Representational Veracity in Data Science Health Research: Targets, Proxies, Labels, and Descriptors

Clement Adebamowo   ^{1, 2} , MBChB, SCD ;   Sally N Adebamowo   ^{1, 2} , MBBS, MSc, SCD ;   Adeola Akintola   ³ , MPH ;   Peter Ikhane   ^{2, 4} , PhD ;   Simisola Akintola   ^{4, 5} , BL, LLB, LLM, PhD ;   Temidayo Ogundiran   ^{3, 4, 6} , MBBS, MHS ;   Ayodele Jegede   ^{4, 7} , PhD ;   Olusegun Adeyemo   ³ , MSc ;   Shawneequa Callier   ⁸ , JD, MA ;   Muhammad K Imam-Tamim   ⁹ , PhD ;   Ibrahim Uthman   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   BridgELSI Project as part of DSI Africa Consortium   ¹¹

¹ Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

² Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ Department of Research, Center for Bioethics and Research, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

⁴ Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

⁵ Department of Private and Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

⁶ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

⁷ Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

⁸ Department of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

⁹ Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

¹⁰ Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

¹¹ See Acknowledgments, Ibadan, Nigeria