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Heather E. Hsu, MD, MPH Hear my name

Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Pediatrics

MD, Harvard Medical School
MPH, University of Pittsburgh
AB, Brown University

Pronouns: she/her/hers

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ORCID : 0000-0002-5863-1804

Heather Hsu, MD MPH is a pediatric hospitalist and health services researcher focused on advancing the quality, efficiency, and equity of healthcare delivery across the life course. Her research leverages observational data and quasi-experimental study design to inform health policy, healthcare delivery, and resource allocation decision-making. She has a particular interest in understanding how value-based care models affect health equity and the financial well-being of the healthcare safety-net, especially in the areas of infectious diseases and substance use. In addition, as Scientific Director of Boston Medical Center's Clinical Data Warehouse for Research, she leads health system efforts to improve the quality and availability of administrative and electronic health records data for research.

Dr. Hsu completed her undergraduate training in Gender Studies at Brown University, medical training at Harvard Medical School, pediatric residency training in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center, a health services research fellowship within Harvard Medical School's Department of Population Medicine, and graduate training in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. She has received research funding from NIDA, AHRQ, and PCORI and her scholarship has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Health Affairs, and Addiction, among other journals.

Within the Department of Pediatrics and Boston Combined Residency Program, Dr. Hsu is a co-founder and lead faculty mentor for Health Equity Rounds, a solutions-oriented and resident-led case-based conference series that addresses racism, bias, and other forms of systemic oppression and their impacts on health and healthcare (https://www.bmc.org/health-equity-rounds).

BMC Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorder
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2026 (PI)
National Institutes of Health/DHHS/NIH
1K01DA054328-01

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Fund to Retain Clinician Scientists
04/01/2022 - 10/14/2023 (Subcontract PI)
PI: Heather E. Hsu, MD, MPH
Trustees of Boston University, BUMC Doris Duke Fdn

Preventing Avoidable Infectious Complications by Adjusting Payments (PAICAP) II
09/30/2018 - 06/30/2019 (PI)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC) DHHS

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj
2025	Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorder	5K01DA054328-05
2024	Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorder	5K01DA054328-04
2023	Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorder	5K01DA054328-03
2022	Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorder	5K01DA054328-02
2021	Improving value-based healthcare delivery for opioid use disorder	1K01DA054328-01

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Frost KM, Hsu HE, Petruccelli M, Keehn RM, Rue H, Beeler A, Broder-Fingert S. Value-Based Care and Accountable Care Organizations: Implications for Early Autism Diagnosis and Access to Quality Care. Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Oct 04; 15(10). PMID: 41153144; PMCID: PMC12561089; DOI: 10.3390/bs15101354;

Lodi S, Yan S, Bovell-Ammon B, Christine PJ, Hsu HE, Bernson D, Novo P, Lee JD, Rotrosen J, Liebschutz JM, Walley AY, Larochelle MR. Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone on treatment interruption: Comparing findings from a reanalysis of the X:BOT RCT and harmonized target trial emulation using population-based observational data. Addiction. 2025 Aug; 120(8):1634-1645.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bovell-Ammon, Benjamin
Hsu, Heather
Larochelle, Marc
Lodi, Sara

PMID: 40104887; PMCID: PMC12221784; DOI: 10.1111/add.70040;

Wang R, Anand NS, Hsu HE. Infant Feeding Disparities Amid the Formula Shortage: Where Do We Go From Here? Pediatrics. 2025 Jan 01; 155(1). PMID: 39729398

Nash KA, Perdomo J, Hsu HE. Health Equity Rounds - Root-Cause and Solutions-Oriented Discussions of Medical Racism. N Engl J Med. 2024 Nov 14; 391(19):1763-1765. PMID: 39530418

Hsu HE, Cohen RT, Galbraith AA. Accounting for Children in Accountable Care Organizations. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 01; 178(11):1099-1101.View Related Profiles.

Galbraith, Alison
Hsu, Heather
Cohen, Robyn

PMID: 39348137; PMCID: PMC12055200; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3932;

Hao B, Hu Y, Adams WG, Assoumou SA, Hsu HE, Bhadelia N, Paschalidis IC. A GPT-based EHR modeling system for unsupervised novel disease detection. J Biomed Inform. 2024 Sep; 157:104706.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Paschalidis, Ioannis
Bhadelia, Nahid
Assoumou, Sabrina
Adams, William

PMID: 39121932; PMCID: PMC12067473; DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104706;

Khazanchi R, Wachman EM, Schiff DM, Modest A, Saia KA, Hsu HE. Mandatory Child Protective Services Reporting for Substance-Exposed Newborns and Peripartum Outcomes: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 178(7):719-722.View Related Profiles.

