CHDS faculty Thomas Gaziano, was awarded a five-year grant by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. PRIMECare: Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease with mHealth, electronic decision
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Forecasting COVID-19 with Nicholas Reich
Dr. Nicholas Reich, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, kicked off the 2020-2021 CHDS online seminar series with an introduction to the COVID-19
Read more...Rochelle Walensky to Direct CDC
CHDS’ affiliated faculty Rochelle Walensky has been appointed to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the incoming Biden/Harris administration.
Read more...Angie Cradock Appointed Principal Research Scientist
Angie Cradock, Co-Principal Investigator of the CHOICES Project and Deputy Director for the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, has been appointed as Principal Research Scientist
Read more...Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccine Uptake Are Cost-Effective
Pediatrics recently published a study, “Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccine Uptake,” led by CHDS postdoctoral fellow Jenny Spencer that compares the cost and benefits of
Read more...Upcoming Benefit-Cost Analysis Workshops/Conference
CHDS faculty Lisa A. Robinson and Stephen Resch will present an on-line professional development workshop on January 25 and 26, 2021, titled “Valuing Changes in Health and Longevity”
Read more...Weinstein Honored with Awards
Dr. Milton C. Weinstein received accolades for his impact to the field of decision science from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) and the Institute for Operations Research and the
Read more...“Brain Tricks” During COVID-19 Pandemic
Risk and uncertainty are fundamental to decision analysis, and risk perception plays a key role in pandemic-era decisions. CHDS faculty Eve Wittenberg and Lisa Robinson discussed the influence
Read more...CHDS at SMDM
The 42nd annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) was conducted virtually throughout the month of October and included more than a dozen
Read more...Alcohol Consumption during COVID
CHDS faculty Eve Wittenberg‘s ongoing study of health-related quality of life of alcohol consumption has been awarded additional funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
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