I’m a Senior Healthcare Data Lead at MassHealth Analytics. In 2022, I defended my PhD thesis Evidence-based AI Ethics.
The last few years, I’ve been interested in public interest technology. If there’s an overly burdensome signup form for access to welfare benefits, I want to help simplify it. If there’s a backlog of would-be foster parents that are burning out trying to navigate all of licensing and registration requirements, I want to help them get through the process. The case studies in the book Power to the Public are so inspiring, and I want to do things like that. Making government work better is good both because it directly benefits the people who need a helping hand and also because it restores people’s trust in government to see things working the way they are supposed to!
Something I could be doing better at? Is it too awkward to mention to me in-person? Let me know anonymously!
Willie Boag 