Schiff, Davida
Wachman, Elisha
Hsu, Heather
Saia, Kelley
Khazanchi, Rohan

PMID: 38709513; PMCID: PMC11074925; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0903;

Andriola C, Ellis RP, Siracuse JJ, Hoagland A, Kuo TC, Hsu HE, Walkey A, Lasser KE, Ash AS. A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm for Creating Risk-Adjusted Payment Formulas. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Apr 05; 5(4):e240625.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Hsu, Heather
Siracuse, Jeffrey
Lasser, Karen

PMID: 38639980; PMCID: PMC11065160; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0625;

Xie W, Hsu HE, Shafer PR, Podolsky MI, Stokes AC. Metabolic Disease and The Risk of Post-COVID Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. medRxiv. 2024 Mar 27.View Related Profiles.

Stokes, Andrew
Hsu, Heather
Xie, Wubin

PMID: 38585713; PMCID: PMC10996723; DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.26.24304845;

Christine PJ, Lodi S, Hsu HE, Bovell-Ammon B, Yan S, Bernson D, Novo P, Lee JD, Rotrosen J, Liebschutz J, Walley AY, Larochelle MR. Target trial emulation for comparative effectiveness research with observational data: Promise and challenges for studying medications for opioid use disorder. Addiction. 2024 Jul; 119(7):1313-1321.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bovell-Ammon, Benjamin
Hsu, Heather
Larochelle, Marc
Lodi, Sara

PMID: 38519819; PMCID: PMC11156545; DOI: 10.1111/add.16473;

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Wang RY, Anand NS, Douglas KE, Gregory JC, Lu N, Pottorff AE, Hsu HE. Formula for a Crisis: Systemic Inequities Highlighted by the US Infant Formula Shortage. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 01; 153(2).View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Lu, Nguyen

PMID: 38196392; PMCID: PMC10827642; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-061910;

Egan KA, Xuan Z, Hofman M, Ma Shum J, Fernández-Pastrana I, Fiechtner L, Sandel M, Buitron de la Vega P, Kistin CJ, Hsu H. Food Pantry Referral and Utilization in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Mar; 66(3):444-453.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Egan, Kelsey
Sandel, Megan
Buitron de la Vega, Pablo
Xuan, Zi
Xuan, Ziming

PMID: 37813171; PMCID: PMC10922354; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.10.006;

Karim SA, DeCelle MG, Hale AE, Spencer DJ, Zhang YJ, Hsu HE, Ballal SA. Implementing Health Equity Huddles in Pediatric Gastroenterology Inpatient Education. Acad Pediatr. 2023; 23(8):1520-1521. PMID: 37301283

Pandey A, Eastman D, Hsu H, Kerrissey MJ, Rosenthal MB, Chien AT. Value-Based Purchasing Design And Effect: A Systematic Review And Analysis. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Jun; 42(6):813-821. PMID: 37276480; PMCID: PMC11026120; DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01455;

Rainer T, Lim JK, He Y, Perdomo J, Nash KA, Kistin CJ, Tolliver DG, McIntyre E, Hsu HE. Structural Racism in Behavioral Health Presentation and Management. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 May 01; 13(5):461-470.View Related Profiles.

Tolliver, Destiny
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 37066672; PMCID: PMC10714315; DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007133;

Barocas JA, Savinkina A, Lodi S, Epstein RL, Bouton TC, Sperring H, Hsu HE, Jacobson KR, Schechter-Perkins EM, Linas BP, White LF. Projected Long-Term Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic on Hepatitis C Outcomes in the United States: A Modeling Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24; 75(1):e1112-e1119.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Schechter-Perkins, Elissa
Hsu, Heather
Barocas, Joshua
Jacobson, Karen
White, Laura
Epstein, Rachel
Lodi, Sara
Bouton, Tara

PMID: 34499124; PMCID: PMC8522427; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab779;

Mathew R, Salinas JL, Hsu HE, Jin R, Rhee C, Lee GM. Pediatric surgical site infections in 287 hospitals in the United States, 2015-2018. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jun; 44(6):968-970. PMID: 35801814; PMCID: PMC10111852; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.154;

