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CHDS works to inform public health policies and practices and improve health through decision science research, education, and policy translation. https://chds.hsph.harvard.edu Center for Health Decision Science Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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CHDS’s Jennifer Yeh and colleagues analyzed different colorectal cancer screening strategies for survivors of childhood cancer previously treated with abdominopelvic radiation treatment. tinyurl.com/3arw4cxb
Tomorrow: CHDS's James Hammitt, @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social and colleague Maddalena Ferranna present a complimentary @smdm.bsky.social webinar:
University of Oslo and CHDS researchers, including CHDS’s @emilyannika.bsky.social, Jane Kim, Stephen Sy & @aportnoy.bsky.social, find that HPV vaccine may reduce the number of cervical cancer screenings women will need over their lifetime. tinyurl.com/22zkart4
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CHDS’s Nicolas Menzies & colleagues found that as many as 3 in 10 people are misdiagnosed for TB: in 2023 they estimated one million false-negative & 2 million false-positive diagnoses. tinyurl.com/yyhftvk3
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CHDS’s Ye Shen and colleagues modeled the progression of disordered weight control behaviors to eating disorders in Canada. tinyurl.com/3ar7z36f
Upcoming Webinar! From CEA to BCA and Beyond — explore how cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis measure outcomes, value benefits, guide decisions, and address equity in public health policy. Register now: smdm.org/civicrm/even...
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CHDS's @ankurfactorial.bsky.social and colleagues @jinyizhu.bsky.social , Andrea Luviano, Lyndon James & George Goshua, propose a method to account for unknown equity weight values into distributional cost-effectiveness analysis: “threshold inequality aversion parameters.” tinyurl.com/53ckz8k6
FINAL CALL: 5 days until PCE applications close!
If you're serious about clinical research, epidemiology, and making an impact with data—this is your program.
Don't miss the February 15 deadline.
Apply: hsph.me/pce
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The Health Economics Section of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, led by Dr. Dhruv Kazi, is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow to join our team. Apply now: bilh.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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CHDS Congratulates Ole Norheim for being a @gatesfoundation.bsky.social Goalkeepers Nordic Champion tinyurl.com/e6d7n9w9
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CHDS's Nicolas Menzies and colleagues found that geographic differences across states and municipalities in Brazil played a larger role than patient-level factors in explaining whether patients successfully completed tuberculosis (TB) treatment. tinyurl.com/2r8tvfyx
CHDS’s @ankurfactorial.bsky.social , Andrea Luviano & former student Jihye Han, found that using Health Years in Total (HYT) rather than the usual Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY) would leave the 90-96% of the conclusions behind AHA guidelines unchanged. tinyurl.com/52sav2fh
Authors will share quick overviews of their chapters on patient-reported and observational measurement of shared decision making, plus new approaches in assessment—followed by an open, interactive discussion that welcomes audience and patient perspectives. smdm.org/civicrm/even...
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⏰ 3 days left! SMDM (@smdm.bsky.social) 2026 short course proposals due Tuesday (I'm short course co-chair this year)
Past topics: DES in R, causal inference, measuring preferences, value of information, reproducible programming
Oslo 🇳🇴 | 6.28–7.1
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Check out this recent blog with CHDS's Deputy Director, @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social
New SMDM Core Course! 💡 Explore the psychology behind decision making in health and medicine — how patients and clinicians make choices, and how behavioral insights can improve diagnoses and outcomes. Grounded in theory and real-world research. Register now: smdm.org/meeting/smdm...
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As 2025 wraps up, we would like to take a moment to reflect on a great year! We are thankful for the wonderful #PCE #Classof2025 and all the friendships + connections that were made. We wish everyone a happy and healthy 2026! #NewYear #Reflection #WrapUp #LookingForward
Course 2 of 4 in the SMDM Core Course Certificate Program 💡 Dive into the essentials of shared decision making, from core principles to real-world impact — and how it compares to other clinical approaches. Register now: smdm.org/meeting/smdm...
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Course 3 of 4 in the SMDM Core Course Certificate Program 💡 Learn the basics of cost-effectiveness analysis and how it’s used to compare costs and outcomes to inform healthcare decisions. Register now: smdm.org/meeting/smdm...
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SMDM Innovate brings you cutting edge methods in the field of medical decision making. In this 1-hour webinar, learn about a newly developed, innovative approach for simplifying time-dependent Markov Models. Register now: smdm.org/meeting/smdm...
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Course 4 of 4 in the SMDM Core Course Certificate Program 💡 Explore the fundamentals of medical decision analysis, including decision trees, Markov models, and how modeling is used to evaluate benefits, harms, and uncertainty in clinical decision making. Register now: smdm.org/meeting/smdm...
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Our Virtual Information Session for the Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is happening tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 7 at 8:00 PM ET: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Saturday, January 10 at 9:00 AM ET: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Our first 2025-2026 PCE Outreach Team spotlight is Anvesh Narimiti!
After completing the PCE in 2021, Anvesh went on to earn his MPH in Clinical Effectiveness in 2024. Today, he’s a Hospitalist and the Medical Informatics Director at ECU Health!
Learn more about the PCE on our website! HSPH.me/pce
🎉 SMDM and ISPOR are co-developing a shared Frontiers in Modeling session for both Annual Meetings. At #SMDM26 in Oslo, the focus is Frontiers in Causal Modeling. More details soon — submit your abstract now!
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Darius Lakdawalla described the Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) framework approach to cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) that addresses issues related to understanding patient priorities at a recent CHDS seminar. tinyurl.com/3wepc5fu
Meet our keynote speaker: @amitabhchandra.bsky.social
2026 Annual Conference
March 12-13, 2026 | Washington, DC
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Meet our keynote speaker: Solomon Hsiang
2026 Annual Conference
March 12-13, 2026 | Washington, DC
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CHDS's PhD Student Ye Shen and colleagues have a new article in Int J Eat Disord: "Development of Disordered Weight Control Behaviors and Its Progression to Eating Disorders in Canada: A Nationally Representative Microsimulation" tinyurl.com/5n8s9fn7
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CHDS’s Jagpreet Chhatwal & colleagues evaluated the effect of multicancer early detection (MCED) tests, commonly known as liquid biopsy, for 14 solid tumor cancer types & found that adoption of MCED testing could significantly reduce the frequency of late-stage cancer diagnoses. tinyurl.com/mptztrjy
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (#CMS) recently released the maximum fair prices (#MFP) for the 15 #IPAY 2027 drugs. How closely do they align with value-based prices?
New CEVR research found wide variation, which sends muddled signals to drugmakers about value.
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