Bentley Akoko

Bentley
Akoko
Health Services Research Analyst
Health Policy
Phone
+1 (615)875-5635
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 700
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
bentley.m.akoko.1@vumc.org

Erica Anderson

Erica
Anderson
Manager, Research Programs
Health Policy
Phone
+1 (615)875-1385
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 700
Room / Suite
700
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
erica.j.anderson@vumc.org

Tony Morrow

Tony
Morrow
Database Administrator
Health Policy
615-343-7834
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 1275
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
tony.morrow@vumc.org

Martha T. Szczesny

Martha
T.
Szczesny
Lead Administrative Assistant
Health Policy
Phone
615-875-7305
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 1275
Room / Suite
1275
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
martha.szczesny@vumc.org

Stephanie Longmire

Stephanie
Longmire
Clinical Translational Research Coordinator II
Health Policy
Phone
615-323-1324
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Room / Suite
Suite 1010
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
stephanie.a.longmire@vumc.org

Researchers recommend ways to measure ‘spillover effects’ on families, caregivers

Imagine the unthinkable: A child diagnosed with cancer who suddenly needs extensive treatment and care for a lengthy period. Researchers have long studied the economic value of that care (e.g., outcomes relative to cost) but measuring the impact of patient illness on parents or caregivers has been underestimated and inconsistently incorporated into economic evaluations.

Jinyi Zhu, PhD, MPH

Jinyi
Zhu
PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Policy

Jinyi Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy. Her research focuses on applications and methods to inform decision-making for resource allocation in public health and health care. Specifically, her research falls into three main areas: 1) resource prioritization for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, 2) applied model-based cost-effectiveness analysis in other clinical areas including TB and HIV, and 3) methodological advances in disease simulation modeling (e.g., subgroup analysis, model efficiency, and model calibration and validation).

Dr. Zhu received a Ph.D. in Health Policy from Harvard University in 2022. She also holds an MPH from Yale University and a BS in Biology and BA in economics from Peking University.

 

A full CV is available upon request.

Visit Dr. Zhu's PubMed Profile.

Recent & Highlighted Research

Zhu J, Kim KWR, Yu H, Gupta A, Mushlin AI, Kamel H, et al. Acute Ischemic Stroke Care Quality Improvement. JAMA Neurol. 2025 Jan 13

Pandya A, Zhu J. Focusing on Decisions, Outcomes, and Value Judgments to Confront Algorithmic Bias. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2318501. 

Zhu J, Kamel H, Gupta A, Mushlin AI, Menzies NA, Gaziano TA, Rosenthal MB, Pandya A. Prioritizing Quality Measures in Acute Stroke Care : A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2023 May 2.

Zhu J, Lyatuu G, Sudfeld CR, Kiravu A, Sando D, Machumi L, et al. Re-evaluating the health impact and cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis preventive treatment for modern HIV cohorts on antiretroviral therapy: a modelling analysis using data from Tanzania. Lancet Glob Health. 2022 Nov;10(11):e1646–54. 

Phone
615-875-6854
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 1275
Room / Suite
1275-F
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
jinyi.zhu.1@vanderbilt.edu

Cost-effectiveness analysis, disease simulation modeling methods, cardiovascular disease, TB/HIV

Hannah Peterson

Hannah
Peterson
Associate Health Policy Data Analyst
Health Policy
Phone
+1 (615)875-9202
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 1275
Room / Suite
1275
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
hannah.e.peterson@vumc.org

Melissa Krasnove, M.Ed.

Melissa
Krasnove
M.Ed.
Program Manager
Health Policy PhD Program
Program Manager
Epidemiology PhD Program
Phone
615-875-2915
Office Address
2525 WEA
2525 West End Ave.
Suite 621
Room / Suite
621
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
melissa.krasnove@vanderbilt.edu