Students

Jamie Cohen

Jamie Cohen is a 4^th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Jamie holds a MS from the Harvard Chan School.

Fangli Geng

Fangli Geng is a 2^nd year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Fangli holds a MS from the Harvard Chan School.

John Giardina

John Giardina is a 2^nd year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. John holds a MA in Economics from the University of Connecticut.

Lyndon James

Lyndon James is a 1^st year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Lyndon holds a MPH from the Harvard Chan School.

Katherine Lofgren

Katherine Lofgren is a 5^th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Kate holds a MPH from the University of Washington.

Vidit Munshi

Vidit Munshi is a 5^th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Vidit holds a MA in Economics from Boston University.

Allison Portnoy

Allison Portnoy is a 4^th year SD student in the Department of Global Health and Population at HSPH. Allison holds a MSPH in Health Policy and Management from John Hopkins.

Karen Smith

Karen Smith is a 1^st year PhD student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Currently, Karen is a Research Assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dahye (Lina) Song

Lina Song is a 6^th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Lina holds a MA in Statistics from Yale University.

Zach Ward

Zach Ward is a 4^th year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Zach holds a MPH from l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique.

Jinyi Zhu

Jinyi Zhu is a 3^rd year student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy, in the decision science track. Jinyi holds a MPH from Yale University.

Student Publications

Kate Lofgren published book chapter in a new encyclopedia, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences:
Lofgren, K.T., Wang, H., 2015. Adult Mortality in Developing Countries. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 1. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 153-160.

Vidit Munshi published manuscript on lung cancer screening:
Han SS, Ten Haaf K, Hazelton WD, Munshi VN, et al. The impact of overdiagnosis on the selection of efficient lung cancer screening strategies. Int J Cancer. 2017 Jun 1;140(11):2436-2443.

Zach Ward published manuscript on obesity prevention:
Cradock AL, Barrett JL, Kenney EL, Giles CM, Ward ZJ, et al. Using cost-effectiveness analysis to prioritize policy and programmatic approaches to physical activity promotion and obesity prevention in childhood. Prev Med. 2017 Feb;95 Suppl:S17-S27.

Kate Lofgren collaborated on several Global Burden of Disease publications: GBD 2013 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition. Lancet. 2015 Nov 28;386(10009):2145-91.

Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Aug 22;386(9995):743-800. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4.

GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015 Jan 10;385(9963):117-71.

Fangli Geng and Zach Ward collaborated on infant immunization costs:
Menzies NA, Suharlim C, Geng F, Ward ZJ, Brenzel L, Resch SC. The cost determinants of routine infant immunization services: a meta-regression analysis of six country studies. BMC Med. 2017 Oct 6;15(1):178.

Vidit Munshi published manuscript on RMNCH in India:
Munshi V, Yamey G, Verguet S. Trends In State-Level Child Mortality, Maternal Mortality, And Fertility Rates In India. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Oct 1;35(10):1759-1763.

Fangli Geng published manuscript on cervical cancer prevention scale-up:
Campos NG, Sharma M, Clark A, Lee K, Geng F, Regan C, Kim J, Resch S. The health and economic impact of scaling cervical cancer prevention in 50 low- and lower-middle-income countries. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Jul;138 Suppl 1:47-56.

Zach Ward published manuscript on methods to understand patient priorities:
Wittenberg E, Bharel M, Bridges JF, Ward Z, Weinreb L. Using Best-Worst Scaling to Understand Patient Priorities: A Case Example of Papanicolaou Tests for Homeless Women. Ann Fam Med. 2016 Jul;14(4):359-64.

Student Awards

Lina Song was awarded the 2019 (with coauthor Soroush Saghafian) First Place Award at the College of Healthcare Best Paper Competition, Production Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Meeting. Paper Title: “Do Hospital Closures Improve the Efficiency and Quality of Other Hospitals?”

Lyndon James was awarded the 2018 Teaching Assistant 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.” *Lyndon James, a Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow at CHDS during the time of his award, is an incoming PhD student (beginning Fall 2018).

Allison Portnoy was awarded the 2018 Uwe Brinkmann Memorial Travel Award from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The fund is awarded to doctoral students conducting field research in international health epidemiology.

Zachary Ward was awarded the 2018 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.

Jinyi Zhu was awarded the 2018 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.

Katherine Lofgren was awarded a 2017 Certificate from Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning for exceptional teaching in the Core Course in Health Policy (HLTHPOL 2000A). The Bok Center awards these certificates to teaching fellows, teaching assistants, and course assistants who receive an overall rating of 4.5 or above on the Q evaluation five point scale.

Zachary Ward was awarded the 2017 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.

Jinyi Zhu was awarded the 2017 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.

Katherine Lofgren was awarded the 2016 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.

Katherine Lofgren was awarded the 2016 GSAS Summer Fellowship Award from the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.

Vidit Munshi was awarded a 2016 Teaching Assistant 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.”

Zachary Ward was awarded the 2016 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.

Paula Chu was awarded the 2015 Derek Bok Center Teaching Award from the Derek Bok Center for exceptional teaching in Research in Global Health and Health Policy (GHHP 99). The Bok Center awards these certificates to teaching fellows, teaching assistants, and course assistants who receive an overall rating of 4.5 or above on the Q evaluation five point scale.

Students in the News

Zach Ward received extensive press coverage for his research focused on obesity in the United States. Read more here and here.

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. Read more here.

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

Mark Shrime received press 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. Read more here.