Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS)
@ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social
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
Center for Health Decision Science
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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
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
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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
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
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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
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
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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
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
🔗 shorturl.at/jDyou
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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
🔗 shorturl.at/jDyou
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
🔗 shorturl.at/GuX9J
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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
🔗 shorturl.at/GuX9J
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
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
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
@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
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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
@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
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
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/yFHZl
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/yFHZl
🎉 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.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/FvHJT
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/FvHJT
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🎉 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.
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/FvHJT
🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/FvHJT
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
🔗 More about the study: shorturl.at/lXEAX
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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
🔗 More about the study: shorturl.at/lXEAX
CHDS' Thomas Gaziano, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel & colleagues published IMPACT-BP trial results in
@nejm.org indicating reliable home-based hypertension care in rural South Africa significantly reduced systolic blood pressure at 6 months compared to standard clinic-based care.
🔗 shorturl.at/7pDJK
@nejm.org indicating reliable home-based hypertension care in rural South Africa significantly reduced systolic blood pressure at 6 months compared to standard clinic-based care.
🔗 shorturl.at/7pDJK
October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
CHDS' Thomas Gaziano, Shafika Abrahams-Gessel & colleagues published IMPACT-BP trial results in
@nejm.org indicating reliable home-based hypertension care in rural South Africa significantly reduced systolic blood pressure at 6 months compared to standard clinic-based care.
🔗 shorturl.at/7pDJK
@nejm.org indicating reliable home-based hypertension care in rural South Africa significantly reduced systolic blood pressure at 6 months compared to standard clinic-based care.
🔗 shorturl.at/7pDJK
CHDS' Zachary Ward and Sue J. Goldie and colleagues compared country-specific maternal mortality estimates for 2020 from three models in a recent eClinical Medicine (@eclinicalmed.bsky.social) article: those from the UN, the GBD, and the GMatH.
🔗About the article: shorturl.at/8loNj
🔗About the article: shorturl.at/8loNj
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
CHDS' Zachary Ward and Sue J. Goldie and colleagues compared country-specific maternal mortality estimates for 2020 from three models in a recent eClinical Medicine (@eclinicalmed.bsky.social) article: those from the UN, the GBD, and the GMatH.
🔗About the article: shorturl.at/8loNj
🔗About the article: shorturl.at/8loNj
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
📖: shorturl.at/WOIoF
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
📖: shorturl.at/WOIoF
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
📝Read more: shorturl.at/4Kekr
October 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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
📝Read more: shorturl.at/4Kekr
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
👉 More about the commentary: shorturl.at/Hk8Vs
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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
👉 More about the commentary: shorturl.at/Hk8Vs
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
📖 About the residency: shorturl.at/BFwM8
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
📖 About the residency: shorturl.at/BFwM8
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
👉 About the book: shorturl.at/NKNNj
September 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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
👉 About the book: shorturl.at/NKNNj
CHDS's Soroush Saghafian is excited to announce that, after 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 of hard work, his book is finally ready and set to be released next month. Preorder and receive a 20% discount (use the code SAGHAFI25 at checkout)
𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔: www.cambridge.org/9781009379120
𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏: a.co/d/63IA21h
𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔: www.cambridge.org/9781009379120
𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏: a.co/d/63IA21h
September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CHDS's Soroush Saghafian is excited to announce that, after 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 of hard work, his book is finally ready and set to be released next month. Preorder and receive a 20% discount (use the code SAGHAFI25 at checkout)
𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔: www.cambridge.org/9781009379120
𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏: a.co/d/63IA21h
𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔: www.cambridge.org/9781009379120
𝑨𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒏: a.co/d/63IA21h
CHDS’s Jagpreet Chhatwal and colleagues forecasted global breast cancer trends to 2030 and found that a more nuanced metric revealed signs of progress for most countries despite failing to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal for mortality reduction.
📖About the publication: shorturl.at/nXG7Z
📖About the publication: shorturl.at/nXG7Z
September 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
CHDS’s Jagpreet Chhatwal and colleagues forecasted global breast cancer trends to 2030 and found that a more nuanced metric revealed signs of progress for most countries despite failing to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal for mortality reduction.
📖About the publication: shorturl.at/nXG7Z
📖About the publication: shorturl.at/nXG7Z
🎉CHDS is thrilled to welcome incoming students Kirsten Gallant and Isabella Impalli to the Decision Science track of the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy!
📖 Read our news story: shorturl.at/U9xvh
📖 Read our news story: shorturl.at/U9xvh
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🎉CHDS is thrilled to welcome incoming students Kirsten Gallant and Isabella Impalli to the Decision Science track of the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy!
📖 Read our news story: shorturl.at/U9xvh
📖 Read our news story: shorturl.at/U9xvh
CHDS faculty Shafika Abrahams-Gessel and Thomas Gaziano and colleagues recently published a formative evaluation of the IMPACT-BP hypertension control trial in South Africa.
📖 About the publication: shorturl.at/sZAJO
📖 About the publication: shorturl.at/sZAJO
August 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
CHDS faculty Shafika Abrahams-Gessel and Thomas Gaziano and colleagues recently published a formative evaluation of the IMPACT-BP hypertension control trial in South Africa.
📖 About the publication: shorturl.at/sZAJO
📖 About the publication: shorturl.at/sZAJO
CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal and co-author Rachael Fleurence published a commentary that sheds light on meditation as an important but underutilized avenue for reducing healthcare costs and enhancing mental health outcomes.
➡️ About the article: shorturl.at/CF0iM
➡️ About the article: shorturl.at/CF0iM
August 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal and co-author Rachael Fleurence published a commentary that sheds light on meditation as an important but underutilized avenue for reducing healthcare costs and enhancing mental health outcomes.
➡️ About the article: shorturl.at/CF0iM
➡️ About the article: shorturl.at/CF0iM
CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social) recently presented "Quantifying the Value of Representation in Clinical Trials" at an Office of Educational Programs (@hsph.harvard.edu) ‘Hot Topics’ seminar.
👉 About the presentation: shorturl.at/Xsjxj
👉 About the presentation: shorturl.at/Xsjxj
August 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social) recently presented "Quantifying the Value of Representation in Clinical Trials" at an Office of Educational Programs (@hsph.harvard.edu) ‘Hot Topics’ seminar.
👉 About the presentation: shorturl.at/Xsjxj
👉 About the presentation: shorturl.at/Xsjxj
📈CHDS Adjunct Professor Uwe Siebert taught RDS 286: Decision Analysis in Clinical Research this summer. Part of the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness (@progclineffect.bsky.social), the course is designed for physician and other clinical researchers.
👉 About the course: shorturl.at/q12LW
👉 About the course: shorturl.at/q12LW
July 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
📈CHDS Adjunct Professor Uwe Siebert taught RDS 286: Decision Analysis in Clinical Research this summer. Part of the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness (@progclineffect.bsky.social), the course is designed for physician and other clinical researchers.
👉 About the course: shorturl.at/q12LW
👉 About the course: shorturl.at/q12LW