Lisa A. Robinson speaking at meeting

Ethics and BCA Special Issue

Special issue “Ethics and Benefit-Cost Analysis” (BCA), organized and edited by CHDS Deputy Director Lisa A. Robinson, was published in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis.

Headshot of Myriam Hunink

Symposium Honors Faculty

CHDS’ Myriam Hunink was honored for her career achievements at a symposium and celebratory event held at the Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Headshots of Lily Hsieh (top left) and Mike Eber (bottom right). Abstract art images are pictured as well (top right and bottom left).

Recent PhD Graduates

CHDS congratulates Lily Hsieh and Michael R. Eber for graduating from the Decision Science Track of the PhD Program in Health Policy at Harvard University.

TEACHING HIGHLIGHT
Zachary Ward sitting at desk looking off-camera

New Course: Advanced Modeling

CHDS’ Zachary Ward offers a new advanced-level course that focuses on statistical and computational methods that are applicable for disease modeling in public health and medicine.

Recent News

Preferences Behind a Veil of Ignorance

July 16th, 2025

In conventional benefit-cost analysis, values are based on individuals’ willingness to exchange their own income for the outcomes they experience. Susan Chilton presented an alternative

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CHDS at 2025 SMDM Meeting

July 9th, 2025

Members of the CHDS community contributed to the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society of Medical Decision Making (SMDM), held in Ann Arbor, Michigan in June, 2025.

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Setting Optimal Test Thresholds

June 26th, 2025

An important challenge for the use of screening and diagnostic tests is determining the threshold for defining whether the result is positive or negative, when the results are measured on a continuous

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Portnoy Receives Data-Science Fellowship

June 25th, 2025

CHDS affiliate Allison Portnoy, Boston University assistant professor of global health, has been named a 2025 Junior Faculty Fellow at the Boston University Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing

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