Research

Research

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

Working papers

The 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
Management Science

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
npj Digital Medicine

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

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

Allocating Scarce Clinician Outreach in Partner Notification

Jameson JC, Saghafian S, Jónasson JO

In Preparation

Publications

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