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Welcome to this month's edition of the Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) newsletter. Explore recent decision science publications, featured resources and events, as well as news within the field.

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Newsletter Issue: January 2025

CHDS News Stories - Recent

Headshots of Janice Jhang (top left) and Astrid Yu (bottom right)

2025 Novartis Fund Awardees

Janice Jhang and Hanxuan (Astrid) Yu, first-year doctoral students in Health Policy, are 2025 recipients of Novartis fund awards for research projects with CHDS faculty.

CHDS Welcomes Ethicist Ole F. Norheim

CHDS is delighted to welcome Ole F. Norheim as CHDS Affiliate Faculty. Norheim recently joined the Harvard Chan School faculty as Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Ethics and Population Health in the Department of Global Health and Population.

Headshots of Skye Yoden (top left) and Jessica Preston Harvey (bottom right)

2025 Raiffa Fund Awardees

Skye Yoden and Jessica Preston Harvey, second-year doctoral students in Health Policy, are 2025 recipients of the Raiffa Fund awards for their research projects.

CHDS at International HPV Meeting in Scotland

The CHDS Cervical Cancer Team, including Nicole Campos, Jenny Spencer, Emily Burger, and Allison Portnoy, and led by CHDS faculty Jane Kim, presented their latest research findings at the 36th International Papillomavirus Conference (IPVC).

“One Screen” Cervical Cancer Control

CHDS faculty Nicole Campos and a team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) outlined a “one dose, one screen” cervical cancer prevention approach for lower-resource settings published in the Journal of National Cancer Institute Monographs.

More CHDS News

CHDS Publications - Selected Recent

Baum SE, Pelissari DM, Dockhorn Costa F et al. Surveillance for TB Drug Resistance Using Routine Rapid Diagnostic Testing Data: Methodological Development and Application in Brazil. PLoS Comput Biol. 2024 Dec 23;20(12):e1012662. PMID: 39715258.

Singal AG, Chhatwal J, Parikh N et al. Cost-Effectiveness of a Biomarker-Based Screening Strategy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis. Liver Cancer. 2024 Dec;13(6):643-654. PMID: 39687038.

Tampi RP, Wang D, Abdulla S et al. 1,7-Malaria Reactive Community-Based Testing and Response (1,7-mRCTR) Approach in Tanzania: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Infect Dis Poverty. 2024 Dec 4;13(1):92. PMID: 39633463.

Ward ZJ, Atun R, Aggarwal A et al. Investing in Cancer Care in the UK: Why Aren't We Acting on the Evidence? Lancet Oncol. 2024 Dec;25(12):1522-1524. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00634-X. PMID: 39542007.

Featured Short Course

Introduction to Health Technology Assessment and Health Economics

UMIT-Tirol - University for Health Sciences and Technology

January 27 through 29, 2025

This three-day online course, led by CHDS faculty Uwe Siebert with others at UMIT-Tirol, combines lectures, discussions and case study group work in the key elements and methods of Health Economics (HE), Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and Health Decision Science.

Job Openings

Director, Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research and Associate Professor of Population Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow, Healthcare Analytics

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