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.
Read more...CHDS Research Marks International HPV Awareness Day
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
Read more...Zach Ward Successfully Defends Dissertation
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
Read more...Public Health Course in HSPH News
At a crucial moment in online pedagogy and public health, CHDS’ Faculty Director Sue J. Goldie redesigned a third iteration of her online orientation course, “Foundations for Public Health,”
Read more...Saghafian Launches PIAS Lab
CHDS affiliated faculty, Soroush Saghafian, has launched the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab), which is devoted to advancing and applying the science of analytics for solving societal
Read more...Modeling Impacts of COVID-19 Testing
CHDS’s Milton Weinstein and colleagues developed a dynamic state-transition microsimulation model to compare the clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of different COVID-19 testing strategies.
Read more...Hammitt Directs Online Risk Analysis Course
CHDS’s James Hammitt will direct an upcoming Executive and Continuing Professional Education course, Environmental Health Risk: Analysis and Applications. Designed for
Read more...Mike Eber Receives SRA Student Merit Award
Doctoral student Mike Eber received the 2020 Student Merit Award from the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group. The award is given to the best
Read more...Preventing Heart Disease Grant Awarded to Tom Gaziano
CHDS faculty Thomas Gaziano, was awarded a five-year grant by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. PRIMECare: Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease with mHealth, electronic decision
Read more...Forecasting COVID-19 with Nicholas Reich
Dr. Nicholas Reich, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, kicked off the 2020-2021 CHDS online seminar series with an introduction to the COVID-19
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