Research

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.

Behavioral Economic Framing for Enrollment and Retention of Patients in Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring

September 2, 2025

Shivan J. Mehta, Joseph Teel, Evelyn Okorie, Catherine Reitz, Alison Purcell, Christopher K. Snider, Kayla Clark, Rebecca C. Kersting, Karen Glanz, Mary Putt, Charles Rareshide, Kevin G. Volpp

Encouraging Pharmacist Referrals for Evidence-Based Statin Initiation

JAMA Cardiology

Alexander C. Fanaroff, Qian Huang, Kayla Clark, Laurie A. Norton, Wendell E. Kellum, Dwight Eichelberger, John C. Wood, Zachary Bricker, Andrea G. Dooley Wood, Greta Kemmer, Jennifer I. Smith, Srinath Adusumalli, Mary E. Putt, Kevin G. Volpp

Design and Rationale of Penn Medicine Healthy Heart, a Randomized Trial of Effectiveness of a Centrally Organized Approach to Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Improvement Among Patients at Elevated Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

American Heart Journal

September 27, 2024

Kevin G Volpp, K Mahraj, LA Norton, DA Asch, K Glanz, SJ Mehta, M Balasta, W Kellum, J Wood, LB Russell, AC Fanaroff, S Bakshi, D Jacoby, JB Cohen, MJ Press, K Clark, J Zhu, C Rareside, LE Ashcraft, C Snider, ME Putt

Two Randomized Controlled Trials of Nudges to Encourage Referrals to Centralized Pharmacy Services for Evidence-Based Statin Initiation in High-Risk Patients: Rationale and Design of the SUPER LIPID Program

Alexander C Fanaroff, Qian Huang, Kayla Clark, Laurie A Norton, Wendell E Kellum, Dwight Eichelberger, John C Wood, Zachary Bricker, Andrea G Dooley Wood, Greta Kemmer, Jennifer I Smith, Srinath Adusumalli, Mary Putt, Kevin G M Volpp

Effect of universal HIV testing and treatment on socioeconomic wellbeing in rural Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

January 2, 2022

Harsha Thirumurthy