Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS)

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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

Do Medicare’s IPAY 2027 Negotiated Drug Prices Reflect Value For Money? | Health Affairs Forefront Examining whether negotiated prices align with value is one way of asking if CMS “got pricing right” and if the Medicare program is getting its money’s worth.

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

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).

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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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