Students

Tai Dinger

Tai Dinger is a 3rd year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Tai holds a BS in Biology and an MS in Management Science and Engineering (Health Systems Modeling) from Stanford University.

Mike Eber

Mike Eber is a 5th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Mike holds a BSE in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University.

Fangli Geng

Fangli Geng is a 7th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Fangli holds a MS from the Harvard Chan School.

Jessica Preston Harvey

Jessica Preston Harvey is a 1st year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Jessica holds an MPH and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia

Yuli (Lily) Hsieh

Yuli (Lily) Hsieh is a 5th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Lily holds a MPH from Yale University.

Lyndon James

Lyndon James is a 6th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Lyndon holds a MPH from the Harvard Chan School.

Jacob Jameson

Jacob Jameson is a 2nd year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Jacob holds an MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy from The University of Chicago.

Andrea Luviano

Andrea Luviano is a 3rd year PhD student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Andrea is an MD from ITESM and holds an MPH from the Harvard Chan School.

Jenna Rogers

Jenna Rogers is a 2nd year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Jenna holds a BS in Psychology and Statistics from the University of Missouri.

Ye Shen

Ye Shen is a 4th year PhD student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Ye holds a MSPH from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Karen Smith

Karen Smith is a 6th year PhD student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Before joining the program, Karen was a Research Assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Radhika Tampi

Radhika Tampi is a 4th year PhD student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Radhika holds an MHS in Health Economics from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Skye Yoden

Skye Yoden is a 1st year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Skye is the former Executive Director of Digital Square at PATH.

Student Publications

2024

Geng F, Liu W, Yan R, Zhi M, Grabowski DC, Hu L. Post-Acute Care in China: Development, Challenges, and Path Forward. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Jan;25(1):61-68. PMID: 37935380 Review.
Sumner T, Clark RA, Mukandavire C, Portnoy A, Weerasuriya CK, Bakker R, Scarponi D, Hatherill M, Menzies NA, White RG. Modelling the Health and Economic Impacts ofM72/AS01E Vaccination and BCG-Revaccination: Estimates for South Africa. Vaccine. 2024 Feb 27;42(6):1311-1318. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.072. Epub 2024 Feb 2. PMID: 38307747.

2023

Ferranna M, Robinson LA, Cadarette D, Eber MR, Bloom DE. The Benefits and Costs of U.S. Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates. Risk Anal. 2023 Jan 17. PMID: 36649917.
Gadbois EA, Brazier JF, White EM, Hawes C, Meehan A, Rafat A, Geng F, Rahman M, Grabowski DC, Shield RR. Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Administrators. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Oct 12. PMID: 37823457.
Choi SE, Shen Y, Wright DR. Cost-Effectiveness of Dental Workforce Expansion Through the National Health Service Corps and Its Association With Oral Health Outcomes Among US Children. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Mar 3;4(3):e230128. PMID: 36930167.
Luviano A, Pandya A, Wright DR. Current and Future Challenges Regarding Estimating Costs to Determine the Value of Interventions to Manage Unhealthy Weight. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Aug 1;177(8):761-763. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2018. PMID: 37399039.
Goshua G, Calhoun C, Ito S, James LP, Luviano A, Krishnamurti L, Pandya A. Distributional Cost-Effectiveness of Equity-Enhancing Gene Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease in the United States. Ann Intern Med. 2023 May 30. PMID: 37247420.
Luviano A, Pandya A. Evolution of Value in American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023 Nov;16(11):e010086. PMID: 37920978.
Brazier JF, Geng F, Meehan A, White EM, McGarry BE, Shield RR, Grabowski DC, Rahman M, SantostefaNo C, Gadbois EA. Examination of Staffing Shortages at US Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jul 3;6(7):e2325993. PMID: 37498600.
Menzies NA, Allwood BW, Dean AS, Dodd PJ, Houben RMGJ, James LP, Knight GM, Meghji J, Nguyen LN, Rachow A, Schumacher SG, Mirzayev F, Cohen T. Global Burden of Disease Due to Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 4;14(1):6182. PMID: 37794037.
Geng F, Lake D, Meyers DJ, Resnik LJ, Teno JM, Gozalo P, Grabowski DC. Increased Medicare Advantage Penetration Is Associated with Lower Postacute Care Use for Traditional Medicare Patients. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Apr;42(4):488-497. PMID: 37011319.
Wright DR, Luviano A, Skelton JA. Interpreting Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Anti-Obesity Medications for the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity-Reading the Tea Leaves. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2329422. PMID: 37651147.

