BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250505T045107EDT-1418abKZbX@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250505T085107Z DESCRIPTION:SPECIAL SEMINAR\n\nW. Alton Russell\, PhD\n\nAssistant Professo r\n Dept of Epidemiology\, Biostatistics & Occupational Health\n SPGH | McGi ll University\n\nWHERE: In-Person | 2001 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCollege\, Rm 1203 | Zoom\n \nAbstract \n\nDecision-analytic models can inform measures to address imp ortant problems in population health and health systems. Traditionally\, d ecision analysts have focused on the aggregate or average impact of measur es on a population. Increasingly\, policy makers seek to understand the di stribution of impacts across diverse populations. This is for two main rea sons: to understand the equity implications of policies and to enable targ eted public health measures.\n\nI will describe how integrating data-drive n methods like machine learning into decision analysis can improve estimat ion of the impact of public health measures on diverse populations\, infor ming targeted interventions. I will describe two applications: dispensing the overdose reversal drug naloxone to patients receiving prescription opi oids and tailoring the frequency of blood donations to each donors’ estima ted trajectory for recovering iron stores.\n\nBio\n\nW. Alton Russell\, Ph D\, is an Assistant Professor in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøSchool of Population and Globa l Health and director of the Data-Driven Decision Modeling Lab\, or D3Mod lab. The D3Mod lab aims to enable the efficient\, effective\, and equitabl e use of finite healthcare resources by developing\, assessing\, and apply ing traditional decision modeling methods (mathematical modeling\, simulat ion\, optimization) together with data-driven methods (machine learning\, Bayesian statistics). Dr. Russell received undergraduate training in Indus trial Engineering and Public Health at North Carolina State University\, M asters and Doctoral training in Management Science and Engineering at Stan ford University\, and postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts General H ospital Institute for Technology Assessment and Harvard Medical School.\n \nWebsite: https://mchi.mcgill.ca/decision-modeling-lab/\n DTSTART:20230413T200000Z DTEND:20230413T210000Z SUMMARY:Informing targeted public health measures with data-driven decision modeling URL:/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/informing-targete d-public-health-measures-data-driven-decision-modeling-347635 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR