Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Odia Kane

Updates: After finishing my BA in Cognitive Science and Political Science in 2019, I finished my Masters in Public Health at UConn Health via the MPH Fast Track Program in 2020. From 2020 to 2021, I was the Ann Kolker Fellow at the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance focusing on reproductive health policy and advocating for ovarian cancer patients/survivors in Washington, DC. In the Fall of 2021, I began my PhD in Health Policy and Management, Bioethics and Health Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where I pursued projects on the ethics and regulation of AI-enabled medical devices. On August 20, 2025, I successfully defended my dissertation, “Attitudes, Advertisements, and Access To Market: An Examination and Ethical Evaluation of Digital Therapeutics” (which is the attached photo with my best friends and fellow UConn alumni).

I am now the inaugural Berman Institute of Bioethics and Institute for Assured Autonomy AI Ethics and Governance Post Doctoral Fellow. I continue to work with interdisciplinary groups on issues of AI ethics and governance applied to a variety of fields, including but not limited to: bioethics, research, public health, medicine, engineering, criminal justice, and government.

It would be my pleasure to connect with any current and future Rowe Scholars!