2022

Zhi M, Hu L, Geng F, Shao N, Liu Y. Analysis of the Cost and Case-Mix of Post-Acute Stroke Patients in China Using Quantile Regression and the Decision-Tree Models. Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022 May 20;15:1113-1127. PMID: 35620736.
Munshi VN, Perkins RB, Sy S, Kim JJ. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the 2019 ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Feb;226(2):228.e1-228.e9. PMID: 34547295.
Kenney EL, Walkinshaw LP, Shen Y, Fleischhacker SE, Jones-Smith J, Bleich SN, Krieger JW. Costs, Reach, and Benefits of COVID-19 Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer and Grab-and-Go School Meals for Ensuring Youths’ Access to Food During School Closures. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2229514. PMID: 36044212.
Portnoy A, Hsieh Y, Abbas K, Klepac P, Santos H, Brenzel L, Jit M, Ferrari M. Differential Health Impact of Intervention Programs for Time-Varying Disease Risk: A Measles Vaccination Modeling Study. BMC Medicine. March 2022;20(1):113. PMID: 35260139.
Hsieh YL, Rak S, SteelFisher GK, Bauhoff S. Effect of the Suspension of the J&J COVID-19 Vaccine on Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States. Vaccine 2022 Jan 24; 40(3): 424-427. PMID: 34903374.
Bilinski A, Ciaranello A, Fitzpatrick MC, Giardina J, Shah M, Salomon JA, Kendall EA. Estimated Transmission Outcomes and Costs of SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Testing, Screening, and Surveillance Strategies Among a Simulated Population of Primary School Students. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35442396.
Lofgren KT, Bobanski L, Tuller DE, Singh VP, Marx Delaney M, Jurczak A, Ragavan M, Kalita T, Karlage A, Resch SC, Semrau KEA. Estimating Maternity Ward Birth Attendant Time Use in India: A Microcosting Study. BMJ Open. 2022 Feb 7;12(2):e054164. PMID: 35131826.
Chen Y, Gong X, Zhong W, Wang J, Yang Z, Yan S, Geng F, Zhou Y, Zhang X, Chen Z, Hu H, Tong L, Chen H, Ke S, He Y, Wang Y, Zhang X, Wang Z, Chen Z, Zhao H, Yuan C, Lou M; CASE Investigators. Evaluation of a Multilevel Program to Improve Clinician Adherence to Management Guidelines for Acute Ischemic Stroke. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2210596. PMID: 35522283.
Robinson L, Ferranna M, Cadarette D, Eber M, Bloom D. Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination: The Benefits and Cost. VOXEU. 2022 Dec.
Giardina J, Bilinski A, Fitzpatrick MC, Kendall EA, Linas BP, Salomon J, Ciaranello AL. Model-Estimated Association Between Simulated US Elementary School-Related SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, Mitigation Interventions, and Vaccine Coverage Across Local Incidence Levels. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Feb 1;5(2):e2147827. PMID: 35157056.
McCarty TR, Jirapinyo P, James LP, Gupta S, Chan WW, Thompson CC. Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication is Cost-Effective for Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Endosc Int Open. 2022 Jul 15;10(7):E923-E932. PMID: 35845021.
Pandya A, Paulden M, Zhu J, Lavelle TA, Hammitt, JK. Trends in Author-Reported Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds in the United States from 1995 to 2018: Implications for Discount Rates. Medical Decision Making. 2022 Oct;42(7):885-892. PMID: 35531945.
Robinson LA, Eber MR, Hammitt JK. Valuing COVID-19 Morbidity Risk Reductions. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 2022 Summer; 13 (2): 247-268. PMID: 36090595.

