Decision Sciences for Child Health Collaborative (DSCCo) at the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM)
The Decision Sciences for Child Health Collaborative (DSCCo) was originally founded by Ellen Lipstein, MD, as the Society for Medical Decision Making’s Pediatric Interest Group. Jody Lin, MD, and Davene R. Wright, PhD are the immediate past co-chairs. DSCCo is currently co-chaired by Tran T. Ðoan, PhD and Shireen Hayatghaibi, PhD.
Mission: To support the use of decision sciences methods for child health research by:
Fostering collaborations between clinicians, researchers, practitioners, patients, and caregivers,
Educating pediatric researchers about decision sciences methods,
Highlighting excellent pediatric decision sciences research, and
Identifying areas where decision science can improve pediatric research, practice, and policy.
Meetings and Events
DSCCo meets in-person twice annually at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in April and at the Society for Medical Decision Making North American Annual Meeting in June. At these in-person meetings, we endeavor to offer short courses, symposia, and networking events.
In between in-person meetings, we endeavor to host journal clubs and symposia, and to draft collaborative manuscripts. We publicize pediatric decision sciences-related research, job postings, and training opportunities through our newsletters, mailing listserv, and our Twitter account.
Do you want to have an opportunity to disseminate your research findings and/or get feedback on your approach? Submit your proposed talk using this form.
Upcoming Events
April 2025 - Virtual
Event: DSCCo Discovery Dialogues featuring Dr. Elena Faugno
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10.00 PST | 13.00 EST | 18.00 UTC | 19.00 CET
Location: Virtual, RSVP here
April 2025 - In-person
Event: DSCCo Happy Hour at Pediatric Academic Society in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Date: Sunday, April 27 at 5-6 PM HST
Location: In-person TBD venue
May 2025 - Virtual
Event: DSCCo SMDM 2025 Abstract Practice Session
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 10.00 PST | 13.00 EST | 18.00 UTC | 19.00 CET
Location: Virtual (Register through SMDM)
June 2025 - In-person
Event: DSCCo In-Person Meeting at Society for Medical Decision Making in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Date: TBD, sometime during June 15-18, 2025
Location: In-person TBD venue
Manuscripts
2025
Anderson, Chelsey B., Isabella K. Pallotto, Lindsay Dominguez, Mary Anne Ammon, Adam Carle, and Ellen A. Lipstein. "Evolving Roles: Adolescent perspectives on shared decision making with their parents and healthcare providers." Academic Pediatrics (2025): 102778.
Lin, Jody L., Tsivya Devereaux, Tamara D. Simon, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, Angela Zhu, Unni Narayanan, Andrew BL Berry et al. "Caregiver Values and Preferences Related to Surgical Decision-Making for Children with Medical Complexity." The Journal of Pediatrics 276 (2025): 114366.
2024
Janusz, Cara B., Tran T. Doan, Acham Gebremariam, Angela Rose, Martha A. Keels, Rocio B. Quinonez, George Eckert, Emily Yanca, Margherita Fontana, and Lisa A. Prosser. "A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Population-Level Dental Caries Prevention Strategies in US Children." Academic Pediatrics (2024).
Kim DeLuca, Ellen, Kim Dalziel, Eve Wittenberg, Angela M. Rose, and Lisa A. Prosser. "Deriving the PedsUtil health state classification system to measure health utilities for pediatric populations based on the PedsQL: a confirmatory factor analysis." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 22, no. 1 (2024): 85.
Wright, Davene R., Tom Chen, Kristen D. Chalmers, Seema K. Shah, P. Joyce, Jessica L. LeBlanc, Katharine Garvey, Kirsten D. Senturia, Catherine Pihoker, and Faisal S. Malik. "Adolescent-Preferred financial incentives to promote type 1 diabetes Self-Care: A discrete choice experiment." Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 215 (2024): 111798.
2023
Burns, Sarah K., Tamar Krishnamurti, Tran T. Doan, Jeremy M. Kahn, and Kristin N. Ray. "Parent care-seeking decisions for pediatric acute respiratory tract infections in the United States: a mental models approach." Academic Pediatrics 23, no. 7 (2023): 1326-1336.
Thorpe, Alistair, Rebecca K. Delaney, Nelangi M. Pinto, Elissa M. Ozanne, Mandy L. Pershing, Lisa M. Hansen, Linda M. Lambert, and Angela Fagerlin. "Parents’ Psychological and Decision-Making Outcomes following Prenatal Diagnosis with Complex Congenital Heart Defect: An Exploratory Study." MDM Policy & Practice 8, no. 2 (2023): 23814683231204551.
Hayatghaibi, Shireen E., Cecilia G. Cazaban, Sherwin S. Chan, Jonathan R. Dillman, Xianglin L. Du, Yu-Ting Huang, Osama I. Mikhail, and John M. Swint. "Pediatric outpatient noncontrast brain MRI: a time-driven activity-based costing analysis at three US hospitals." American Journal of Roentgenology 220, no. 5 (2023): 747-756.