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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 8h

📬 This month's CHDS newsletter is now available! Explore recent decision science publications, featured resources and upcoming seminars, news within the field, and more.

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Harvard Global Health Institute @harvardgh.bsky.social · 1d

#ICYMI The recording of “The Ethics of Priority Setting in Global Health” is now available.

Professor Ole F. Norheim joins Dr. Louise Ivers, to discuss fairness, efficiency & ethics in advancing universal health coverage.

📽️ Watch: globalhealth.harvard.edu/recording-et...

RECORDING: The Ethics of Priority Setting in Global Health - Harvard Global Health Institute

Professor Ole Norheim explores the ethical challenges of setting priorities in global health and advancing universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries. This discussion examines how f...

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progclineffect.bsky.social @progclineffect.bsky.social · 1d

Register for one of our upcoming virtual Information Sessions!

Meet with directors, members of the @hsph.harvard.edu Admissions team, and former PCE students.

🔹 10/21 at 8:00 PM ET Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔹 11/1 at 9 AM ET Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 1d

CHDS' Stéphane Verguet and colleagues recently published research in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (@whobulletin.bsky.social) on the inequalities associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, and measles deaths for children under five years old in sub-Saharan Africa.

📖: shorturl.at/WOIoF

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 1d

This pathbreaking OECD report will substantially improve the evidence base for life-saving policy decisions, according to CHDS’s Lisa Robinson. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/M2rpL

OECD Environment @oecd-env.bsky.social · 20d

How can policymakers better understand the costs and economic benefits of potential policies affecting human health? Join us for our next #GreenTalks LIVE as we delve into the Value of Statistical Life concept.

🗓️ 1 October
🕒 15:00–16:00 CEST
🔗 www.oecd.org/en/events/20...

OECD Green Talks LIVE: Evaluating the economic benefits of environmental policies that save lives

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Lisa A Robinson @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social · 7d

Terrific to see this published! Great work, and definitely worth reading.

OECD Environment @oecd-env.bsky.social · 7d

What is the value of statistical life and how can it help policymakers develop better transport, air pollution and health #policies?

Find out in our 🆕 report 🔗 oe.cd/6bM

Mortality Risk Valuation in Policy Assessment: A Global Meta-Analysis of Value of Statistical Life Studies

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 6d

Our Career Development Committee is pleased to announce our Fall 2025 Industry Job Market Panel. Learn more here: smdm.org/meeting/cdc-...

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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · 5d

More than 200 volunteers from the Harvard Chan School community participated in our third annual Day of Service, which included activities like serving meals at a shelter, cleaning up Boston Public Garden, and making warm blankets for children in need.

Harvard Chan community lends a hand at annual Day of Service | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

More than 200 volunteers from Harvard Chan School participated in the School’s third annual Day of Service.

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 3d

Get Introduction to Medical Decision Analysis before the late rate kicks in Tuesday! smdm.org/meeting/smdm...

#MedicalDecisionMaking #SMDM

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 6d

CHDS affiliate Karen Smith co-authored a cost-effectiveness analysis of intensive blood pressure targets in settings with blood pressure measurement error, with colleagues including CHDS' Thomas Gaziano, Nicolas Menzies, and Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social).

📝Read more: shorturl.at/4Kekr

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 10d

Get Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis before the late rate kicks in Tuesday! smdm.org/meeting/smdm...

#MedicalDecisionMaking #SMDM

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 10d

It’s that time of year again: The information session for Harvard’s PhD in Health Policy will be held a month from today, on Tuesday, October 28.

Register here (recording will be available for those who can’t make it): harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 9d

Join this free, online panel moderated by Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division in the OECD - OCDE Environment Directorate.

Oct 1 | Online | 9-10am ET | Free

Register at buff.ly/nD3RAmj

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progclineffect.bsky.social @progclineffect.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in developing quantitative and analytical skills for conducting high-quality clinical research? Join us for a virtual information session to learn about the Program in Clinical Effectiveness and the MPH in Clinical Effectiveness.

Register at our website hsph.harvard.edu/fellowship-s...

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 8d

SMDM Group Memberships provide organizations, institutions, and research teams with exclusive benefits — keeping your group connected, informed, and empowered, all at a special group rate.

Amplify your team’s impact today: smdm.org/hub/page/spe...

#GroupMembership #MedicalDecisionMaking #SMDM

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 14d

A new paper led by Harvard Health Policy PhD student Ye Shen finds that, in the current policy environment, more than six in ten kids will have been enrolled in Medicaid for some period of time by their 18th birthday; the program is absolutley critical for children.

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 14d

New article by CHDS doctoral student Ye Shen and colleagues

JAMA @jama.com · 14d

An estimated 61% of U.S. children have been enrolled in #Medicaid or CHIP and 42% have experienced periods of uninsurance by age 18, with insurance disruptions being more common in states with restrictive Medicaid policies. 🧵

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 14d

CHDS’ Zach Ward discussed both the progress and challenges in meeting the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in reducing mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCD) in a recent invited commentary in The Lancet.

👉 More about the commentary: shorturl.at/Hk8Vs

Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 19d

CHDS' Myriam Hunink recently published new, open access teaching material culminating from an immersion residency with the CHDS Media Hub. These educational resources were created with support from the Alan Colowick Innovation Fund.

📖 About the residency: shorturl.at/BFwM8

Myriam Hunink, wearing glasses and a business blazer and smiling off-camera, is sitting at table with colorful markers in an office setting.

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progclineffect.bsky.social @progclineffect.bsky.social · 20d

🎉 We're gearing up for another exciting year of the Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE)!

Our directors and administrative team are hard at work planning and preparing to make next year's program impactful & engaging!

Stay tuned for updates as we prepare for the 2026 PCE at @hsph.harvard.edu!

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 20d

In his forthcoming book, Insight-Driven Problem Solving: Analytics Science to Improve the World, CHDS faculty Soroush Saghafian explores how analytics can drive meaningful improvements.

👉 About the book: shorturl.at/NKNNj

Book cover for "Insight-Driven Problem Solving: Analytic Science to Improve the World" by Soroush Saghafian with graphics of broken puzzle with words "Problem" and "Solution". Behind the book cover is an abstract art image serving as a border.

Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 21d

Congratulations to CHDS's @jacobjameson.com and all the finalists!

Jacob Jameson 📊 @jacobjameson.com · 21d

Excited to be named a finalist for the INFORMS Health Applications Society student paper competition for my paper on discretionary image batching in the emergency department!

Paper here 👇
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 21d

Join CHDS’s @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social and other panelists at the upcoming @oecd-env.bsky.social Green Talk on October 1, 15:00-16:00 CEST, "Evaluating the economic benefits of environmental policies that save lives." tinyurl.com/396vk7hr

Evaluating the economic benefits of environmental policies that save lives

Green Talks LIVE webinar to launch the report Mortality Risk Valuation in Policy Assessment: A Global Meta-analysis of Value of Statistical Life Studies

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Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis @sbcasociety.bsky.social · 23d

The abstract submission deadline for the 2025 SBCA European Conference has been extended until this Friday, September 19, 2025.

Submit your abstract at buff.ly/FMhyTac

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Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) @smdm.bsky.social · 22d

Watch the SMDM 2025 Presidential Address by Victoria Shaffer! Follow SMDM's YouTube channel to be notified of new content! 🔔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeA3...

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SMDM 2025 Presidential Address Victoria Shaffer

Presidential Address: Victoria Shaffer, PhD SMDM 47th Annual Meeting 16 June, 2025 Recorded at Rackham Auditorium, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan SMDM's president, Victoria Shaffer,…

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