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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

Gates Honors Norheim as Gatekeepers Nordic Champion

February 3rd, 2026

CHDS affiliated faculty Ole Norheim was honored as a Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Nordic Champion. The Gates Foundation Goalkeepers honors those who bring the world closer to achieving

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Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Brazil

January 26th, 2026

CHDS faculty Nicolas Menzies and colleagues found that geographic differences across states and municipalities in Brazil played a larger role than patient-level factors in explaining

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Target Trial Emulation for Vaccines

January 23rd, 2026

Target trial emulation is a causal inference framework that can be used to model and estimate clinical trial outcomes, expanding information available for decision-making when budgets, ethics, feasibility

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Assessing AHA Clinical Guidelines

January 13th, 2026

CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya, doctoral student Andrea Luviano, and former student Jihye Han re-analyzed the value assessments underlying the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines

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