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OECD “Valuing Life” Report

CHDS’ Lisa Robinson served on the scientific advisory committee for OECD’s report on mortality risk valuation that reviewed value per statistical life (VSL) studies globally.

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Maternal Mortality Models

CHDS’ Zachary Ward and Sue J. Goldie, with colleagues, compared country-specific maternal mortality estimates from three models to inform policies to reduce mortality.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
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US Childhood Insurance Dynamics

PhD candidate Ye Shen modeled cumulative insurance experiences during childhood in a JAMA publication with coauthors including CHDS’ Ankur Pandya and Nicolas Menzies.

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
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Pandya SMDM President-Elect

CHDS’ Ankur Pandya was elected by the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) membership to serve as President-Elect for 2025-2026. 

Recent News

Disparities in Cervical Cancer Elimination

November 5th, 2025

CHDS researchers Emily A. Burger, Stephen Sy, Mary Caroline Regan, and Jane J. Kim, as well former postdoctoral fellow Jenny Spencer, collaborated with an international team

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Propagating Ambiguity into Decision Analyses

November 3rd, 2025

Conventional decision analytic models typically use probability distributions to represent parameter uncertainty. Thomas Trikalinos has developed a novel approach for representing uncertainty

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Pediatric Obesity Treatment Post AAP Guidelines

October 30th, 2025

CHDS faculty Davene Wright and colleagues used a real-world, retrospective cohort study to assess changes in initial treatment for children and adolescents with obesity, following the issuance of the American Academy

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Chhatwal Receives ISPOR Impact Award

October 27th, 2025

CHDS congratulates CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal and colleague Rachael Fleurence for being honored with the inaugural Impact Award from The Professional Society for Health Economics

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