Lyndon James, doctoral student in Health Policy concentrating in Decision Science, successfully defended his thesis, “Enhancing Health Policy Decisions in Diseases Affecting Disadvantaged Populations:
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Robinson Teaches “Valuing Life and Health” Course
Deciding how to best invest to promote social welfare is challenging, especially when outcomes – such as increased longevity and improved health – are difficult to value in monetary terms.
Read more...Pandya Examines AHA Stroke Guidelines’ Gains
CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya presented ongoing research in a recent seminar, Past and Future Value Gained Under the Get with The Guidelines – Stroke Quality of Care Initiative, looking at
Read more...International HPV Awareness Day
CHDS faculty Nicole Campos traveled to Brasília, Brazil to mark International HPV Awareness Day on March 4. Campos joined researchers from Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz),
Read more...The Cram Method for Machine Learning
More efficiently using machine learning to assess data was the subject of a recent CHDS seminar with Michael Lingzhi Li. Li is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations
Read more...In Memoriam: Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman, who died at age 90 in March, immensely influenced the field of decision science. By uprooting conventional assumptions, he entirely changed how we approach many
Read more...Consumer Agency Doubles Values for Reducing Children’s Risks
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently voted to increase the value placed on reducing mortality risks to children, doubling the value placed on reducing risks to adults.
Read more...Remembering Howard Hiatt
Howard H. Hiatt, former dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, a mentor to generations of scientists, founder of decision science, and exceptional leader, died on March 2 at age 98.
Read more...CHDS at 2024 Benefit-Cost Conference
Enhancing benefit-cost analysis to provide more information on how policies affect the advantaged and disadvantaged was a major theme of the 2024 Society for Benefit-Cost
Read more...Kim Honored for Mentoring
CHDS’s Jane Kim is recipient of the Marianne Wessling-Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award in recognition of her mentoring of researchers and faculty at the Harvard Chan School.
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