COVID-19 Projects
COVID-19 led to profound changes in hospital operations, particularly infection prevention and control activities. This supplemental effort funded by the CDC Epicenters program aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-associated infections (HAIs), clinical decision-making, and quality of patient care to inform new policies to prevent infections and optimize care during future surges.
Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) Projects
NV-HAP Surveillance using Structured Electronic Clinical Data
Non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is the most common and deadly healthcare-associated infection, affecting approximately 1% of patients with a crude mortality rate of 15-30%. Despite a pressing need for surveillance, detailed yet subjective diagnostic criteria for NV-HAP make monitoring onerous and difficult to replicate.
Health Data Collaborations for Safety and Effectiveness Research (HDC-SER)
Best-in-class expertise in complex multi-site leadership and operations
The Health Data Collaborations for Safety and Effectiveness Research (HDC-SER) program leverages the FDA Sentinel Initiative’s national medical product monitoring system to conduct public health and safety surveillance for pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device manufacturers.
2023 Aaka Pande and Sumit Majumdar Memorial Award
In late 2019, the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research (HPI) opened the call for nominations for the inaugural Aaka Pande and Sumit Majumdar Memorial Award. The award was established in response to the untimely passing of Drs. Pande and Majumdar, as a means of honoring their legacy of dedication to rigorous science for impactful population health benefit.
Sophie Mayer
Sophie Mayer, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Therapeutics and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE)division of the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where her research focused on methods to account for differential outcome misclassification. She also received an MS in Epidemiology from the University of Washington and a BA from Reed College.
Li Yi
Thomas O. Pyle Research Fellow
Li Yi, PhD (he/him/his) is a Thomas O. Pyle Research Fellow in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Li has focused his research on investigating the impact of the neighborhood built environment and greenness on health behaviors and chronic disease outcomes.