Fall/Winter 2023
AI has dominated recent popular press, but this issue’s special section digs deeper into the technology’s potential to shape public health—for better or worse. Our experts share cautionary notes, particularly about AI’s “baked-in bias,” but also excitement about AI-fueled work that is helping to decipher cellular communication, alert people to emerging health conditions, assess environmental risks, and more. Also in this issue: How Indigenous peoples are reclaiming the health of children and families, how psychological autopsies can inform suicide prevention strategies, autism’s “outside influences,” and the resilience and healing power of transgender communities in the face of threats to their health.