In a recently published study, Eric Ross from McLean Hospital and CHDS’ Djøra Soeteman showed that Esketamine can be cost-effective for patients with treatment-resistant depression if the price drops by
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Measles Vaccine Immunization Delivery
CHDS Post-Doctoral Fellow Allison Portnoy and Faculty Stéphane Verguet with others published an article in Value in Health about the two main delivery platforms of the measles vaccine
Read more...Breast Cancer Screening in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Survivors of childhood cancer previously treated with chest radiation are at high risk of developing secondary breast cancer. Similar to BRCA1 mutation carriers, an estimated 30% of these survivors will develop
Read more...Immunization Services During COVID-19 Webinar
On Thursday, July 16, 2020, the Learning Network for Countries in Transitions (LNCT) hosted a webinar discussion on the incremental costs of routine immunization, campaigns, and outreach services
Read more...Uncertainty in Valuing COVID-19 Risks
The COVID-19 crisis has focused unprecedented attention on the use of benefit-cost analysis and approaches for valuing mortality risk reductions, commonly referred to as the
Read more...Robinson Appointed CHDS Deputy Director
Lisa A. Robinson, Senior Research Scientist, was appointed CHDS Deputy Director on July 1, 2020. Robinson specializes in the conduct of benefit-cost analysis, particularly
Read more...Menzies Receives Mentoring Award
CHDS faculty Nicolas Menzies received a 2020 Harvard Chan Mentoring Award. The award recognizes faculty who enhance their students’ experience by their guidance and support
Read more...COVID Post-Acute Care Symposium
Fangli Geng, 3rd-year doctoral student in Decision Sciences/Health Policy, chaired the organizing committee for “Global Symposium: Post-acute Care and Rehabilitation during COVID-19
Read more...Sue J. Goldie Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
Sue J. Goldie, CHDS Faculty Director and the Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been named the 2020 recipient of the
Read more...COVID Re-Opening Decision Making
How to consider risk in personal decisions about re-opening? CHDS faculty Eve Wittenberg discussed the trade-offs inherent in risky decisions with WBUR’s reporter Carey Goldberg
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