Visiting Faculty From Israel Experiment in the Studio

Professor Joseph Pliskin experimented with multimedia modules in behavioral decision science and participated in a brainstorming session on teaching and learning with students in the University-wide doctoral program in health policy.

Pliskin is the Sidney Liswood Professor of Health Care Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He is a member of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management and the Department of Health Systems Management. Dr. Pliskin also has an appointment as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. His research interests focus on clinical decision making, operations management in health care organizations, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis in health and medicine, technology assessment, utility theory, and decision analysis. He has published extensively on issues relating to end-stage renal disease, heart disease, Down syndrome, technology assessment, and methodological issues in decision analysis.