Lab Information
W. Alton Russell (PhD)
Associate InvestigatorCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (McGill)
http://mchi.mcgill.ca/decision-modeling-lab/
Keywords
Decision analysis • cost-effectiveness • simulation modeling • blood donation and transfusion • transfusion-transmitted infectionsResearch Interests
My research program aims to enable the efficient and effective use of finite healthcare resources by developing data-driven analyses that inform health policy and clinical decisions. I use methods from decision analysis, simulation, health economics, operations research, epidemiology, and data science. I have developed decision analytic models and data-driven analyses for multiple areas of health policy and clinical practice, including blood donation and transfusion, managing pediatric kidney disease, opioid use disorder and overdose, and gastroenterology.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Li, N., Pham, T., Cheng, C., McElfresh, D. C., Metcalf, R. A., Russell, W. A., Birch, R., Yurkovich, J. T., Montemayor-Garcia, C., Lane, W. J., Tobian, A. A. R., Roubinian, N., Seheult, J. & Goel, R. (2023). Blood Demand Forecasting and Supply Management: An Analytical Assessment of Key Studies Utilizing Novel Computational Techniques. Transfusion medicine reviews, p. 150768.
- Vivas-Valencia, C., Dong, H., Stringfellow, E. J., Russell, W. A., Morgan, J. R., Tadrous, M. & Jalali, M. S. (2023). Factors Associated With Abrupt Discontinuation of Long-Term High-Dose Opioid Treatment. JAMA network open, vol. 6, p. e2341416.
- Claypool, A. L., DiGennaro, C., Russell, W. A., Yildirim, M. F., Zhang, A. F., Reid, Z., Stringfellow, E. J., Bearnot, B., Schackman, B. R., Humphreys, K. & Jalali, M. S. (2023). Cost-effectiveness of Increasing Buprenorphine Treatment Initiation, Duration, and Capacity Among Individuals Who Use Opioids. JAMA health forum, vol. 4, p. e231080.
- Dong, H., Stringfellow, E. J., Russell, W. A. & Jalali, M. S. (2023). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Buprenorphine Treatment Duration in the US. JAMA psychiatry, vol. 80, p. 93-95.
- Russell, W. A., Scheinker, D. & Custer, B. (2022). Individualized risk trajectories for iron-related adverse outcomes in repeat blood donors. Transfusion, vol. 62, p. 116-124.
- Russell, W. A., Owusu-Ofori, S., Owusu-Ofori, A., Micah, E., Norman, B. & Custer, B. (2021). Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of whole blood pathogen reduction in Ghana. Transfusion, vol. 61, p. 3402-3412.
- Russell, W. A., Custer, B. & Brandeau, M. L. (2021). Optimal portfolios of blood safety interventions: test, defer or modify?. Health care management science, vol. 24, p. 551-568.
- Russell, W. A., Grebe, E. & Custer, B. (2021). Factors driving availability of COVID-19 convalescent plasma: Insights from a demand, production, and supply model. Transfusion, vol. 61, p. 1370-1376.
- Russell, W. A. (2021). Estimating the Effect of Discontinuing Universal Screening of Donated Blood for Zika Virus in the 50 U.S. States. Annals of internal medicine, vol. 174, p. 728-730.
- Campbell, J. R., Uppal, A., Oxlade, O., Fregonese, F., Bastos, M. L., Lan, Z., Law, S., Oh, C. E., Russell, W. A., Sulis, G., Winters, N., Yanes-Lane, M., Brisson, M., Laszlo, S., Evans, T. G. & Menzies, D. (2020). [Not Available]. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, vol. 192, p. E1734-E1746.