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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 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
11.12.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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Our next Virtual Information Sessions for the Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health are coming up!
Dates:
January 7th at 8:00 PM ET: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 10th at 9:00 AM ET: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Boshen Jiao, former postdoc, CHDS faculty Stéphane Verguet, & colleagues recently published a study in @plosmedicine.bsky.social showing childhood vaccines can prevent millions of families in low- and middle-income countries from falling into medical poverty. tinyurl.com/muxkmnv9
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Looking for a professional development opportunity in February?
Ever wondered what benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is?
Join Glenn Blomquist and David Weimer to learn the basics of BCA!
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CHDS' Jagpreet Chhatwal and colleagues, on behalf of the ISPOR Working Group on Generative AI, recently published an article in Value in Health with foundational knowledge and practical insights on the role of generative AI in health economics and outcomes research (#HEOR).
🔗 shorturl.at/jDyou
We are pleased to have Elissa Gentry presenting at our November professional development workshop!
Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law
November 18 & 21, 2025 | 11:00 am-2:00 pm ET
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Discover our November decision science newsletter. In this month's edition, explore publications, featured resources and upcoming seminars, and news within the field.
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Jennifer Spencer, PhD, and Jinyi Zhu, PhD, MPH, present a complimentary webinar in our new SMDM Innovate series, titled "Decomposing Disparities Using Simulation Modeling." Learn more and register here: smdm.org/meeting/smdm...
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We are pleased to have W. Kip Viscusi presenting at our November professional development workshop!
Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law
November 18 & 21, 2025 | 11:00 am-2:00 pm ET
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We are pleased to have Jonathan Wiener presenting at our November professional development workshop!
Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law
November 18 & 21, 2025 | 11:00 am-2:00 pm ET
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CHDS' Nick Menzies and colleagues projected how funding cuts from the US bilateral health aid and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria could lead to increases in pediatric tuberculosis cases and deaths in a recent @lancetchildadol.bsky.social publication.
🔗 shorturl.at/GuX9J
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Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law
SBCA Professional Development Workshop
November 18 & 21, 2025 | 11:00 am-2:00 pm ET
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Not only is there time to register for our upcoming workshop on Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Law, there are three significant discounts available if you register by Monday (November 10):
SMDM 48th Annual Meeting at University of Oslo announces Call for Abstracts, Symposia, and Short Courses. Learn more here: smdm.org/meeting/48th...
#AnnualMeeting #MedicalDecisionMaking #Oslo #SMDM
Recent study by CHDS's @emilyannika.bsky.social, Stephen Sy, Mary Caroline Regan & Jane Kim, and colleagues, quantifies effects of heterogeneity in prevention behaviors on cervical cancer elimination timeframes. tinyurl.com/furycerj
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It was great to hear from Tom Trikalinos in our CHDS seminar, where he spoke about his novel approach for representing uncertainty when meaningful probability distributions cannot be developed. shorturl.at/0TXk4
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CHDS' Davene Wright (
@wrightcensored.bsky.social) & colleagues used a real-world, retrospective cohort study to assess changes in initial treatment for children and adolescents w/ obesity, following the issuance of AAP guidelines for the treatment of pediatric obesity in 2023.
🔗: shorturl.at/YsO6Q
Interested in the PCE program? Thinking of taking RDS 286 taught by CHDS's Uwe Siebert? Get more info at this upcoming Virtual Open House
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Cover of the 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Climate change action offers a lifeline.
The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report launches today!
📊 Most comprehensive assessment yet of climate/health connections
❤️🩹 Outlines priority actions for the protection of health amidst global turmoil
Get the details: tinyurl.com/y3hcjhv8 #LancetClimate25
Reminder: Our next Virtual Open House for the Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is coming up Saturday, November 1 at 9:00 AM (ET)!
Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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CHDS congratulates CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal and colleague Rachael Fleurence for being honored with the inaugural Impact Award from The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). 👏🎉
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/yFHZl
The first session, titled Developments in Federal Regulation, Deregulation, and Regulatory Analysis, features a distinguished panel of former SBCA presidents—Caroline Cecot, Don Kenkel, Glenn Blomquist, and Kip Viscusi—sharing insights on how benefit-cost analysis informs current economic policies.
22.10.2025 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations, Meredith Rosental!
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🎉 Congratulations to CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social), who has been elected by the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) (@smdm.bsky.social) membership to President-Elect for 2025-2026.
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Register today for the Fall 2025 Industry Job Market Panel happening 20 October! smdm.org/meeting/cdc-...
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Thanks to Immediate Past President Vic Adamowicz and the Nominations Committee—Kerry Krutilla, Susan Chilton, and Martin Koning—for their service.
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Join us for a virtual course on Evidence Synthesis in Medical Decision Making. Register today: crm.smdm.org/civicrm/even...
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PhD candidate Ye Shen published a modeling study that estimated cumulative insurance experiences during childhood in JAMA (@jama.com), with coauthors including CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social) and Nicolas Menzies.
🔗 More about the study: shorturl.at/lXEAX
