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CHDS’ Ankur Pandya and colleagues discuss the distinction between no-value care and low-value care in a recently published article, “Responding to Health-Improving but Cost-Ineffective Care,”

Dr. Mohammad Jalali (‘MJ’), assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and research affiliate with MIT Sloan School, presented his research on modeling the opioid epidemic in the

CHDS faculty Lisa A. Robinson and James K. Hammitt are leading an online professional development workshop, “Benefit-Cost Analysis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” The

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) honored CHDS faculty James K. Hammitt with its highest award, the Outstanding Achievement Award, in March, 2021. Hammitt has published over 180 peer-reviewed

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, mathematical models continue to be used to make sense of the epidemic and shape public policy decision-making. Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan

CHDS faculty Thomas Gaziano and MGH clinical researcher, Mark Siedner were awarded a grant to study blood pressure control in South Africa. “Implementation of a

Dr. Karen Hofman, from the Wits School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, presented her research on sugary beverage taxes at the March CHDS seminar.

In a recently published paper CHDS’ Lyndon James, Nicolas Menzies and colleagues reviewed the benefits and challenges of mathematical modeling as a tool to inform decision making for COVID-19.

CHDS researchers led by CHDS core faculty Jane Kim join a group of international scientists and practitioners who contributed papers on basic science, clinical medicine, public health practice and mathematical modeling in

Zachary Ward, doctoral student in Decision Science/Health Policy, successfully defended his thesis, “Computational Epidemiology: Methods and Applications for Global Health.” Overseen by Sue Goldie