2021

Rodriguez PJ, Ward ZJ, Long MW, Austin SB, Wright DR. Applied Methods for Estimating Transition Probabilities from Electronic Health Record Data. Med Decis Making. 2021 Feb;41(2):143-152. PMID: 33563111.
Valentine KD, Cha T, Giardina JC, Marques F, Atlas SJ, Bedair H, Chen AF, Doorly T, Kang J, Leavitt L, Licurse A, O’Brien T, Sequist T, Sepucha K. Assessing the Quality of Shared Decision Making for Elective Orthopedic Surgery Across a Large Healthcare System: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Nov 19;22(1):967. PMID: 34798866.
Ward ZJ, Bleich SN, Long MW, Gortmaker SL. Association of Body Mass Index with Health Care Expenditures in the United States by Age and Sex. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 24;16(3):e0247307. PMID: 33760880.
Lofgren KT, Watkins DA, Memirie ST, Salomon JA, Verguet S. Balancing Health and Financial Protection in Health Benefit Package Design. Health Econ 2021 Dec; 30(12): 3236-3247. PMID: 34626032.
Gupta S, Zhu J, McCarty TR, Pruce J, Kassam Z, Kelly C, Fischer M, Allegretti JR. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Sequential Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Fulminant C. difficile Infection. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2021 Sep;36(9):2432-2440. PMID: 33682170.
Lee M, Lofgren KT, Thomas A, Lanes A, Goldman R, Ginsburg ES, Hornstein MD. The Cost-Effectiveness of Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy in the United States: An Analysis of Cost and Birth Outcomes from 158,665 in Vitro Fertilization Cycles. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Jul;225(1):55.e1-55.e17. PMID: 33539823.
Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Meester RGS, Laszkowska M, Escudero FA, Ward ZJ, Yeh JM. Cost-Effectiveness of Prevention and Early Detection of Gastric Cancer in Western Countries. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar-Apr;50-51:101735. Review. PMID: 33975689.
Pandya A, Zhu J, Spahillari A. Cost-Effectiveness of Statin Use Guidelines-Reply. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Mar 1; 6(3):364. PMID: 33325987.
Alarid-Escudero F, Gracia V, Luviano A, Roa J, Peralta Y, Reitsma MB, Claypool AL, Salomon JA, Studdert DM, Andrews JR, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD; Stanford-CIDE Coronavirus Simulation Model (SC-COSMO) Modeling Consortium. Dependence of COVID-19 Policies on End-of-Year Holiday Contacts in Mexico City Metropolitan Area: A Modeling Study. MDM Policy Pract. 2021 Oct 11;6(2):23814683211049249. doi: 10.1177/23814683211049249.
Aladelokun O, Hanley M, Mu J, Giardina JC, Rosenberg DW, Giardina C. Fatty Acid Metabolism and Colon Cancer Protection by Dietary Methyl Donor Restriction. Metabolomics. 2021 Sep 3;17(9):80. PMID: 34480220.
Hughes TM, Empringham B, Wagner AK, Ward ZJ, Yeh J, Gupta S, Frazier AL, Denburg AE. Forecasting Essential Childhood Cancer Drug Need: An Innovative Model-Based Approach. Cancer. 2021 Aug 15;127(16):2990-3001. PMID: 33844270.
