CHDS Faculty, Djøra Soeteman, taught in the Harvard Medical School, Training to Clinicians (T2C) program workshop in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia at the Mongolian National University of
Read more...Oral Disease Treatment Cost-Effective
Periodontitis, an inflammatory disease affecting the gums, and type2 diabetes are both common diseases in adults that are related in both directions: periodontal disease can affect diabetes
Read more...Executive/Continuing Education Risk Analysis Course
On March 9-12, 2020, Professor James Hammitt will direct his annual, 4-day course: Environmental Health Risk: Analysis and Applications. Offered through the Executive and Continuing Professional Education
Read more...“Studio-Out-of-the-Box”
CHDS’ Media Hub aims to establish processes and strategies for effectively utilizing media in education. Consistent with this goal, Media Hub lead Jacob Waxman recently launched the “Studio-out-of-the-Box” initiative.
Read more...Home-Based Cervical Screening May Be Cost-Effective
Home-based cervical cancer screening with self-collection of HPV samples may be a cost-effective way to improve screening coverage in El Salvador, according to a new modeling study
Read more...Spencer Receives Award at Early Career Symposium
Jenny Spencer, a postdoctoral fellow at CHDS, received the award for the best oral presentation at the 8th annual Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center’s Celebration of Early Career
Read more...Hammitt Gives Keynote at SBCA, Toulouse
James Hammitt was a keynote speaker at the first European conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, held at the Toulouse School of Economics (France). His presentation, ‘Accounting
Read more...Time Preferences and VOLY Seminar
Dr. Rebecca McDonald from the University of Birmingham, UK recently presented a seminar at CHDS on Time Preferences and the Value of a Life Year (VOLY). The VOLY is derived by aggregating
Read more...CHDS at HAALSI Conference
CHDS’s Thomas Gaziano and Shafika Abrahams-Gessel recently attended the public research showcase on Health and Ageing in Southern Africa: Addressing Inequities Over the Life Course
Read more...Zhu Receives Student Award at SMDM
Jinyi Zhu, a PhD student in Health Policy and Decision Sciences at CHDS, received the 2019 Stephen Pauker Award for Quantitative Methods and Theoretical Developments
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