CHDS faculty member Thomas Gaziano and MGH clinical researcher, Mark Siedner were awarded a grant to study blood pressure control in South Africa. “Implementation of a
Read more...Sugary Beverage Taxes with Dr. Karen Hofman
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.
Read more...Use and Misuse of COVID-19 Modeling
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
Zach 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...Pooled-funding for Clinical Trials with Osondu Ogbuoji
Dr. Osondu Ogbuoji, Assistant Research Professor at the Duke Global Health Institute and Deputy Director at the Duke Center for Policy Impact in Global Health, presented research on a pooled-funding
Read more...Saghafian Launches PIAS Lab
CHDS affiliated faculty member, 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...Decision Science Courses at NIHES
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...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
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