PhD in Health Policy, Decision Science track alumni listed alphabetically below:

Sally Araki Aalfs 2003
Current Position: In transition
Last Employer: Department of Medicine and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University
Thesis Title: Shared Decision Making in the Treatment of Endometriosis Pain

Julia Aledort 2004
Current Position: Associate Policy Researcher
Current Employer: RAND
Thesis Title: Infectious Disease Policy in the Era of Antibiotic Drug Resistance: Decision Analytic and Historical Perspectives

Tanya G.K. Bentley 2006
Current Position: Health Services Research Fellow
Current Employer: UCLA/RAND (Santa Monica, CA)
Thesis Title: U.S. Folic Acid Fortification Policy: Methods for Evaluating Folate Intake and Projecting Health Outcomes

Richard Chapman 2001
Current Position: Director, Health Economics
Current Employer: ValueMedics Research, LLC
Thesis Title: Improving the Comparability of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses

Phaedra S. Corso 2000
Current Position: Associate Professor in Health Policy
Current Employer: University of Georgia
Thesis Title: Evaluating Preferences for Health Risks

Elena Elkin 2003
Current Position: Assistant Outcomes Research Scientist, Health Outcomes Group
Current Employer: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Thesis Title: Decision Analysis in the Evaluation of Breast Cancer Treatment

Scott Gazelle 1999
Current Position: Professor, Radiology (HMS), Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management (HSPH), Associate Radiologist and Director, Institute for Technology Assessment (MGH)
Current Employer: Harvard Medical School & Harvard School of Public Health & Massachusetts General Hospital
Thesis Title: Cost-Effectiveness of Imaging and Surgery in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases

Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert 2008

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Current Employer: Stanford University School of Medicine

Thesis Title: Decision-Analytic Approaches to Evaluating Prevention
Policy Alternatives

Jane J. Kim 2005
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Health Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management
Current Employer: Harvard School of Public Health
Thesis Title: Using Mathematical Modeling to Evaluate the Public Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies in Different World Regions

Sun-Young Kim 2006
Current Position: Research Associate, Program in Health Decision Sciences
Current Employer: Harvard School of Public Health
Thesis Title: Economic Evaluation of vaccination Programs: Cost-effectiveness, Externalities, and Affordability of Hepatitis B Vaccination

Amy Bird Knudsen 2005
Current Position: Post-doctoral research fellow, Program on Cancer Outcomes Research Training (PCORT)
Current Employer: Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital
Thesis Title: Explaining Secular Trends in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality with an Empirically-Calibrated Microsimulation Model

Joseph Ladapo 2008

Current Position: Internal Medicine Resident

Current Employer: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thesis Title:   Cost-Effectiveness of 64-Slice Computed Tomography in Cardiac Care and an Analysis of the Adoption and Diffusion of a New Technology            

Angela Man-Wei Cheung 1997
Current Position: Professor and Director, Osteoporosis Program and Associate Director, Women's Health Program
Current Employer: University of Toronto
Thesis Title: The Economic Impact of Primary Prevention: Methods and Applications of Cost- Effectiveness Analysis

Pamela McMahon 2005
Current Position: Instructor (HMS), Senior Research Scientist (MGH)
Current Employer: Department of Radiology (Harvard Medical School), Institute for Technology Assessment (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Thesis Title: Policy Assessment of Medical Imaging Utilization: Methods and Applications

Jill M. Morris Ferdinands 2000
Current Position: Epidemiologist, Lieutenant Commander, US Public Health Service, Air Pollution & Respiratory Branch, National Center for Environmental Health
Current Employer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thesis Title: Methods for Modeling and Valuing Life Expectancy Gains

Lisa Alison Prosser 2000
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Current Employer: Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Thesis Title: Patient Preferences and Economic Considerations in Treatment Decisions for Multiple Sclerosis

Jennifer Prah Ruger 1998
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Current Employer: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine
Thesis Title: Aristotelian Justice and Health Policy: Capability and Incompletely Theorized Agreements

Eileen A. Sandberg 2008

Current Position:

Current Employer:

Thesis Title: The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Joshua Salomon 2001
Current Position: Associate Professor of International Health, Department of Population and International Health (HSPH)
Current Employer: Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Thesis Title: Empirical Approaches to Modeling HIV and Hepatitis C

Bruce Schackman 2001
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Public Health
Current Employer: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Thesis Title: The Cost-Effectiveness of Early Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-Infected Adults

Aaron A. Stinnett 1996
Current Position: Lutheran Minister
Last Employer: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, UAB Center for Outcomes Research and Education
Thesis Title: Issues in the Economic Evaluation of Health Interventions

Edmond Toy 2002
Current Position: Policy Analyst / Engineer
Current Employer: The Analysis Group, Lakewood, CO
Thesis Title: The Environmental and Safety Risks of Sport-Utility Vehicles, Vans, and Pickup Trucks

Fumie Yokota Griego 2003
Current Position: In transition
Last Employer: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Thesis Title: Improving Value of Information Analysis in Health Risk