become formalized in the Ethics of Evidence Foundation, Inc., approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. Its mission is to carry on Dr. Miké’s work and that of some other scholars in related fields. Dr. Miké is now engaged in preparing a series of manuscripts for publication by the new Foundation.
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