CHDS’ Soroush Saghafian, his lab, the Public Impact Analytics Science Lab (PIAS-Lab), and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute recently received a grant from the Department of Defense (DOD)
Read more...Risk Factors Underlying Disparities in TB Outcomes
In a study recently published in Lancet Public Health, CHDS faculty Nicolas Menzies and first author Mathilda Regan, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Global Health and Population,
Read more...Beate Jahn 2024 President-Elect of SMDM
Beate Jahn, PhD, long term visitor and CHDS collaborator, was named 2024 President-elect of the Society for Medical Decision Making in the recent election for 2024 – 2025 Officers and Trustees.
Read more...Two Doctoral Students Join CHDS
Hanxuan (Astrid) Yu and Janice Jhang join the PhD Program in Health Policy, decision science track in Fall, 2024. Astrid Yu earned a BS in Psychology from Beijing Normal University in 2021 and
Read more...Exploring Federal Research Priorities
The U.S. government recently released a report on its research priorities, focusing on issues related to estimating policy impacts and valuing outcomes. Jeffrey Shrader discussed these priorities
Read more...Joint Modeling of DALYs and QALYs
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) are typically treated as alternative outcome measures. John A. Graves presented three approaches
Read more...Value of Information Biases and Heterogeneity
Accounting for both heterogeneity and biases in economic evaluations presents difficult challenges, which can be addressed by simulation models as discussed in Fernando
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