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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

Sequential choice vs colonoscopy outreach for colorectal cancer screening: Design and rationale of a pragmatic randomized clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials
January 12, 2026
Shivan J. Mehta, Pamela A. Shaw, Catherine Reitz, Caitlin Brophy, Evelyn Okorie, Keyirah Williams, Abraham Segura, Jinming Tao, Christopher K. Snider, Colin Wollack, Sadie Friday, Katharine A. Rendle, Tamar Klaiman, Karen Glanz, Corinne Rhodes, David A. Asch

Cost-Effectiveness of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients With Elevated Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

AHA Journals
June 17, 2025
Louise B. Russell, Kevin G. M. Volpp, Mitesh S. Patel, Neel P. Chokshi, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Tamar Klaiman, Julia E. Szymczak, Dylan S. Small, Alexander C. Fanaroff

What motivates participants: a qualitative analysis of gamification and financial incentives to increase physical activity

BMC Public Health
May 16, 2025
Eric Ryu, David Farraday, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Samantha Coratti, Neel P. Chokshi, Jingsan Zhu, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Dylan Small, Kevin G. Volpp & Tamar Klaiman

Using a human-centered design framework and behavioral economic interventions to increase fruit and vegetable purchases in an online grocery store: Study design and methodologies

Contemporary Clinical Trials
April 17, 2025
Sophia V Hua, Tamar Klaiman, Samantha Coratti, Jenna White, Aileen John, Mary E Putt, Erica Dixon, Hannah Posner, Kevin G Volpp

B-OK: A Visual and Tactile Tool for HIV Treatment Adherence Support in a United States Urban Center

AIDS Care
February 4, 2025
Aaron Richterman, Tamar Klaiman, Daniel Palma, Eric Ryu, Laura Schmucker, Katherine Villarin, Gabrielle Grosso, Kathleen A Brady, Harsha Thirumurthy, Alison Buttenheim

A qualitative study of perceptions of the care pathway for familial hypercholesterolemia: screening, diagnosis, treatment, and family cascade screening

Implementation Science Communications
December 2, 2024
Amy R. Pettit, Tamar Klaiman, Rebecca Connelly Kersting, Christina Johnson, Nkiru Ogbuefi, Maeve Moran, Krystin Sinclair, Jenna Steckel, Laurie Norton, Jennifer A. Orr, Adina Lieberman, Mary P. McGowan, Eric Tricou, Jinbo Chen, Daniel J. Rader, Kevin G. Volpp & Rinad S. Beidas

Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of the B-OK Bottles as an Implementation Strategy for Treatment Adherence Support by Medical Case Managers

Global Implementation Research and Applications
September 17, 2024
Aaron Richterman, Tamar Klaiman, Rebecca Connelly, Daniel Palma, Eric Ryu, Laura Schmucker, Katherine Villarin, Gabrielle Grosso, Kathleen A. Brady, Harsha Thirumurthy & Alison Buttenheim

“What choice do we have?” Reactive and proactive decision-making for aging in place with dementia

AGS
August 14, 2024
Catherine L. Auriemma, Maayra I. Butt, Julia McMillan, Jasmine A. Silvestri, Carolyn Chow, Melanie Bahti, Tamar Klaiman, Kristin Harkins, Jason Karlawish, Scott D. Halpern

Investigating racial and gender disparities in virtual randomized clinical trial enrollment: Insights from the BE ACTIVE study

American Heart Journal
July 30, 2024
Michael P Fortunato, Anthony Girard, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Neel Chokshi, Julia E Szymczak, Tamar Klaiman, Louise B Russell, Dylan S Small, Mitesh S Patel, Kevin G M Volpp, Alexander C Fanaroff

Hospice Administrators’ and Providers’ Perspectives on Providing Upstream Palliative Care: Facilitators, Barriers, and Policy Prescriptions

Journal of Palliative Medicine
July 29, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J. Ferrell, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Amol S. Navathe, Ravi B. Parikh

Clinician Perspectives on Virtual Specialty Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Illnesses

Journal of Palliative Medicine
May 28, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J Ferrell, Ezekiel J Emanuel, Amol S Navathe, Ravi B Parikh

Family cascade screening for equitable identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III randomized controlled trial

Implementation Science
April 9, 2024
Christina Johnson, Jinbo Chen, Mary P. McGowan, Eric Tricou, Mary Card, Amy R. Pettit, Tamar Klaiman, Daniel J. Rader, Kevin G. Volpp & Rinad S. Beidas

Effect of Gamification, Financial Incentives, or Both to Increase Physical Activity Among Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The BE ACTIVE Randomized Controlled Trial

Circulation
April 7, 2024
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Mitesh S. Patel, Neel Chokshi, Samantha Coratti, David Farraday, Laurie Norton, Charles Rareshide, Jingsan Zhu, Tamar Klaiman, Julia E. Szymczak, Louise B. Russell, Dylan S. Small and Kevin G.M. Volpp

Measuring Quality-Weighted Hospital-Free-Days in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Modified Delphi Study

Annals of the American Thoracic Society
March 20, 2024
Catherine L. Auriemma, Maayra I. Butt, Melanie Bahti, Jasmine A. Silvestri, Ellen Solomon, Michael O. Harhay, Tamar Klaiman, Marilyn M. Schapira, Frances K. Barg, Scott D. Halpern

Clinician Perspectives on Virtual Specialty Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Illnesses

Journal of Palliative Medicine
January 10, 2024
Tamar Klaiman, Jenna Steckel, Caleb Hearn, Amaya Diana, William J. Ferrell, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Amol S. Navathe, Ravi B. Parikh

Qualitative Analysis of a Remote Monitoring Intervention for Managing Heart Failure

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
September 7, 2023
Tamar Klaiman, L. G. Iannotte, Michael Josephs, Louise B. Russell, Laurie Norton, Shivan Mehta, Andrea Troxel, Jingsan Zhu, Kevin Volpp, David A. Asch