Sperring H, Hofman M, Hsu HE, Xiao Y, Keohane EA, Lodi S, Marathe J, Epstein RL. Risk Factors for Admission Within a Hospital-Based COVID-19 Home Monitoring Program. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 9(7):ofac320.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Marathe, Jai
Epstein, Rachel
Lodi, Sara

PMID: 35899280; PMCID: PMC9278211; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac320;

Hao B, Hu Y, Sotudian S, Zad Z, Adams WG, Assoumou SA, Hsu H, Mishuris RG, Paschalidis IC. Development and validation of predictive models for COVID-19 outcomes in a safety-net hospital population. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022 Jun 14; 29(7):1253-1262.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Paschalidis, Ioannis
Mishuris, Rebecca
Assoumou, Sabrina
Adams, William

PMID: 35441692; PMCID: PMC9129120; DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac062;

Ellis RP, Hsu HE, Siracuse JJ, Walkey AJ, Lasser KE, Jacobson BC, Andriola C, Hoagland A, Liu Y, Song C, Kuo TC, Ash AS. Development and Assessment of a New Framework for Disease Surveillance, Prediction, and Risk Adjustment: The Diagnostic Items Classification System. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Mar; 3(3):e220276.View Related Profiles.

Walkey, Allan
Hsu, Heather
Siracuse, Jeffrey
Lasser, Karen

PMID: 35977291; PMCID: PMC8956982; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.0276;

Alrawashdeh M, Rhee C, Hsu H, Wang R, Horan K, Lee GM. Assessment of Federal Value-Based Incentive Programs and In-Hospital Clostridioides difficile Infection Rates. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 01; 4(10):e2132114. PMID: 34714336; PMCID: PMC8556622; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.32114;

Javalkar K, Karim SA, Jain R, Aiyanyor B, Coughlin C, Douglas K, Gaffney LK, Hsu HE, Kistin CJ, Kuriakose T, Limaye NP, Nagin P, Rainer T, Stewart AM, Wenren LM, Perdomo J. Addressing health equity during a pandemic. Clin Teach. 2021 12; 18(6):671-674.View Related Profiles.

Kistin, Caroline
Coughlin, Catherine
Hsu, Heather
Javalkar, Karina
Wenren, Larissa
Wenren, Larissa
Gaffney, Lukas

PMID: 34585506; PMCID: PMC8662150; DOI: 10.1111/tct.13423;

Epstein RL, Sperring H, Hofman M, Lodi S, White LF, Barocas JA, Bouton TC, Xiao Y, Hsu HE, Miller NS, Linas BP, Marathe JG. Time to SARS-CoV-2 PCR Clearance in Immunocompromising Conditions: Is Test-Based Removal From Isolation Necessary in Severely Immunocompromised Individuals? Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun; 8(6):ofab164.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Hsu, Heather
Marathe, Jai
Barocas, Joshua
White, Laura
Miller, Nancy
Epstein, Rachel
Lodi, Sara
Bouton, Tara

PMID: 34189164; PMCID: PMC8231388; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab164;

Cheston CC, Rutledge R, Hsu HE. Should We Prioritize Deimplementation of Continuous Pulse Oximetry in Bronchiolitis Care? JAMA Pediatr. 2021 05 01; 175(5):459-461.View Related Profiles.

Cheston, Christine
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 33646260

Shafer PR, Hoagland A, Hsu HE. Trends in Well-Child Visits With Out-of-Pocket Costs in the US Before and After the Affordable Care Act. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 03 01; 4(3):e211248.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Shafer, Paul

PMID: 33710285; PMCID: PMC7955268; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1248;

Spencer AE, Valentine SE, Sikov J, Yule AM, Hsu H, Hallett E, Xuan Z, Silverstein M, Fortuna L. Principles of Care for Young Adults With Co-Occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders. Pediatrics. 2021 01; 147(Suppl 2):229-239.View Related Profiles.

