Research

My research develops and applies methods in causal inference, decision modeling, and reinforcement learning to generate and synthesize evidence to support better decision-making in health and public policy. I study the impacts of physician behavior, health policies, and personalized medicine.

Working papers

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Job market paperThe Impact of Batching Advanced Imaging Tests in Emergency Departments Jameson JC, Saghafian S, Huckman RS, Hodgson N, Baugh J IOE-ISyE-MS&E Rising Stars Workshop — People’s Choice Award for Poster Presentation, 2026 🏅 INFORMS Health Applications Society Best Student Paper — Honorable Mention, 2025 🏅 Invited 2nd Round Revision at Management Science

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Reinforcement Learning for Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Protocol Selection in Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Multiclinic Cohort Study Gibbons JB, Leenaerts N, Siddiqi SH, Murphy S, Straub L, Hathaway DB, Yang J, Szmulewicz AG, Sung M, Aldis R, Jameson JC, Wyss R, Wood R, Ruble M, Elliott C, Mulcahy DH, Lyndon S, Wang PS Invited Revision at npj Digital Medicine

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Machine Learning to Personalize Psychotherapy Selection for Patients at Elevated Suicide Risk in a Large National Cohort Jameson JC, Gibbons J, Sung M, Hathaway D, Straub L, Aldis R, Lyndon S, Wang P Under Review

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The Effect of Legalizing Online Sports Gambling on Population Mental Health Kavanagh NM, Jameson JC, Pollack HA, Glasser NJ Under Review · medRxiv Preprint

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What Constitutes a Good Biomarker in Cancer Treatment: A Counterfactual Decision-Making Framework Jameson JC, Saghafian S, Liu D, Tarantino G, Gusev S In Preparation

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Allocating Scarce Clinician Outreach in Partner Notification Jameson JC, Saghafian S, Jónasson JO In Preparation

Publications

2026

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Retreatment for Recurrent Depression: A Large Real-World Multisite Cohort Study Lyndon S, Gibbons JB, Straub L, Sung M, Jameson JC, Hathaway DB, Mulcahy DH, Elliott C, Wood R, Ruble M, Szmulewicz AG, Yang J, Aldis R, Wyss R, Wang PS, Siddiqi SH · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

2025

Sex Differences in Life-Course Suicide Rates by State Firearm Policy Environment Glasser NJ, Jameson JC, Abou Baker N, Pollack HA, Tung EL · American Journal of Preventive Medicine

2025

A National Study Among Diverse US Populations of Exposure to Prescription Medications with Evidence-Based Pharmacogenomic Information Saulsberry L, Jameson JC, Gibbons RD, Dolan ME, Olopade OI, O’Donnell PH · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

2025

Variation in Batch Ordering of Imaging Tests in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery Jameson JC, Saghafian S, Huckman RS, Hodgson N · Health Services Research

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2024

Genomic Heterogeneity and Ploidy Identify Patients with Intrinsic Resistance to PD-1 Blockade in Metastatic Melanoma Tarantino G, Ricker CA, Wang A, Ge W, Aprati TJ, Huang AY, Madha S, Chen J, Shi Y, Glettig M, Feng CH, Frederick DT, Freeman S, Holovatska MM, Manos MP, Zimmer L, Rösch A, Zaremba A, Livingstone E, Jameson JC, Saghafian S, Lee A, Zhao K, Morris LGT, Reardon B, Park J, Elmarakeby HA, Schilling B, Giobbie-Hurder A, Vokes NI, Buchbinder EI, Flaherty KT, Haq R, Wu CJ, Boland GM, Hodi FS, Van Allen EM, Schadendorf D, Liu D · Science Advances

2024

Male Gender Expressivity and Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Risks in Men Glasser NJ, Jameson JC, Huang ES, Kronish IM, Lindau ST, Peek ME, Tung EL, Pollack HA · JAMA Network Open

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2024

Associations of Adolescent School Social Networks, Gender Norms, and Adolescent-to-Young Adult Changes in Male Gender Expression with Young Adult Substance Use Glasser NJ, Jameson JC, Tung EL, Lindau ST, Pollack HA · Journal of Adolescent Health

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2023

Does the Doctor-Patient Relationship Affect Enrollment in Clinical Research? Soo J, Jameson JC, Flores A, Dubin L, Perish E, Afzal A, Berry G, DiMaggio V, Krishnamoorthi VR, Porter J, Tang J, Meltzer D · Academic Medicine