Public Health seminar series--Investigating clinical decision making, behavioral economics and low-value care.
When:
Thursday, September 19, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Hughes auditorium, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
IPHAM
Group: Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM)
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Description:
Gemma is a PhD candidate at The University of Sydney. Her research examines how behavioural economics could be used to reduce low-value tests and treatments in medicine. In this talk she will provide an overview of her thesis, present exciting new results from two of her recent studies on suggested alternatives and default options and provide an overview on NUDG-ED, her large clinical trial of nudges embedded in emergency departments currently ongoing in Sydney, Australia.
Lunch provided.
Guest:
Gemma Altinger, PhD candidate
University of Sydney School of Public Health