Yule, Amy
Hsu, Heather
Fortuna, Lisa
Silverstein, Michael
Valentine, Sarah
Xuan, Zi
Xuan, Ziming

PMID: 33386320; PMCID: PMC8276159; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-023523F;

Hsu HE, Mathew R, Wang R, Broadwell C, Horan K, Jin R, Rhee C, Lee GM. Health Care-Associated Infections Among Critically Ill Children in the US, 2013-2018. JAMA Pediatr. 2020 12 01; 174(12):1176-1183. PMID: 33017011; PMCID: PMC7536620; DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.3223;

Hsu HE, Ashe EM, Silverstein M, Hofman M, Lange SJ, Razzaghi H, Mishuris RG, Davidoff R, Parker EM, Penman-Aguilar A, Clarke KEN, Goldman A, James TL, Jacobson K, Lasser KE, Xuan Z, Peacock G, Dowling NF, Goodman AB. Race/Ethnicity, Underlying Medical Conditions, Homelessness, and Hospitalization Status of Adult Patients with COVID-19 at an Urban Safety-Net Medical Center - Boston, Massachusetts, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jul 10; 69(27):864-869.View Related Profiles.

Goldman, Anna
Hsu, Heather
Lasser, Karen
Jacobson, Karen
Silverstein, Michael
Davidoff, Ravin
Mishuris, Rebecca
James, Thea
Xuan, Zi

PMID: 32644981; PMCID: PMC7727597; DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6927a3;

Hsu HE, Wang R, Broadwell C, Horan K, Jin R, Rhee C, Lee GM. Association Between Federal Value-Based Incentive Programs and Health Care-Associated Infection Rates in Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 07 01; 3(7):e209700. PMID: 32639568; PMCID: PMC7344380; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.9700;

Ellis RP, Hsu HE, Song C, Kuo TC, Martins B, Siracuse JJ, Liu Y, Ash AS. Diagnostic Category Prevalence in 3 Classification Systems Across the Transition to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 04 01; 3(4):e202280.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Siracuse, Jeffrey

PMID: 32267514; PMCID: PMC7142382; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2280;

Giraldo P, Hsu HE, Ashe EM, Buitron de la Vega PA, Losi S, Silverstein M, Lasser KE. Provision of Utility Shut-off Protection Letters at an Urban Safety-Net Hospital, 2009-2018. J Ambul Care Manage. 2020 Apr/Jun; 43(2):179-182.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Lasser, Karen
Silverstein, Michael
Buitron de la Vega, Pablo

PMID: 32073502

Silverstein M, Hsu HE, Bell A. Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Population Health: The Balance Between Clinical Care and Public Health. JAMA. 2019 12 24; 322(24):2379-2380.View Related Profiles.

Hsu, Heather
Silverstein, Michael

PMID: 31790542

Hsu HE, Abanyie F, Agus MSD, Balamuth F, Brady PW, Brilli RJ, Carcillo JA, Dantes R, Epstein L, Fiore AE, Gerber JS, Gokhale RH, Joyner BL, Kissoon N, Klompas M, Lee GM, Macias CG, Puopolo KM, Sulton CD, Weiss SL, Rhee C. A National Approach to Pediatric Sepsis Surveillance. Pediatrics. 2019 12; 144(6). PMID: 31776196; PMCID: PMC6889946; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-1790;

Hsu HE, Wang R, Jentzsch MS, Horan K, Jin R, Goldmann D, Rhee C, Lee GM. The impact of measurement changes on evaluating hospital performance: The case of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 11; 40(11):1269-1271. PMID: 31522693; PMCID: PMC7450477; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.240;

Hsu HE, Wang R, Jentzsch MS, Jin R, Goldmann D, Rhee C, Lee GM. Association Between Value-Based Incentive Programs and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Rates in the Critical Care Setting. JAMA. 2019 02 05; 321(5):509-511. PMID: 30721286; PMCID: PMC6439601; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.18997;

Perdomo J, Tolliver D, Hsu HE, He Y, Nash KA, Donatelli S, Mateo C, Akagbosu C, Alizadeh F, Power-Hays A, Rainer T, Zheng DJ, Kistin CJ, Vinci RJ, Michelson CD. Health Equity Rounds: An Interdisciplinary Case Conference to Address Implicit Bias and Structural Racism for Faculty and Trainees. MedEdPORTAL. 2019; 15:10858. View Publication

Rhee C, Wang R, Jentzsch MS, Broadwell C, Hsu H, Jin R, Horan K, Lee GM. Comparison of hospital surgical site infection rates and rankings using claims versus National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance data. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 02; 40(2):208-210. PMID: 30509332; PMCID: PMC9018115; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.310;

Rhee C, Wang R, Jentzsch MS, Hsu H, Kawai AT, Jin R, Horan K, Broadwell C, Lee GM. Impact of the 2012 Medicaid Health Care-Acquired Conditions Policy on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection and Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection Billing Rates. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep; 5(9):ofy204. PMID: 30191157; PMCID: PMC6121224; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy204;

