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Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Journal Article
Jun 17, 2024
Identifies test performance and cost benchmarks that would make blood-based colorectal cancer screening as effective and cost-effective as established alternatives.
This paper demonstrates the use of artificial neural network emulators to enable Bayesian calibration of cancer microsimulation models.
Mar 28, 2024
The American Gastroenterological Association convened a workshop to summarize the evidence on emerging blood tests for CRC screening. This paper reports those findings and provides consensus statements from the workshop's expert panel.
This paper investigates whether novel blood-based biomarker tests that meet the current CMS coverage decision are cost-effective for colorectal cancer screening.
Nov 13, 2023
This paper compares projected colorectal cancer (CRC) screening benefits for Black and White populations in the context of secular changes in CRC risk, shifts in CRC location, and Black?White disparities in CRC-specific and overall survival.
Jul 21, 2023
This paper uses three Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) colorectal cancer models to simulate NordICC trial outcomes.
May 5, 2023
This comparative analysis uses two CISNET colorectal cancer (CRC) microsimulation models to assess the impact of ongoing screening disruptions induced by the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term CRC outcomes.
Dissertation
Dec 22, 2022
Presents three papers exploring the utility of Robust Decision Making for supporting health policy decisions.
Project
Dec 13, 2022
To improve and standardise the delivery of FMT for recurrent C. difficile infections, health services could raise clinician awareness of and training in FMT services, maintain patient registries and develop metrics to monitor outcomes, develop better regulation and guidelines on the delivery of FMT, and tackle reimbursement challenges.
Sep 15, 2022
Clinical guidelines for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening suggest use of either stool-based tests or colonoscopy. We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis to compare 2 mailed outreach strategies to increase CRC screening.
Aug 17, 2022
This paper examines the validity of the CRC-SPIN model and colonoscopy sensitivity assumptions. We find that colonoscopy may be less accurate than currently assumed, especially for diminutive adenomas.
May 13, 2022
Adding community-to-clinic tailored navigation to a community-based colorectal cancer screening promotion program may be highly cost-effective.
