Arlene Sandra Ash is an American statistician who works on risk adjustment in health services.
[1] Ash did her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Harvard College.
[1] Ash taught mathematics in the Peace Corps in the 1960s, helped start two feminist health centers in Chicago in the 1970s, and founded a company, DxCG Inc., to apply her risk adjustment models.
Since 1978, she has been involved as an expert witness in public policy issues, including the environmental impact of a nuclear power plant and equity in pay for women teachers.
[2][3] She has also been involved in the anti-nuclear movement and has worked for equal pay for women.