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
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Saghafian Launches PIAS Lab
CHDS affiliated faculty, 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
Read more...Mike Eber Receives SRA Student Merit Award
Doctoral student Mike Eber received the 2020 Student Merit Award from the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group. The award is given to the best
Read more...Preventing Heart Disease Grant Awarded to Tom Gaziano
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
Read more...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
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