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Apr 28, 2025

Orbitomics: Economic Ripple Effects of ISAM on Space Surveillance

Orbitomics examines the economic impact of advanced technologies, Federated Learning, Edge Computing and Quantum, in Space Situational Awareness. This paper provides a Theory of Change for enhancing space security and governance by 2035.

Melusine Lebret, Ryan J. Bain, Billy Bryan, Anca Agachi
Apr 28, 2025

The Evolution of United States Governance Policies for Research Using Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential

In response to 2012 studies enhancing a deadly pathogen's transmissibility, the U.S. and research community established policies to oversee research on enhanced pathogens with pandemic potential.

Gerald L. Epstein
Apr 24, 2025

Managing Space Acquisition as a Warfighting Capability

The USSF must adopt agile, threat-informed acquisition processes to deliver resilient warfighting capabilities. RAND research highlights integration, risk management, innovation transition, and collaboration as key to ensuring mission success.

Stephanie Young, Cynthia R. Cook, Yool Kim, Lauren A. Mayer, Megan McKernan, William Shelton, Éder M. Sousa, Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Jonathan P. Wong
Apr 23, 2025

Between-Visit Asthma Symptom Monitoring With a Scalable Digital Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial

This randomized controlled trial of a scalable symptom monitoring intervention found an increase in asthma-related quality of life but it did not reach the threshold for a minimally important change.

Robert S. Rudin, Savanna Plombon, Jorge A. Sulca Flores, Jessica L. Sousa, Jorge A. Rodriguez, Dinah Foer, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Maria Orlando Edelen, David W. Bates, Adriana Arcia, Anuj K. Dalal
Apr 23, 2025

A Qualitative Analysis on the Implementation of a Nudge Intervention to Reduce Post-Surgical Opioid Prescribing

We describe contextual factors affecting the implementation and outcomes of a successful email 'nudge' aimed at reducing post-operative opioid prescribing, with the goal of informing future implementation and dissemination efforts.

Meghan Martinez, Kathryn E. Bouskill, Xiaowei Sherry Yan, Allison Kirkegaard, Jason N. Doctor, Katherine E. Watkins
Apr 23, 2025

The Case For Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities In The US

Argues that preserving the capabilities delivered by the National Wastewater Surveillance System beyond 2025 should be a public health priority.

Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Adeline Williams, Henry H. Willis, Laura J. Faherty
Apr 17, 2025

Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA's Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms

Measure ULA is a ballot initiative increasing real estate transfer taxes on high-priced properties in the City of Los Angeles. In this study, we find that Measure ULA is reducing multifamily housing production in Los Angeles; our results imply a net loss of affordable housing units under the tax.

Jason M. Ward, Shane Phillips
Apr 17, 2025

Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Quality Measures for Community-Based Serious Illness Care

We adapted the Serious Illness Survey for Community-Based Care and field-tested the survey among Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees to create quality measures for use by MA or other organizations responsible for care of seriously ill individuals.

Anagha Alka Tolpadi, Feifei Ye, Joan M. Teno, Melissa A. Bradley, Rebecca Anhang Price
Apr 14, 2025

Impact of Hospital-Physician Vertical Integration on Physician-Administered Drug Spending and Utilization

Vertical integration reduces care capacity, shifts care to hospital outpatient settings, and raises drug administration spending for hematology-oncology, ophthalmology, and rheumatology in Medicare. Drug spending also rises in hematology-oncology.

Jonathan S. Levin, Xiaoxi Zhao, Christopher M. Whaley
Apr 14, 2025

Sources of Organizational Variability in Fatal Police Shootings in the USA

This study examines factors associated with variation in fatal police shooting rates across US agencies, particularly the role of differences in social context, randomness, and outlier agencies. It uses data from 2015-2020 in multilevel models.

Roland Neil, John MacDonald, Anthony A. Braga
Apr 11, 2025

Alcohol and Cannabis Use, Social Networks, and Non-Reservation American Indian / Alaska Native Emerging Adults: A Multi-level Dyadic Analysis

The study investigated associations between social networks and alcohol and cannabis use among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) emerging adults (18-25 years old), with a focus on the potential protective influence of AI/AN traditional practices.

David P. Kennedy, Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Ryan Andrew Brown, Daniel Dickerson, Carrie L. Johnson, Nipher Malika
Apr 7, 2025

Medicare Beneficiary Receipt of Methadone by Drive Time to Opioid Treatment Programs

This study examined the association between opioid treatment program geographic availability with dispensation of methadone, a medication for opioid use disorder, for Medicare beneficiaries with a recent diagnosis of opioid use disorder.

Jonathan H. Cantor, Helin Hernandez, Aaron Kofner, Julie Lai, Denis Agniel, Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Bradley D. Stein, Erin Audrey Taylor

External Publications

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Orbitomics: Economic Ripple Effects of ISAM on Space Surveillance

The Evolution of United States Governance Policies for Research Using Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential

Managing Space Acquisition as a Warfighting Capability

Between-Visit Asthma Symptom Monitoring With a Scalable Digital Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial

A Qualitative Analysis on the Implementation of a Nudge Intervention to Reduce Post-Surgical Opioid Prescribing

The Case For Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities In The US

Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA's Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms

Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Quality Measures for Community-Based Serious Illness Care

Impact of Hospital-Physician Vertical Integration on Physician-Administered Drug Spending and Utilization

Sources of Organizational Variability in Fatal Police Shootings in the USA

Alcohol and Cannabis Use, Social Networks, and Non-Reservation American Indian / Alaska Native Emerging Adults: A Multi-level Dyadic Analysis

Medicare Beneficiary Receipt of Methadone by Drive Time to Opioid Treatment Programs

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Orbitomics: Economic Ripple Effects of ISAM on Space Surveillance

The Evolution of United States Governance Policies for Research Using Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential

Managing Space Acquisition as a Warfighting Capability

Between-Visit Asthma Symptom Monitoring With a Scalable Digital Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial

A Qualitative Analysis on the Implementation of a Nudge Intervention to Reduce Post-Surgical Opioid Prescribing

The Case For Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities In The US

Taxing Tomorrow: Measure ULA's Impact on Multifamily Housing Production and Potential Reforms

Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Quality Measures for Community-Based Serious Illness Care

Impact of Hospital-Physician Vertical Integration on Physician-Administered Drug Spending and Utilization

Sources of Organizational Variability in Fatal Police Shootings in the USA

Alcohol and Cannabis Use, Social Networks, and Non-Reservation American Indian / Alaska Native Emerging Adults: A Multi-level Dyadic Analysis

Medicare Beneficiary Receipt of Methadone by Drive Time to Opioid Treatment Programs

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