Jacob Jameson has been selected to be a Center for Health Decision Science Educational Innovation Scholar for the Spring and Fall semesters (2024). Scholars are graduate students
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Improving Measles Immunization Delivery
Controlling measles in low- and middle-income countries poses significant challenges, as discussed in by Kevin McCarthy in a CHDS seminar. McCarthy is a Senior Research Manager at the
Read more...Improving Estimates of Air Pollution Health Impacts and Values
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP) is widely used to calculate the number and economic value of air pollution-related deaths
Read more...2024 Raiffa Fund Awards
CHDS has announced the 2024 Howard Raiffa Fund award recipients as PhD in Health Policy doctoral students Andrea Luviano and Jacob Jameson. Luviano’s project will identify
Read more...Fangli Geng Successfully Defends Dissertation
Fangli Geng, doctoral student in Health Policy concentrating in Decision Science, successfully defended her thesis, “Assessing Value and Optimizing Decision-Making in Post-Acute Care Across Diverse
Read more...Applied Decision Analysis Returns
CHDS’ Ankur Pandya will offer an intermediate-advanced level course in experiential learning this spring, RDS 290. This course integrates theoretical concepts, methodological skills, and
Read more...Family Caregivers’ Financial Well-Being
Family caregivers in the U.S. are systematically unsupported, both through the health care system and within the workforce. Dr. Megan Hebdon provided insights from her expanding research on
Read more...Using and Improving Benefit-Cost Analysis
Benefit-cost analysis is a well-established and widely used approach for systematically assessing policy impacts, as discussed by CHDS’s Lisa Robinson in a recent Free Range Podcast.
Read more...Optimizing Data-Driven Healthcare Decision Making
Wesley Marrero discussed his research on data-driven approaches to optimize healthcare decision making at a recent CHDS seminar. Marrero, an assistant professor in the Thayer School of Engineering at
Read more...Improving Norway’s Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
CHDS’ Allison Portnoy, Emily Burger, Jane Kim, and Stephen Sy and colleagues from the University of Oslo collaborated with The Section for Cervical Cancer Screening in Norway to design and analyze
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