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Corso elected Vice-President of the Society for Medical Decision Making


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Dr. Phaedra Corso, Associate Professor of Health Policy in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the College of Public Health, has been elected Vice-President of the Society for Medical Decision Making. The Society, which has approximately 1000 national and international members, has a vision that systematic proactive approaches should be used for decision making in health care.


To achieve this vision, they are promoting an integrated approach to health care decision making based on multiple perspectives and expertise from multiple disciplines. Optimal communication among those involved in healthcare decisions will facilitate informed and shared decision-making by policy-makers, physicians, patients, and the public. Dr. Corso’s research, which focuses on the economic evaluation of public health interventions, will bring a public health focus to the executive board of the Society.


Prior to joining the faculty at UGA in August of this year, Dr. Corso worked for 15 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the areas of health economics and injury and violence prevention. She has published numerous articles on the cost-effectiveness of prevention interventions and has co-edited a book on economic evaluation and decision analysis methods for use in public health. She holds a Master’s degree in public policy from UGA and a Ph.D. in health policy, decision sciences, from Harvard University.


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    Phaedra Corso
   pcorso@uga.edu