Ward ZJ, Scott AM, Hricak H, Atun R. Global Costs, Health Benefits, and Economic Benefits of Scaling Up Treatment and Imaging Modalities for Survival of 11 Cancers: A Simulation-Based Analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Mar;22(3):341-350. PMID: 33662286.
Chen T, Huang S, Li G, Zhang Y, Li Y, Zhu J, Shi X, Li X, Xie G, Zhang L. An Integrated Framework for Modelling Quantitative Effects of Entry Restrictions and Travel Quarantine on Importation Risk of COVID-19. J Biomed Inform. 2021 Jun;118:103800. PMID: 33965636.
Maciag K, Raychowdhury R, Smith K, Schneider AM, Coers J, Mumbach MR, Schwartz S, Hacohen N. IRF3 Inhibits IFN-γ-Mediated Restriction of Intracellular Pathogens in Macrophages Independently of IFNAR. J Leukoc Biol. 2022 Aug;112(2):257-271. PMID: 34826345.
Hricak H, Abdel-Wahab M, Atun R, Lette MM, Paez D, Brink JA, Donoso-Bach L, Frija G, Hierath M, Holmberg O, Khong PL, Lewis JS, McGinty G, Oyen WJG, Shulman LN, Ward ZJ, Scott AM. Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine: A Lancet Oncology Commission. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Apr;22(4):e136-e172. PMID: 33676609 Review.
Eber MR, Sunstein CR, Hammitt JK, Yeh JM. The Modest Effects of Fact Boxes on Cancer Screening. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 2021 Feb;62(1):29-54. PMID: 34385760.
Bilinski A, Salomon JA, Giardina J, Ciaranello A, Fitzpatrick MC. Passing the Test: A Model-Based Analysis of Safe School-Reopening Strategies. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Aug;174(8):1090-1100. PMID: 34097433.
Lo AC, James LP, Prica A, Raymakers A, Peacock S, Qu M, Louie AV, Savage KJ, Sehn L, Hodgson D, Yang JC, Eich HTT, Wirth A, Hunink MGM. Positron-Emission Tomography-Based Staging is Cost-Effective in Early-Stage Follicular Lymphoma. J Nucl Med. 2021;62(9). PMID: 34413148.
McGuinness B, Troncone M, James LP, Bisch S, Iyer V. Reassessing the Operative Threshold for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in the Context of COVID-19. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Mar;73(3):780-788. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.115. PMID: 32882347.
Loomer L, Gandhi A, Geng F, Grabowski DC. Secret Shopper Data on Private Prices in the Nursing Home Industry from 2008 to 2010. Medical Care Research and Review. 2021 Aug;78(4):449-457. PMID: 31570045.
James LP, Salomon JA, Buckee CO, Menzies NA. The Use and Misuse of Mathematical Modeling for Infectious Disease Policy-making: Lessons for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medical Decision Making 2021 May;41(4):379-385. PMID: 33535889.
Munshi VN, Saghafian S, Cook CB, Aradhyula SV, Chakkera HA. Use of Imputation and Decision Modeling to Improve Diagnosis and Management of Patients at Risk for New-Onset Diabetes After Transplantation. Ann Transplant. 2021 Mar 16;26:e928624. PMID: 33723204.
Robinson LA, Eber MR, Hammitt JK. Valuing COVID-19 Mortality and Morbidity Risk Reductions in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regulatory Impact Analyses. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2021.

