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September 2026

14
SEP

SMDM Decision Psychology Pilot Idea Research Tournament: Session 3

14 September 2026

The Decision Psychology Special Interest Group (SIG) is pleased to announce the SMDM Decision Psychology Pilot Research Idea Tournament. Please join us at any of the following sessions listed at the bottom of the description. All are welcome!

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SMDM Decision Psychology Pilot Idea Research Tournament: Session 3
15
SEP

Preference Measurement Journal Club

15 September 2026

Tina Cheng, PhD Candidate, will lead a discussion of the paper, What Is the Consensus Value of Patients' Treatment-Risk Tolerance? Assessing a Stated-Preference Evidence Base for Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Johnson et al.

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Preference Measurement Journal Club
16
SEP

The economics of contraception: price effects on fertility

16 September 2026

The Decision Sciences for Child Health Collaborative (DSCCo) SIG is pleased to host a virtual Discovery Dialogues featuring Eliza Ennis, a PhD Candidate in Health Policy at Stanford University.

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The economics of contraception: price effects on fertility
18
SEP

Highlights from the R-HTA book

18 September 2026

This course will present highlights from the recent "R for Health Technology Assessment (HTA)" edited textbook. These will take the form of short tutorials explaining how to accomplish key analyses relevant to HTA using the R programming language.

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Highlights from the R-HTA book

October 2026

01
OCT

Shared Decision Making Hour – October 2026

01 October 2026

Shared Decision Making Hour is a monthly open forum hosted by Shared Decision Making SIG for anyone interested in exploring the latest in shared decision making (SDM). We welcome all perspectives and encourage open dialogue!

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Shared Decision Making Hour - October 2026
08
OCT

SMDM Webinar: Calibrating Markov Models to Clinical Survival Data

08 October 2026

Building accurate Markov models is challenging because they cannot easily be matched up with clinical survival data. Partitioned Survival models are built directly on survival curves that can be fitted to clinical data through regression analysis. However, Partitioned Survival models are limited to forward progression, and they do not support critical events beyond implicit progression and death. Markov models are instead built on distinct events including, but not limited to, progression and death. However, Markov models cannot be directly fitted to clinical survival data because disease progression results from a combination of event risks applied over time. For Markov models, curve-fitting calibration techniques can refine event probabilities to match multi-cause disease progression to clinical survival data.

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SMDM Webinar: Calibrating Markov Models to Clinical Survival Data

November 2026

19
NOV

Causal Machine Learning for Health Economics and Decision Making

19 November 2026

This course introduces methods for combining machine learning (ML) and causal inference to improve health economic evaluations and decision-making. Participants will learn how ML can be used for prediction, estimating treatment effects, and designing stratified treatment policies. The course will also demonstrate practical implementation of these methods in R, with accompanying code provided.

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Causal Machine Learning for Health Economics and Decision Making

December 2026

09
DEC

Simulation Models in Public Health Decision Making

09 December 2026

This short course will provide a survey of commonly used simulation models for decision making in public health research, including cohort-/population-based simulation, microsimulation, agent-based, and compartmental models.

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Simulation Models in Public Health Decision Making
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This form is for Virtual short courses, not for proposing short courses for the Annual Meeting. While courses may be submitted for both, title and content should not be exactly the same, and SMDM will work to schedule an in-person course prior to a virtual course if they feature similar content and the same instructor(s). Virtual Short Course proposals are reviewed by the SMDM Education Committee. Scheduling of short courses involves many considerations, however if your course is not immediately selected it will be held on our potential course list for the future.

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