In October, the CHDS Novartis Fund made awards to three decision science doctoral students to enable them to attend the 44th Annual North American Meeting
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Quantifying the Global Cost of Mental Disorders
Epidemiologic and economic estimates suggest that the global burden of mental disorders is considerable, both in its impacts on human health and losses to societal welfare. CHDS faculty
Read more...CHDS at 44th North America SMDM
The 44th Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) took place in Seattle, WA, in October, 2022. The theme of the meeting was “Better for Whom?
Read more...Influencing Covid-19 and Monkeypox Policy
Leveraging routinely available data, researchers can quickly influence global policy as illustrated by work on COVID-19 and Monkeypox in Israel, according to Dr. Ronan Arbel of
Read more...Learning Optimal Treatment Rules
Machine learning combined with decision modelling can improve estimation of costs and health outcomes, according to Dr. Noemi Kreif and Dr. David Glynn of the University of York. When assessing
Read more...Jennifer Yeh Promoted to Associate Professor
Jennifer Yeh, CHDS affiliate and scientific researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School.
Read more...Menzies and Rönn Receive Dean’s Fund Award
CHDS faculty Nicolas Menzies (PI) and HSPH researcher Minttu Rönn (Co-investigator) are recipients of the Dean’s Fund for Scientific Advancement (DFSA)
Read more...Family Well-being Research: First FAMNET Grantee Retreat
The Family Well-being Research Network (FAMNET), a collaborative project with CHDS faculty Eve Wittenberg as a principal investigator, held the first bi-annual grantee retreat via Zoom. The network is a joint effort
Read more...CHDS Welcomes Educational Innovation Scholars
Nardeen Ayad and Amit Kumar were selected this year as the Center for Health Decision Science Educational Innovation Scholars. Scholars work part-time on a variety of projects that support
Read more...Deep Data Analysis and Intelligent Policy Design
In a new episode of PolicyCast, CHDS faculty Soroush Saghafian and colleague Amitabh Chandra discuss the important role of data analysis and smart policy design in fixing the healthcare
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