
Section of Decision Sciences
Research
Research conducted by SDS faculty members involves observational cohort studies, qualitative and mixed-methods research, behavioral experimentation, clinical trials, and modeling such as agent-based modeling, equation-based dynamic modeling, and Markov cohort decision analysis. Examples of past and current projects by our faculty include:
Chung-Chou H. (Joyce) Chang, PhD
- Cardiovascular disease mechanisms in HIV infected and uninfected veterans
- Improve outcomes in HIV/AIDS, alcohol, aging, and multi-substance use
- A prospective study on mild cognitive impairment
- Understand race and culture in living donor kidney
- Pediatric acute liver failure studies
- Temporally oriented subjective well-being across transitions—resources and outcomes
- Role of physician networks in the adoption on new prescription drugs
- Modeling strategies for observational CER
- Procalcitonin antibiotic consensus trial
- Late cardiovascular consequences of septic shock
- Creation of a health utility score for PROMIS
- Validation of health utility scores for population health management using social determinants of health
- Quality adjusted life expectancy estimates for the US general population
- Crosswalks between health utility scores
- Estimating the impact of chronic health conditions in the US general population
- Cost-effectiveness of screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in medical settings
- Health utility ratings for alcohol- and drug-related health states
- Cost-effectiveness of screening for unhealthy alcohol use with % carbohydrate deficient transferrin
- Applying the payoff time framework to carotid artery disease management
- Comparative effectiveness of alcohol and drug treatment in HIV-infected Veterans
- Cost-effectiveness of oral vs. injection naltrexone in the hospital for alcoholism
- Cost-effectiveness of connect-to-quit tobacco intervention among low-income veterans
- Minimizing adverse pregnancy outcomes using a smartphone app-based behavioral tool
- Creating and evaluating patient-centered informed consent delivery for clinical trial participants
- Synthesizing and communicating quality of scientific evidence
- Motivators and obstacles for delivering pre-exposure prophylaxis to young African women
- Spending choices of participants in a contingency management program in S. Africa
- Future of influenza vaccine strategies given interference and choice
- Analyzing adult pneumococcal vaccination implementation in the underserved
- Pragmatic trial of behavioral interventions for insomnia in hypertensive patients
- Mobility and Vitality Lifestyle Program (MOVE UP) for older adults with overweight and obesity
- Cluster randomized trial of a primary palliative care intervention (CONNECT) in advanced cancer
- Alternative strategies for adult pneumococcal vaccination
- Virtual continuity and its impact on complex hospitalized patient care
- Optimal strategies for pelvic inflammatory disease prevention and management
- Enhancing the effectiveness of physical therapy for individuals with knee osteoarthritis
- Diabetes cost-effectiveness core
- Quality of life utility values for erectile dysfunction
Search NIH RePORTER by faculty name for up-to-date information about our NIH-funded projects.
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