So proud of and excited for Astrid Hanxuan (Astrid) Yu! Center for Health Decision Science is getting such a star🌟

Hi Folks, Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy is hiring!

Open rank tenure line search to come work with a terrific group of 20 primary and 20 secondary faculty, smart MPH and PhD students.

Apply here by December 15:

apply.interfolio.com/135635

.Jinyi Zhu proposed a new method “dispersion sensitivity analysis” (DiSA) for parameters lacking subgroup-specific data in equity-informed CEAs with Ankur Pandya Nick Menzies John Giardina John Graves Natalia Kunst #SMDM23 Center for Health Decision Science

Plus Ashley Leech's own amazing talk!!! So proud to see Vanderbilt Dept. of Health Policy 's growing presence at Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) #SMDM23

📢 As co-chairs of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) teaching interest group, Ashley Leech & I invite you to our 'Dinner with Experts' event on Tuesday for #SMDM23 ! Join us if you're interested in teaching medical decision making (or good Italian food🍝)!
🔗 Sign up here: docs.google.com/document/d/1uX…

Tip of the hat to whoever did the session naming for this year’s conference.

Looking forward to seeing Jinyi Zhu , Natalia Kunst, @Fernando & others in the session titled “A super exciting session about quantitative methods *explosion sounds*”

Taught mom CEA basics in Mandarin to prep for a seminar:

[On standard gamble]
Mom: But everyone feels different! Who to ask? Patients/public?
[On ICER]
Me: Is the best strategy where ICER is lowest?
Mom: Hmm depends on how much you can/want to pay?

Me: Mom, be my PhD Student?😍

CONGRATULATIONS to Stacie Dusetzina on her Publication of the Year Award on #Medicare beneficiaries not filling high-cost drugs. #ARM23

Navigating the academic job market can feel like uncharted territory.🔍

Join us as we, as recent candidates, share our journey to demystify the process!🗺️ Expect casual conversation & ample Q&A time!

Trainees, this is for you!🚀
Mentors, pls amplify for our Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) trainees🙏

Good STAT piece here covering this JAMA Network Open paper on racial and ethnic bias in risk prediction. Great quotes from Ankur Pandya! jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Among the most challenging—and sparsely taught—aspects of policy decision modeling in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is adapting and/or structuring an existing model for new regions/countries/contexts.

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Is it cost-effective to use multiplexed genetic testing for hereditary conditions as a population screening tool?

Yes, if you screen early enough to get upstream of disease progression.

New research by our team out today in Annals of Internal Medicine:

acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…

NEW: In Annals of Int Med, Jinyi Zhu and colleagues find that 2 of 10 process measures accounted for 72% of the total potential value of quality improvement.

vumc.org/health-policy/…

A #CostEffectiveness analysis of acute stroke care found that only 2 of 10 process measures accounted for 72% of the total potential value of quality improvement: ow.ly/3tKK50O99s2 Vanderbilt School of Medicine