Global maternal mortality projections by urban/rural location and education level: a simulation-based analysis.
Ward ZJ, Atun R, King G, Dmello BS, Goldie SJ.
EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Jun. 72:102653. PMID: 38800798
Primary Faculty
Zachary Jonathan Ward
Other Positions
CHDS Core Faculty
Center for Health Decision Science
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Links
Education and Training
MPH, 2011
École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Paris, France
PhD, 2021, Health Policy - Decision Science
Harvard University
Bibliography
Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 estimates: implications for health policy and research.
Ward ZJ, Goldie SJ.
Lancet. 2024 May 18. 403(10440):1958-1959. PMID: 38642567
Has the HCV cascade of care changed among people who inject drugs in England since the introduction of direct-acting antivirals?
Gliddon HD, Ward Z, Heinsbroek E, Croxford S, Edmundson C, Hope VD, Simmons R, Mitchell H, Hickman M, Vickerman P, Stone J.
Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Jan 12. 104324. PMID: 38218700
Cost-effectiveness of Improved WIC Food Package for Preventing Childhood Obesity.
Kenney EL, Lee MM, Barrett JL, Ward ZJ, Long MW, Cradock AL, Williams DR, Gortmaker SL.
Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 01. 153(2). PMID: 38258385
Treat All versus targeted strategies to select HBV-infected people for antiviral therapy in The Gambia, west Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Nguyen LBL, Lemoine M, Ndow G, Ward ZJ, Hallet TB, D'Alessandro U, Thursz M, Nayagam S, Shimakawa Y.
Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Jan. 12(1):e66-e78. PMID: 38097300
Social media platforms generate billions of dollars in revenue from U.S. youth: Findings from a simulated revenue model.
Raffoul A, Ward ZJ, Santoso M, Kavanaugh JR, Austin SB.
PLoS One. 2023. 18(12):e0295337. PMID: 38150418
Cost Effectiveness of Calorie Labeling at Large Fast-Food Chains Across the U.S.
Dupuis R, Block JP, Barrett JL, Long MW, Petimar J, Ward ZJ, Kenney EL, Musicus AA, Cannuscio CC, Williams DR, Bleich SN, Gortmaker SL.
Am J Prev Med. 2024 Jan. 66(1):128-137. PMID: 37586572
A Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in California: Projected Benefits for Population Obesity and Health Equity.
Lee MM, Barrett JL, Kenney EL, Gouck J, Whetstone LM, McCulloch SM, Cradock AL, Long MW, Ward ZJ, Rohrer B, Williams DR, Gortmaker SL.
Am J Prev Med. 2024 Jan. 66(1):94-103. PMID: 37553037
State-Specific Prevalence of Severe Obesity Among Adults in the US Using Bias Correction of Self-Reported Body Mass Index.
Zhao L, Park S, Ward ZJ, Cradock AL, Gortmaker SL, Blanck HM.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Jul 13. 20:E61. PMID: 37441752
The societal costs and health impacts on obesity of BMI report cards in US schools.
Poole MK, Gortmaker SL, Barrett JL, McCulloch SM, Rimm EB, Emmons KM, Ward ZJ, Kenney EL.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 08. 31(8):2110-2118. PMID: 37395361
News
Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from U.S. youth
Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
Improving accuracy of state-level obesity estimates to better inform prevention, treatment
A novel statistical method developed by Zachary Ward, assistant professor of health decision science at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues gets around biases in self-reporting.
Improving global maternal mortality outcomes
Zachary Ward, research scientist in the Center for Health Decision Science, explains his recent pair of studies predicting trends in global maternal mortality and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to curb maternal deaths.
Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity by 2030
About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030.
Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide undiagnosed
Nearly half of all childhood cancers are not being diagnosed globally.