2020

Hsieh YL, Jahn A, Menzies NA, Yaesoubi R, Salomon JA, Girma B, Gunde L, Eaton JW, Auld A, Odo M, Kiyiika CN, Kalua T, Chiwandira B, Mpunga JU, Mbendra K, Corbett L, Hosseinipour MC, Cohen T, Kunkel A. An Evaluation of 6-Month Versus Continuous Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for M. Tuberculosis in Adults Living With HIV/AIDS in Malawi. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Dec 15;85(5):643-650.
Munshi VN, Saghafian S, Cook CB, Werner KT, Chakkera HA. Comparison of Post-Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus Incidence and Risk Factors between Kidney and Liver Transplantation Patients. PLoS One. 2020 Jan 10;15(1):e0226873. PMID: 31923179.
Mason SE, Zhu J, Rahaghi FN, Washko GR, Pandya A. Cost-Effectiveness Microsimulation of Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism Using a Right Ventricular Function Model. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2020 May;49(4):673-680. doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02058-y. PMID: 32048167.
Spahillari A, Zhu J, Ferket BS, Hunink MGM, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Nelson C, Mwasongwe S, Mentz RJ, O’Brien EC, Correa A, Shah RV, Murthy VL, Pandya A. Cost-Effectiveness of Contemporary Statin Use Guidelines with or Without Coronary Artery Calcium Assessment in African American Individuals. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Aug 01; 5(8):871-880. PMID: 32401264.
Ehrhardt MJ, Ward ZJ, Liu Q, Chaudhry A, Nohria A, Border W, Fulbright JM, Mulrooney DA, Oeffinger KC, Nathan PC, Leisenring WM, Constine LS, Gibson TM, Chow EJ, Howell RM, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Diller L, Yasui Y, Armenian SH, Yeh JM. Cost-Effectiveness of the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group Screening Guidelines to Prevent Heart Failure in Survivors of Childhood Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Nov 20;38(33):3851-3862. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.00418. PMID: 32795226.
He Q, Zhu J, Wang A, Ji K, Ji X, Zhang J, Wu X, Li X, Bu Z, Ji J. A Decision Analysis Comparing Three Strategies for Peritoneal Lavage Cytology Testing in Staging of Gastric Cancer in China. Cancer Med. 2020 Dec;9(23):8940-8949. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3518. PMID: 33047873.
Woo S, Atun R, Ward ZJ, Scott AM, Hricak H, Vargas HA. Diagnostic Performance of Conventional and Advanced Imaging Modalities for Assessing Newly Diagnosed Cervical Cancer: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. Eur Radiol. 2020 Oct;30(10):5560-5577. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06909-3. PMID: 32415584.
Ward ZJ, Scott AM, Hricak H, Abdel-Wahab M, Paez D, Lette MM, Vargas AH, Kingham PT, Atun R. Estimating the Impact of Treatment and Imaging Modalities on 5-Year Net Survival of 11 Cancers in 200 Countries: A Simulation-Based Analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Aug;21(8):1077-1088.
Geng F, Mansouri S, Stevenson DG, Grabowski DC. Evolution of the Home Health Care Market: The Expansion and Quality Performance of Multi-Agency Chains. Health Serv Res. 2020 Dec;55 Suppl 3:1073-1084. PMID: 33284527.
Kenney EL, Barrett JL, Bleich SN, Ward ZJ, Cradock AL, Gortmaker SL. Impact of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act On Obesity Trends. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020;39 (7):1122-1129. PMID: 32634356.
Munshi VN, Saghafian S, Cook CB, Steidley DE, Hardaway B, Chakkera HA. Incidence, Risk Factors, and Trends for Postheart Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus. Am J Cardiol. 2020 Feb 1; 125(3):436-440. PMID: 31812226.
Yeh JM, Ward ZJ, Chaudhry A, Liu Q, Yasui Y, Armstrong GT, Gibson TM, Howell R, Hudson MM, Krull KR, Leisenring WM, Oeffinger KC, Diller L. Life Expectancy of Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Over 3 Decades. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Jan 2. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.5582. PMID: 31895405.
Ward ZJ, Grover S, Scott AM, Woo S, Salama DH, Jones EC, El-Diasty T, Pieters BR, Trimble EL, Vargas AH, et al. The Role and Contribution of Treatment and Imaging Modalities in Global Cervical Cancer Management: Survival Estimates from a Simulation-Based Analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Aug; 21(8):1089-1098.
Ward ZJ, Gortmaker SL. Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes Are a Sweet Deal: Improve Health, Save Money, Reduce Disparities, and Raise Revenue. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2020 Aug 25;4(6):pkaa075. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa075. eCollection 2020 Dec. PMID: 33409453.
Atun R, Bhakta N, Denburg A, Frazier AL, Friedrich P, Gupta S, Lam CG, Ward ZJ, Yeh JM, Allemani C, Coleman MP, Di Carlo V, Loucaides E, Fitchett E, Girardi F, Horton SE, Bray F, Steliarova-Foucher E, Sullivan R, Aitken JF, Banavali S, Binagwaho A, Alcasabas P, Antillon F, Arora RS, Barr RD, Bouffet E, Challinor J, Fuentes-Alabi S, Gross T, Hagander L, Hoffman RI, Herrera C, Kutluk T, Marcus KJ, Moreira C, Pritchard-Jones K, Ramirez O, Renner L, Robison LL, Shalkow J, Sung L, Yeoh A, Rodriguez-Galindo C. Sustainable Care for Children with Cancer: A Lancet Oncology Commission. Lancet Oncol. 2020 Apr;21(4):e185-e224. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30022-X. Review. PMID: 32240612.
Giardina JC, Cha T, Atlas SJ, Barry MJ, Freiberg AA, Leavitt L, Marques F, Sepucha K. Validation of an Electronic Coding Algorithm to Identify the Primary Indication of Orthopedic Surgeries from Administrative Data. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2020 Aug 12;20(1):187. doi: 10.1186/s12911-020-01175-1. PMID: 32787849.
Sruamsiri R, Ferrario A, Ross-Degnan D, Denburg AE, Frazier AL, Gupta S, Ward ZJ, Yeh JM, Wagner AK. What Are the Volume and Budget Needs to Provide Chemotherapy to all Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in Thailand? Development and Application of an Estimation Tool. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 26;10(10):e041901. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041901. PMCID: PMC759226.

