Louise B. Russell, PhD is an Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Rutgers University. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Russell’s research focuses on health policy, particularly cost-effectiveness analysis and related topics, such as simulation modeling, a fundamental methodology in cost-effectiveness analysis; the time patients and their families spend undergoing medical care, a major and largely unrecognized cost of the health system; and applications of modeling and cost-effectiveness to chronic and infectious diseases. She co-chaired the U.S. Public Health Service Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, which published recommendations for improving the quality and comparability of cost-effectiveness studies (Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, Oxford University Press, 1996), and three articles in JAMA (October 1996) and was a member of the leadership group for the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, which published an article in JAMA and the second edition of the book in 2016. She is an associate editor of Medical Decision Making.
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Louise Russell, PhD
- Adjunct Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
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