A paper written by three CHIBE-affiliated members and their colleagues was recognized by a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award by the Clinical Research Forum.
“The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries” was written by Aaron Richterman, Christophe Millien, Elizabeth F. Bair, Gregory Jerome, Jean Christophe Dimitri Suffrin, Jere R. Behrman and Harsha Thirumurthy.
The paper, published in Nature, found that cash transfer programs in low- and middle-income countries are associated with a 20% reduced risk of death in adult women and an 8% reduced risk in children younger than 5 years old.
“These award-winning studies exemplify major advances resulting from the nation’s investment in research to benefit the health and welfare of its citizens, and reflect the influential work being conducted by investigators at nearly 60 research institutions and hospitals across the United States, as well as at partner institutions from around the world. The Top 10 were selected based on the degree of innovation and novelty involved in the advancement of science; contribution to the understanding of human disease and/or physiology; and potential impact upon the diagnosis, prevention, and/or treatment of disease,” the Clinical Research Forum stated on its site.