Student Awards

2024

Jacob Jameson was awarded the 2024 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

Andrea Luviano was awarded the 2024 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

2023

Mike Eber, with CHDS faculty Lisa Robinson and others, was awarded the Best Paper Award from the journal Risk Analysis for the paper “The Benefits and Costs of U.S. Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates”. The award is selected by the journal for papers with “significant impacts to the theory or practice of risk analysis.”

Lily Hsieh was awarded the Merit/Graduate Society Term-Time Research Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. The competitive award allow outstanding GSAS students in the humanities and social sciences to concentrate their time on research and/or writing.

Jacob Jameson was awarded the 2023 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

Jacob Jameson was a finalist for the 2023 Public Sector Operations Research (PSOR) Best Video Awards from INFORMS. The award provides an opportunity to disseminate public sector operations research through a creative showcase intended for a broad audience.

Allison Portnoy was awarded the Early Career Recognition Award from the International Papillomavirus Society (IPVS). The award “aims to recognize promising early career researchers in basic science, clinical science, and public health.”

Karen Smith was awarded the 2023 Milt Weinstein Award for Outstanding Presentation in Applied Health Economics (AHE), Lee B. Lusted Student Award, from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM).

2022

Mike Eber was awarded the 2022 Harvard Mind Brain Behavior (MBB) Interfaculty Initiative Award. Project Title: Cognitive Noise in Stated Preference Valuation.

John Giardina was awarded the 2022 Bruce Schackman Award for Outstanding Presentation in Health Services, Outcomes, and Policy Research (HSOP), Lee B. Lusted Student Award, from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM), Poster Title: “Impact of Variation in Health Objectives on the Potential for Personalized Blood Pressure Control.”

John Giardina was awarded the 2022 Stephen Pauker Award for Outstanding Presentation in Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments (QMTD), Lee B. Lusted Student Award, from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM), Poster Title: “Bayesian Joint Prediction of Risk Factor Trajectories and Disease Incidence in Microsimulation Models: An Application to Ischemic Stroke”

Ye Shen was awarded the 2022 GSAS Graduate Society Summer Predissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. Awards are given to “support to outstanding GSAS doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences for the purpose of summer language study and/or preliminary dissertation research or fieldwork.”

Jinyi Zhu was awarded the Joan P. Curhan Citizenship Award from the Harvard Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy.

2021

Fangli Geng was awarded the Merit-Based Fellowship from the Graduate School of Art and Science, Harvard University. The fellowship recognizes outstanding students in the humanities and social sciences and is intended to enhance opportunities for research and fieldwork.

Lily Hsieh was awarded the 2021 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

Lyndon James was awarded the 2021 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

Karen Smith was awarded the 2021 Stephen Pauker Award for Outstanding Presentations in Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments, Lee B. Lusted Student Award, from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM).

Jinyi Zhu was awarded the 2021 Teaching Assistant Recognition Award from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Winners are nominated by students to recognize “teaching assistants who have demonstrated excellence as teaching as characterized by commitment, preparation, quality of presentation, time for questions and other factors related to instruction.”

2020

Mike Eber was awarded the 2020 Student of Merit Award from the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group. The award is given to the best student abstract at the SRA Annual Meeting in the area of economics and benefits analysis.

Fangli Geng was awarded the 2020 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

John Giardina was awarded the 2020 Raiffa Award from the Center for Health Decision Science at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is intended to support the training of scholars pursuing doctoral and post-doctoral studies in decision and risk analysis.

Karen Smith was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines.

Jennifer Spencer was awarded a Pilot Grant from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Proposal title: “Incorporating Sexual Minority Populations into HPV Transmission Modeling”

Jennifer Spencer was awarded a Travel Award from the Geographic Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP-Region 4), Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Jinyi Zhu was awarded a Harvard China Partnership (HCHP) research award. HCHP research awards provide support for Harvard students and post-doctoral fellows to conduct research on public health issues in China.

Students in the News

Zach Ward received extensive press coverage for his research focused on obesity in the United States from Boston Magazine and Live Science.

Mark Shrime was featured in the New York Times for his research focused on surgical delivery in low- and middle-income countries and the accessibility of safe surgeries.

Paula Chu had her research on yoga and cardiovascular health featured on Reuter’s and CBS News.

Mark Shrime received press from Fast Company for a piece he wrote on how easy it is to get medical research published and how to keep an eye out for fake journals.