CHDS’ affiliated faculty Myriam Hunink directs the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES), an international academic research institute that is part of the Erasmus University
Read more...Uncertainty in Valuing COVID-19 Risks
The COVID-19 crisis has focused unprecedented attention on the use of benefit-cost analysis and approaches for valuing mortality risk reductions, commonly referred to as the
Read more...Understanding the Value Per Statistical Life
The Society for Risk Analysis recently featured a webinar, “Valuing Statistical Lives: Concepts, Current Practices, and Challenges,” led by CHDS researcher Lisa A. Robinson.
Read more...Air Pollution and Population Growth Seminar
CHDS, in conjunction with the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA), hosted a seminar by Neal Fann from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Air Pollution and Population Growth.
Read more...CHDS Seminar on Smoking Bans
CHDS hosted a seminar with Matthew Robson, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher in Economics at University of York. The seminar was on “Differential Effects of the Smoking Ban in England.”
Read more...CHDS Seminar on Cancer Modeling
CHDS hosted a seminar with Shaun Forbes, PhD Candidate in Health Services Research at the Brown University School of Public Health, on “Propagating Ambiguity into Mathematical Models
Read more...Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions
CHDS faculty Lisa A. Robinson and James K. Hammitt, and research staff Lucy O’Keeffe, recently published “Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Global Benefit-Cost Analysis.”
Read more...Inaugural SPH Learning Design Meeting
The CHDS Media Hub team continues its ongoing mission to improve multi-modal pedagogy across the Harvard Chan School through a new partnership between Media Hub Director Jacob Waxman
Read more...Breast Cancer Management Seminar
Natalia Kunst, PhD candidate at the University of Oslo, presented a CHDS lunchtime seminar on “What is the Value of Further Research on the 21-Gene Assay for Breast Cancer Management”.
Read more...Call for CEA Paper of Year
The Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR) at Tufts Medical Center announces its call for submissions for the inaugural CEVR Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA)
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