Strategic AI Management for Leaders

Carrie Wright, PhD, serves as a Senior Staff Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and holds an affiliated faculty position at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she focuses on making data science and computational biology more accessible to diverse audiences. Her expertise spans multiple domains, teaching courses including "AI for Decision Makers," "AI for Efficient Programming," "Avoiding AI Harm," "Best Practices for Ethical Data Handling," "Data Management and Sharing for NIH Proposals," and "Write Smarter with Overleaf and LaTeX." Her distinguished career includes significant contributions as a former Assistant Scientist in Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins and postdoctoral research at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, where she studied genetic mechanisms in psychiatric disease. As a member of the Open Case Studies team, the Genomic Data Science Community Network, and chair of the ITCR OPEN Group, she demonstrates her commitment to advancing science, medicine, and social justice through accessible data science education. Her innovative work includes co-founding the LIBD rstats club and teaching at various institutions, including the Baltimore Underground Science Space and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.