Center for Health Decision Science faculty and researchers sponsor and participate in several working and interest groups intended to foster increased collaborations within and between institutions. All groups meet at the Center for Health Decision Science (718 Huntington Avenue, 2nd floor) at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Working/Interest groups include:
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Cardiovascular working group
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Mental health interest group
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Pulmonary interest group
Cardiovascular Working Group
The
Cardiovascular Disease Working Group, led by Tom Gaziano and Milt Weinstein, provides
a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration on applications of decision science
in cardiovascular disease in the United States and other high-income
countries, as well as to advance research in managing cardiovascular disease and
associated risk factors in low and middle income countries. In addition to
identifying areas of high priority for new applications and potential
initiatives, the group will discuss new
methods and novel approaches that leverage previous work. The group hopes to evolve in such a way that topics of interest will
include peripheral vascular and kidney diseases affected by a similar set of
risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and smoking.
Mental Health Interest Group
The Mental Health Interest Group,
led by Jane Kim and Dan Siskind, congregates
students and faculty on a monthly basis to review key literature, discuss
research projects, exchange ideas, and build collaborative efforts in the
overlapping areas of mental health policy and decision sciences. Several
members of the group are developing models for depression, schizophrenia,
anxiety, bipolar disorder and ADHD, with a view towards generating
cost-effectiveness analyses for treatments, and using this information to
influence mental health policy.
Pulmonary Working Group
The Pulmonary Interest Group, led by Sue Goldie and Aaron Waxman, is planned to begin mid-2009 and will congregate students and faculty on a monthly basis to review key literature, discuss research projects, exchange ideas, and build collaborative efforts in the overlapping areas of pulmonary medicine and decision sciences. Examples of potential areas for initial focus include development of a model of pulmonary physiology, cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative pharmacologic interventions for pulmonary vascular disease in the U.S., and a review of the literature to estimate the cost of averting a case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in different countries.