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Ross D. Shachter

Ross D. Shachter, PhD

Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering
Stanford Health Policy Associate

Dept. of Management Science and Engineering
Stanford University
Terman Center 325
Stanford, California 94305-4026

shachter@stanford.edu
(650) 723-4525 (voice)
(650) 723-1614 (fax)
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Research Interests

modeling of uncertain processes and decision making; management of bladder cancer followup; analysis of vaccination strategies for HIV and Helicobacter pylori

Bio

Ross Shachter's research interests are in the modeling of uncertain processes and decision making. His main focus has been the communication and analysis of the relationships among uncertain quantities in a graphical representation called an influence diagram (closely related to a belief network). Professor Shachter's work in medical decision analysis has included management of bladder cancer follow-up and analysis of AIDS Policy therapies. During a leave of absence at Duke University's Center for Health Policy, he was able to bring his interests together to develop an influence diagram-based approach for medical technology assessment. He has been on the Stanford faculty since receiving his PhD in Operations Research from UC Berkeley in 1982.

Stanford Affiliations

Management Science and Engineering

Publications

Cost-Effectiveness of a Potential Prophylactic Helicobacter pylori Vaccine in the United States.
Value of Quantitative D-dimer Assays in Identifying Pulmonary Embolism: Implications from a Sequential Decision Model
Quantifying the Population Impact of a Prophylactic Helicobacter pylori Vaccine
Costs and Benefits of Imperfect HIV Vaccines: Implications for Vaccine Development and Use

Courses

Influence Diagrams and Probabilistic Networks

Topics

Health and Medicine
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Health policy