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Concurrent 2D: Workshop - Considerations for economic evaluations of harm reduction programs: bridging data and policy

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
MC3

Speaker

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Mr. Sean Murphy
Professor
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Introduction

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM

Biography

Dr. Murphy is a Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and member of executive leadership for CHERISH, the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for SUD, HCV, and HIV. He is a health economist, internationally recognized, for his research in these areas, particularly alongside clinical trials.
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Mr. Sean Murphy
Professor
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Designing Economic Evaluations to Inform Harm Reduction Policy

4:05 PM - 4:20 PM

Biography

Dr. Murphy is a Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine, and member of executive leadership for CHERISH, the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for SUD, HCV, and HIV. He is a health economist, internationally recognized, for his research in these areas, particularly alongside clinical trials.
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Dr. Czarina Behrends
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medical College

Collaborative Insights: Collaborating with Health Departments in Economic Studies for Evidence-Based Harm Reduction Policies

4:20 PM - 4:35 PM

Biography

Dr. Behrends is an epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Behrends works with community-based programs and health departments to conduct research that evaluates innovative harm reduction and health service delivery approaches for people who use drugs, including estimating program cost and cost-effectiveness.
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Miss Sybil Majokweni
Junior Research Fellow
University of Cape Town

Navigating Economic Evaluations of Harm Reduction in LMICs: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Local Contexts

4:35 PM - 4:50 PM

Biography

Sybil Majokweni is a Junior Research Fellow in the HIV Mental Health Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. She holds a MPH in Health Economics. Her work in research is driven by her interest in public health policy and the cost of health care in low-and middle-income countries.
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Dr Xiao Zang
Assistant Professor
University Of Minnesota

Leveraging Decision Analytic Modelling for Robust and Equitable Harm Reduction Policy: A Collaborative Approach

4:50 PM - 5:05 PM

Biography

Dr. Zang is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. His research focuses primarily on evaluating interventions aiming to prevent drug overdose mortality and infectious diseases using simulation modeling methods. He has developed and applied diverse modeling approaches in evaluating various public health interventions and their health equity impacts.
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INHSU 2024

Questions & Discussion

5:05 PM - 5:30 PM

Biography


Chair

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Sean Murphy
Professor
Weill Cornell Medical Center

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