A recent study by CHDS Research Scientist Shafika Abrahams-Gessel and faculty Thomas A. Gaziano showed that federal food service guidelines improve health outcomes and are cost-saving. Despite
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Jinyi Zhu Successfully Defends Dissertation
Jinyi Zhu, 6th year doctoral student in Decision Science/Health Policy, successfully defended her thesis, “Decision Modeling to Inform Resource Prioritization: Methods and
Read more...Valuing Health System Strengthening
Nathaniel Hendrix, CHDS faculty Stéphane Verguet, and colleagues performed a systematic review of cost-effectiveness analyses that assessed activities designed to strengthen health
Read more...Health Priority Setting with Alicia Yamin
Alicia Yamin spoke about her work on fostering meaningful citizen participation in health priority setting during a recent CHDS seminar. Yamin is a lecturer on Law and Senior Fellow on Global Health and
Read more...Valuing Outcomes—a CHDS Staff Member Story
FAMNET research assistant Cassidy Bargell faced quality of life decision making in real-time last fall when confronted with a serious illness. As described recently in a Harvard Gazette feature article, Cass experienced
Read more...Robinson Honored by Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
CHDS Deputy Director Lisa Robinson was named a Fellow by the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, the Society’s highest award for contributions to theory and practice, at its March 2022 Annual Conference
Read more...CHDS Seminar with Dr. Anna Vassall
Anna Vassall shared her experiences in supporting policy decisions throughout different phases of the Covid-19 pandemic in a recent CHDS seminar. Vassall directs the Global Health
Read more...Tabby2: Interactive Webtool Providing Tuberculosis Projections
A new interactive webtool can estimate future U.S. tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB infection (LTBI) cases in US states. Nicole Swartwood, Research Analyst in CHDS Faculty Nicolas Menzies’ lab, is leading
Read more...Robinson Offers Benefit-Cost Analysis Course Online
CHDS Deputy Director Lisa A. Robinson will lead her professional development course, Benefit-Cost Analysis: Valuing Life and Health online from September 19 through 23, 2022. Benefit-cost analysis is an
Read more...HPV Self-Sampling in the Mississippi Delta
CHDS Senior Research Scientist Nicole Campos ’ modeling study shows that cervical cancer screening uptake among African-American women in the Mississippi Delta may improve and be cost-effective
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