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Fangli Geng, doctoral student in Health Policy concentrating in Decision Science, successfully defended her thesis, “Assessing Value and Optimizing Decision-Making in Post-Acute Care Across Diverse

CHDS’ Ankur Pandya will offer an intermediate-advanced level course in experiential learning this spring, RDS 290. This course integrates theoretical concepts, methodological skills, and

Wesley Marrero discussed his research on data-driven approaches to optimize healthcare decision making at a recent CHDS seminar. Marrero, an assistant professor in the Thayer School of Engineering at

During the past year, Janice Jhang and Andrea Luviano, Educational Innovation Scholars at CHDS, contributed to new instructional models and pedagogical approaches to teach decision science.

CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal evaluated the cost and benefits of President Biden’s national hepatitis C elimination plan. Using a decision-analytic model, Chhatwal’s team simulated the hepatitis C epidemic

CHDS faculty Zachary Ward and colleagues developed a novel method for correcting self-reporting bias of body-mass index (BMI) to estimate state-specific prevalence of severe obesity

Using algorithms to support, rather than determine, a decision requires addressing several issues of fairness, as discussed by Jann Spiess in a recent CHDS seminar. Spiess is an Assistant Professor

John Giardina, doctoral student in Health Policy concentrating in Decision Science, successfully defended his thesis, “Accounting for Heterogeneity in Health Decision Analysis.” Overseen by Ankur Pandya

The monetary value of a reduction in mortality risk is often quantified using one of three concepts: the “value per statistical life” (VSL),“value per statistical life year” (VSLY),

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis 2023 annual conference featured work conducted by several CHDS researchers. Faculty member James Hammitt presented his work