Mailing Address:
Harvard Medical School
Department of Population Medicine
133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
natasha_stout@hms.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 509-9914
Fax: (617) 859-9853
Staff Assistant: Emma Mandell
|
Natasha Stout, PhD
Natasha Stout, Ph.D., is an Instructor in the Department of Population Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on the development and application of population-based computer simulation models to inform decision making in health policy and improve population health. In particular, she is interested in cancer natural history modeling to evaluate prevention and control strategies. Her current research agenda includes quantifying tradeoffs between clinical benefits and risks associated with alternative breast and cervical cancer screening policies in the U.S. to inform individuals as well as to guide policy decisions and resource allocation. Of particular interest is the evaluation of over-diagnosis in early stage breast cancer. Other research interests include cost-effectiveness analysis and technology assessment. She is affiliated with the Program in Health Decision Science at the Harvard School of Public Health and the National Cancer Institute's CISNET collaboration. Natasha holds a Ph.D. in Population Health Sciences and a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research and Decision Sciences concentration) from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to her Ph.D., she worked at Epic Systems, a software company in the field healthcare information systems.
Selected Publications:
Stout NK,Goldie SJ,.
Keeping the noise down: common random numbers for disease simulation modeling
.
Health Care Manag Sci. 2008 Dec;4:399-406
Stout NK,Goldhaber-Fiebert JD,Ortendahl JD,Goldie SJ,.
Trade-offs in cervical cancer prevention: balancing benefits and risks
.
Arch Intern Med. 2008 Sep 22;17:1881-1889
Goldhaber-Fiebert JD,Stout NK,Salomon JA,Kuntz KM,Goldie SJ,.
Cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus DNA testing and HPV-16,18 vaccination
.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Mar 5;5:308-320
Tosteson AN,Stout NK,Fryback DG,Acharyya S,Herman BA,Hannah LG,Pisano ED,.
Cost-effectiveness of digital mammography breast cancer screening
.
Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jan 1;1:1-10
|