Hsu HE, Kawai AT, Wang R, Jentzsch MS, Rhee C, Horan K, Jin R, Goldmann D, Lee GM. The Impact of the Medicaid Healthcare-Associated Condition Program on Mediastinitis Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 06; 39(6):694-700. PMID: 29669607; PMCID: PMC5957779; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.69;

Paras ML, Shenoy ES, Hsu HE, Walensky RP, Hooper DC. Housestaff Knowledge Related to Urinary Catheter Use and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Nov; 36(11):1355-7. PMID: 26278269; PMCID: PMC4615552; DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.189;

Hsu HE, Shenoy ES, Kelbaugh D, Ware W, Lee H, Zakroysky P, Hooper DC, Walensky RP. An electronic surveillance tool for catheter-associated urinary tract infection in intensive care units. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jun; 43(6):592-9. PMID: 25840717; PMCID: PMC4457697; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.019;

Shenoy ES, Hsu H, Noubary F, Hooper DC, Walensky RP. National survey of infection preventionists: policies for discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Dec; 33(12):1272-5. PMID: 23143372; PMCID: PMC3496276; DOI: 10.1086/668427;

Ouattara EN, Anglaret X, Wong AY, Chu J, Hsu HE, Danel C, Eholié S, Moh R, Gabillard D, Walensky RP, Freedberg KA. Projecting the clinical benefits and risks of using efavirenz-containing antiretroviral therapy regimens in women of childbearing age. AIDS. 2012 Mar 13; 26(5):625-34. PMID: 22398569; PMCID: PMC3834615; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328350fbfb;

Hsu H, Walensky RP. Cost-effectiveness analysis and HIV screening: the emergency medicine perspective. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul; 58(1 Suppl 1):S145-50. PMID: 21684394; PMCID: PMC3510483; DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.03.039;

Hsu HE, Rydzak CE, Cotich KL, Wang B, Sax PE, Losina E, Freedberg KA, Goldie SJ, Lu Z, Walensky RP. Quantifying the risks and benefits of efavirenz use in HIV-infected women of childbearing age in the USA. HIV Med. 2011 Feb; 12(2):97-108.View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Hsu, Heather
Lu, Zhaohua

PMID: 20561082; PMCID: PMC3010302; DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00856.x;

Rydzak CE, Cotich KL, Sax PE, Hsu HE, Wang B, Losina E, Freedberg KA, Weinstein MC, Goldie SJ. Assessing the performance of a computer-based policy model of HIV and AIDS. PLoS One. 2010 Sep 09; 5(9).View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 20844741; PMCID: PMC2936574; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012647;

Smith KJ, Hsu HE, Roberts MS, Kramer MK, Orchard TJ, Piatt GA, Seidel MC, Zgibor JC, Bryce CL. Cost-effectiveness analysis of efforts to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in southwestern Pennsylvania, 2005-2007. Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Sep; 7(5):A109. PMID: 20712936; PMCID: PMC2938403

Alagoz O, Hsu H, Schaefer AJ, Roberts MS. Markov decision processes: a tool for sequential decision making under uncertainty. Med Decis Making. 2010 Jul-Aug; 30(4):474-83. PMID: 20044582; PMCID: PMC3060044; DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09353194;

Hsu HE, Shutt KA, Moore MR, Beall BW, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Farley MM, Jorgensen JH, Lexau CA, Petit S, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Whitney CG, Harrison LH. Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal meningitis. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 15; 360(3):244-56. PMID: 19144940; PMCID: PMC4663990; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0800836;

Barnato AE, Hsu HE, Bryce CL, Lave JR, Emlet LL, Angus DC, Arnold RM. Using simulation to isolate physician variation in intensive care unit admission decision making for critically ill elders with end-stage cancer: a pilot feasibility study. Crit Care Med. 2008 Dec; 36(12):3156-63. PMID: 18936694; PMCID: PMC2853191; DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818f40d2;

Barnato AE, Hsu HE, Bryce CL, Lave JR, Emlet L, Angus DC, Arnold RM. . Variation in ICU admission decisions for a critically ill patient with end-stage cancer: a simulation study. Critical Care Medicine. 2008.

