A partnership with Social Science Research Lab

For the second year, DIHI has partnered with Social Science Research Lab (SSRL) to develop measurement and evaluation plans for DIHI funded projects. Evaluating Health Innovations, a semester-long course for undergraduates, was designed to provide students a broad view of the healthcare industry, health innovation, and social science research methodology and to provide students with the opportunity to partner with DIHI innovators to  develop measurement and evaluation plans for innovation pilots. Throughout the course, students engaged in discussions with diverse healthcare professionals, from healthcare economists and nursing staff to medical students and data scientists. The full list of class sponsors and speakers is below. We are grateful for the time and enthusiasm class visitors devoted to this course.

Our goal is to engage students in discussions on a wide variety of health topics to spark interest in the healthcare field. Evaluating Health Innovation is a unique opportunity for students to gain experience participating in a health innovation project that is being implemented at Duke and to forge relationships with innovators across campus. This partnership is one of the ways in which we seek to educate and empower the next generation of healthcare leaders.

Class speakers:

George Cheely, MD, MBA

Phil Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd

Diana McNeil, MD

Rob Saunders, PhD

Dev Sangvai, MD, MBA

JP Sharp, JD, MPH

David Ridley, PhD

Blake Long, MD, MBA

Michael Gao, MS

Kristin Corey, MD

Theresa Coles, PhD

Alex Cho, MD, MBA

Donna Biederman, DrPH, MN, RN

Christelle Tan, MD

Mark Sendak, MD, MPP

Class Sponsors:

Jessica Sperling, PhD

Jon O’Donnell, MD

Megan Gray, MSW

Krista Whalen