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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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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.

Using Problem Solving and Reframing to Strengthen PhD Mentoring: A Structured Faculty-Led Approach

Nurse Educator
July 27, 2026
Carmen Alvarez, Se Hee Min, Seul Ki Choi, Jackelyn Boyden, Edward Barrows, Alison M. Buttenheim

The Role of Satisfaction, Trust, and Shared Decision-Making in Opioid Misuse Risk After Unmet Analgesic Preferences for Acute Pain

Academic Emergency Medicine
July 22, 2026
Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako; Abby Dolan; Frances Shofer; Jeanmarie Perrone; Marilyn M. Schapira; Zachary Meisel

Messaging Informed by Behavioral Economics and Representativeness in Clinical Research Enrollment: Four Randomized Clinical Trials

JAMA Network Open
July 16, 2026
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Nirali Patel, Casey Whitman, Adina Lieberman, Shira Blady, Colleen Morse Kripke, Nawar Naseer, Joellen Weaver, Modele Ogunniyi, Rachel Kohn, Alanna A. Morris, Alisa Stephens-Shields, Kevin G. Volpp, Scott D. Halpern

Creating change through short-term pilots and rapid cycle testing: a case of cardiovascular risk reduction

BMJ Open Quality
July 15, 2026
Laura Ellen Ashcraft, Katy Mahraj, Laurie A. Norton, Marguerite Balasta, Kayla Clark, Karen Glanz, John Wood, Wendell Kellum, Carolina Garzon Mrad, Jordan Sigler, Yaphet Getachew, Alexander C. Fanaroff, Shivan J. Mehta, David A. Asch, Kevin G. Volpp

Development and implementation of a nurse-led clinical decision support tool for urinary tract infection

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
July 6, 2026
Lei A Qin, Marguerite Balasta, Alison Purcell, Cara Curley, Rani Patel, Nathanael Koelper, Rebecca Hamm Feldman, Shafinaz Akhter, Lily A Arya

Women’s screening preferences shift after being informed about the 2024 USPSTF breast cancer screening guideline

Patient Education and Counseling
July 1, 2026
Tamar Parmet, Grant Yoder, Kirsten McCaffery, Jolyn Hersch, Marilyn M. Schapira, Carmen L. Lewis, Joseph N. Cappella, Channing Tate, Brad Morse, Laura D. Scherer

Non-interruptive decision support to increase appropriate screening for primary hyperparathyroidism

The American Journal of Surgery
June 18, 2026
Mika Epps; Jeffrey P. Ebert; E. Madeline Fagen; M. Kit Delgado

Pediatric healthcare worker perspectives on implementation of a secure firearm storage program: a qualitative study

BMC Pediatrics
May 20, 2026
Claire R. Waller, Mallika Pandey, Jennifer M. Boggs, Arne Beck, Ruth P. Bedoy, Alison M. Buttenheim, Marisa E. Elias, Katelin Hoskins, Shari Jager-Hyman, Christina Johnson, Melissa Maye, Bridget McArdle, Celeste Pappas, Dylan S. Small, LeeAnn M. Quintana, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Leslie A. Wright, Nathaniel J. Williams, Brian K. Ahmedani, Rinad S. Beidas

Pediatric healthcare worker perspectives on implementation of a secure firearm storage program: a qualitative study

BMC Pediatrics
May 20, 2026
Claire R. Waller, Mallika Pandey, Jennifer M. Boggs, Arne Beck, Ruth P. Bedoy, Alison M. Buttenheim, Marisa E. Elias, Katelin Hoskins, Shari Jager-Hyman, Christina Johnson, Melissa Maye, Bridget McArdle, Celeste Pappas, Dylan S. Small, LeeAnn M. Quintana, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Leslie A. Wright, Nathaniel J. Williams, Brian K. Ahmedani, Rinad S. Beidas

An Emergency Department Nudge-Based Strategy to Screen and Treat Patients With Alcohol Misuse

Annals of Emergency Medicine
May 14, 2026
Jeffrey P. Ebert, Samantha Huo, Jeanmarie Perrone, Jeffrey Moon, Nikhil K. Mull, Emilia J. Flores, Laurel Adams, Arielle Berk, Hannah Dart, Nicole O'Donnell, Ruiying A. Xiong, Lin Xu, Christopher Snider, Zhe Chen, Mika Epps, M. Kit Delgado

Nudging implementation of low tidal volume ventilation: a stepped wedge, cluster randomized trial

Implementation Science
May 7, 2026
Meeta Prasad Kerlin; Michael O. Harhay; Fan Li; Dylan S. Small; Yingying Lu; Wei Wang; Barry D. Fuchs; Mark E. Mikkelsen; Teresa Tran; Aerielle Belk; Jasmine A. Silvestri; Tamar Klaiman; Stefania Scott; Elizabeth Levy; Michael W. Sjoding; Rachel Kohn; Karsten J. Roberts; Rinad S. Beidas; Scott D. Halpern

Reengineering Health Decision-Making Environments – Aligning Research, Policy, and Innovation for Societal Benefit

NJEM Catalyst
May 5, 2026
Sunita M. Desai, Hengchen Dai, Jonathan Kolstad, Silvia Saccardo, Richard K. Leuchter, Kevin Volpp

Which Nudges Matter Most for Scalable Influenza Vaccination?-Reply

JAMA Internal Medicine
May 4, 2026
Kimberly J. Waddell; Kristin A. Linn; Shivan J. Mehta

A mixed methods evaluation of mechanisms for facilitation in pediatric primary care

Implementation Science Communications
April 14, 2026
Jennifer M. Boggs, Nathaniel Williams, Claire R. Waller, Mallika Pandey, Christina Johnson, Brian K. Ahmedani, Celeste Pappas, Katy Bedjeti, Melissa Maye, Courtney Benjamin Wolk, Alison M. Buttenheim, Kristin A. Linn, Leslie Wright, Matthew F. Daley, Dylan S. Small & Rinad S. Beidas

Prevention of urinary stones with hydration: a randomised clinical trial of an adherence intervention

The Lancet
March 21, 2026
Alana C. Desai, Naim M. Maalouf, Jonathan D. Harper, Sri Sivalingam, John C. Lieske, H. Henry Lai, Peter P. Reese, Hunter Wessells, Hongqiu Yang, Hussein R. Al-Khalidi, Ziya Kirkali, Gregory E. Tasian, Charles D. Scales Jr.; Urinary Stone Disease Network Investigators

Clinician nudge to gynecologic oncology referral at suspected ovarian cancer diagnosis: a pilot study

Cancer Control
February 19, 2026
Anna Jo Bodurtha Smith, Shivan J Mehta, Tessa Cook, Charlie Chambers, Shavon Rochester, Hanna Zafar, Lisa Jones, Elizabeth A Howell, Anne Marie McCarthy, Justin Bekelman