Yazdanpanah Y, Vray M, Meynard J, Losina E, Weinstein MC, Morand-Joubert L, Goldie SJ, Hsu HE, Walensky RP, Dalban C, Sax PE, Girard PM, Freedberg KA. The long-term benefits of genotypic resistance testing in patients with extensive prior antiretroviral therapy: a model-based approach. HIV Med. 2007 Oct; 8(7):439-50.View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 17760736; PMCID: PMC3073616; DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2007.00491.x;

McCormick AW, Walensky RP, Lipsitch M, Losina E, Hsu H, Weinstein MC, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA, Seage GR. The effect of antiretroviral therapy on secondary transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 15; 44(8):1115-22.View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Seage, George
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 17366461; PMCID: PMC2365722; DOI: 10.1086/512816;

Goldie SJ, Yazdanpanah Y, Losina E, Weinstein MC, Anglaret X, Walensky RP, Hsu HE, Kimmel A, Holmes C, Kaplan JE, Freedberg KA. Cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment in resource-poor settings--the case of Côte d'Ivoire. N Engl J Med. 2006 Sep 14; 355(11):1141-53.View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 16971720; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa060247;

Yazdanpanah Y, Losina E, Anglaret X, Goldie SJ, Walensky RP, Weinstein MC, Toure S, Smith HE, Kaplan JE, Freedberg KA. Clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in patients with HIV/AIDS in Côte d'Ivoire: a trial-based analysis. AIDS. 2005 Aug 12; 19(12):1299-308.View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 16052085

Walensky RP, Weinstein MC, Smith HE, Freedberg KA, Paltiel AD. Optimal allocation of testing dollars: the example of HIV counseling, testing, and referral. Med Decis Making. 2005 May-Jun; 25(3):321-9. PMID: 15951459; DOI: 10.1177/0272989X05276955;

Walensky RP, Weinstein MC, Kimmel AD, Seage GR, Losina E, Sax PE, Zhang H, Smith HE, Freedberg KA, Paltiel AD. Routine human immunodeficiency virus testing: an economic evaluation of current guidelines. Am J Med. 2005 Mar; 118(3):292-300.View Related Profiles.

Losina, Elena
Seage, George
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 15745728

Walensky RP, Paltiel AD, Goldie SJ, Gandhi RT, Weinstein MC, Seage GR, Smith HE, Zhang H, Freedberg KA. A therapeutic HIV vaccine: how good is good enough? Vaccine. 2004 Sep 28; 22(29-30):4044-53.View Related Profiles.

Seage, George
Hsu, Heather

PMID: 15364455

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 58 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 58 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2004	1
2005	3
2006	1
2007	2
2008	2
2009	2
2010	2
2011	2
2012	2
2015	2
2018	3
2019	5
2020	5
2021	6
2022	5
2023	4
2024	8
2025	3

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Our policies punish pregnant people for getting treatment for addiction. It doesn't have to be this way

WBUR 7/23/2024

Revised clinical guidelines on mandatory reporting of substance-exposed newborns show promise

Medical Xpress 5/8/2024

Projected Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Outcomes Associated With Hepatitis C Virus

Infection Disease Advisor 10/7/2021

Value-Based Incentives Didn’t Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections

Rev Cycle Intelligence 7/20/2020

Value-Based Payments May Lead to Systematic Penalization of Safety-Net Hospitals

HealthCity 7/14/2020

CAUTI Rates Decline After Case Definition Revision, Value-Based Incentive Programs

Healio 9/24/2019

CAUTI Reporting Guidelines Inflate Hospitals' Performance, Study Suggests

Beckers Hospital Review 9/17/2019

Government payment policies tied to hospital performance fail to improve patient safety, study finds

Science Daily 2/5/2019

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Health Equity
Public Policy
Health Care Value
Infection Control
Payment policy
Substance Use Disorders

I am the lead faculty mentor for Boston Medical Center's Health Equity Rounds program, a case-based, solutions-oriented grand rounds conference series that aims to understand and mitigate the impacts of structural racism and other forms of intersectional systemic oppression on health and healthcare. I mentor approximately 25 pediatric residents in the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics in the development of this conference series annually. I have also mentored faculty and trainees at approximately 60 other institutions in Health Equity Rounds program implementation.

My research expertise is health services research and epidemiology, with a focus on the impact of value-based care on health and healthcare equity. I have successfully mentored medical students, residents, and fellows in the development and publication of research projects and the development, implementation, and publication of medical education curricula.

In mentoring, I view my role as facilitating individuals’ personal and professional growth/advancement in a manner aligned with their values and goals.

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