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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CHDS faculty Nicolas Menzies and colleagues estimated the potential health and economic effects of a one-time intervention to test and treat latent tuberculosis infection in United States counties with a high tuberculosis burden among racially minoritized populations. shorturl.at/gWQae

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CHDS faculty @ankurfactorial.bsky.social & affiliate @jinyizhu.bsky.social discussed the cost-effectiveness of using apolipoprotein B, non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals to guide statin intensification in a JAMA opinion editorial. shorturl.at/1bDWD

Headshots of Ankur Pandya (Upper Right) and Jinyi Zhu (Lower Left) Against Art Background

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

CHDS warmly welcomes Armand Zimmerman, an incoming student in the Decision Science track of Harvard’s PhD Program in Health Policy, beginning in Fall 2026. shorturl.at/eBfRk

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal and collaborator Rachael Fleurence examined how the principles outlined in the 2025 HTAi Global Policy Forum (GPF) report could be applied in operational practice. shorturl.at/JFLCK

Headshots of Jagpreet Chhatwal (Upper Left) and Rachael Fleurence (Lower Right) Against Art Background

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

CHDS contributed in many ways to the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) (@smdm.bsky.social), held in Oslo, Norway, from June 28 to July 1, 2026. The meeting theme was “Medical Decision Making in Uncertain Times.” shorturl.at/MzpkD

Group selfie, picturing (left to right) Ankur Pandya, Jenna Rogers, Andrea Luviano, and Sarah Skye Yoden

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

CHDS faculty Ankur Pandya (@ankurfactorial.bsky.social) and colleagues examined Oregon’s Medicaid priority‑setting experiment as a case of participatory governance in a recently published article. shorturl.at/hMWeL

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

CHDS' Zach Ward and colleagues developed the Global Cancer Workforce microsimulation model for The Lancet Oncology’s Commission on Cancer Workforce. shorturl.at/GrNGb

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations to CHDS' Jacob Jameson (@jacobjameson.com) for becoming the first repeat awardee of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Student Teaching from the Harvard Kennedy School in more than a decade. hsph.me/jameson-HKS-...

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Recent PhD graduate Ye Shen received the Best Paper Award from the AcademyHealth (@academyhealth.bsky.social) Child Health Services Research Interest Group for "Insurance Dynamics During Childhood in the Fragmented US Health System." shorturl.at/hHYLD

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

CHDS’ Allison Portnoy (@aportnoy.bsky.social), Nick Menzies, and collaborators examined how the dismantling of the USAID and potential reductions in support from the Global Fund could affect the household economic burden of tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries. shorturl.at/7f4Qa

Headshots of Allison Portnoy (Upper Right) and Nicolas Menzies (Lower Left) Against Art Background

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In a recent CHDS seminar, Christopher Jackson presented a method for addressing changes in transition rates in Markov models. tinyurl.com/84eyzmkz

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Radhika Tampi, doctoral student in Health Policy concentrating in Decision Science, successfully defended her dissertation, "Simulation of Policy Levers Across the Tuberculosis Care Cascade," on May 4. shorturl.at/jhPij Congratulations, Dr. Tampi!

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

At a recent CHDS seminar, Marissa Reitsma presented ongoing research modeling the syndemic experienced by people who inject drugs. tinyurl.com/bddfshfb

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

CHDS faculty Jagpreet Chhatwal, together with collaborator Rachael Fleurence, has received the Society for Medical Decision Making (@smdm.bsky.social)’s John M. Eisenberg Award for Practical Application of Medical Decision Making Research. shorturl.at/cZJKX

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Ye Shen, doctoral student in Health Policy concentrating in Decision Science, successfully defended her thesis, “Insights into the Fragmented US Health System through Simulation Modeling: Childhood Insurance, Care Utilization, and Outcomes," on April 24. shorturl.at/PfUyF Congratulations, Dr. Shen!

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Congratulations to CHDS faculty Uwe Siebert, who has been chosen to receive the 2026 Career Achievement Award from the Society for Medical Decision Making (@smdm.bsky.social) in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of medical decision making. shorturl.at/BnokN

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Syphilis Screening Mandates by themselves work only in the short term tinyurl.com/53hd8v6u

Headshots of Sarah Baum (Upper Left) and Nicolas Menzies (Lower Right)

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Congratulations to this year's Raiffa Award recipients: @janicejhang.bsky.social, Jenna Rogers, S Skye Yoden and @yuhanxuan.bsky.social tinyurl.com/p44zmja8

Headshots of Janice Jhang, Jenna Rogers, S Skye Yoden and Hanxuan Yu

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Congratulations to Ole Norheimhttps://tinyurl.com/58rt4w7p

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

CHDS doctoral student Jacob Jameson (@jacobjameson.com) was a finalist in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition for his thesis, “The Impact of Batching Advanced Imaging Tests in Emergency Departments.” hsph.me/jameson-fina...

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We welcome visiting scholar Tiange Spring tinyurl.com/5en6x82n

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

CHDS researchers find that targeted screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is cost-effective only for adults at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease tinyurl.com/3t8psrhp

Headshots of Jinyi Zhu (upper left), Janice Jhang (upper right), Ankur Pandya (lower left) and Hanxuan Yu (lower right)

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

CHDS’s Jennifer Yeh and colleagues analyzed different colorectal cancer screening strategies for survivors of childhood cancer previously treated with abdominopelvic radiation treatment. tinyurl.com/3arw4cxb

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

CHDS’s Nicolas Menzies & colleagues found that as many as 3 in 10 people are misdiagnosed for TB: in 2023 they estimated one million false-negative & 2 million false-positive diagnoses. tinyurl.com/yyhftvk3

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

CHDS’s Ye Shen and colleagues modeled the progression of disordered weight control behaviors to eating disorders in Canada. tinyurl.com/3ar7z36f

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

CHDS Congratulates Ole Norheim for being a @gatesfoundation.bsky.social Goalkeepers Nordic Champion tinyurl.com/e6d7n9w9

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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

Headshots of Boshen Jiao (upper left) & Stéphane Verguet (lower right) against artwork background

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🎉 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

Ankur Pandya smiling offcamera while seated at desk with colorful books and objects on shelf in background

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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 · 02/10/2025

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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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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.

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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

Book Cover for, Insight-Driven Problem Solving: Analytics Science to Improve the World

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🎉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

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Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) @ctrdecisionscience.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

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