Our lab is dedicated to advancing value-based, patient-centered cancer care through data science, health policy evaluation, and AI-driven analytics.

Xin Hu, PhD, MSPH

Co-Lead

Health economist and health-services researcher studying how payment policy, provider behavior, and organizational structure shape the quality, cost, and equity of cancer care. Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Emory; adjunct faculty in Health Policy and Management at Rollins; visiting scientist at the American Cancer Society.

Patricia Santos, MD, MS

Co-Lead

Radiation oncologist and health-services researcher studying access, treatment decision-making, and value in cancer care. Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute, she brings clinical insight to the lab’s work on equitable, patient-centered cancer care.

From Data to Policy

We pair large health datasets with causal methods to measure outcomes and evaluate policy.

Data

  • SEER–Medicare
  • MarketScan
  • Epic Cosmos
  • ConcertAI
  • Surveys & registries

Methods

  • Causal inference
  • Difference-in-differences
  • Instrumental variables
  • Machine learning
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition

Outcomes

  • Survival & mortality
  • Guideline-concordant care
  • Cost & spending
  • Patient-reported outcomes
  • Equity & disparities

Policy

  • Value-based payment
  • Medicare & Medicaid coverage
  • Drug pricing
  • Organizational structures & physician behavior

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