Lisa A Robinson
lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social
Lisa A Robinson
@lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social

Benefit-cost analysis aficionado, Deputy Director, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard University

Lisa Robinson is a Canadian clinician-scientist. She is a University of Toronto professor in the Department of Paediatrics and the Dean of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, former Head of the Division of Nephrology at The Hospital for Sick Children, a Senior Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute, President American Pediatric Society 2022-2023, and the first-ever Chief Diversity officer for the Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto. .. more

Economics 50%
Public Health 11%

What an incredible story about a truly awesome woman! It’s an honor to be affiliated with her Center.💕💕
CHDS is so proud of our Director Sue Goldie's willingness to share her story in this powerful @nytimes.com article. Her commitment to public health is extraordinary. Our hearts are with her on this incredible and difficult journey, which you can read for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease (Gift Article)
An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?
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CHDS is so proud of our Director Sue Goldie's willingness to share her story in this powerful @nytimes.com article. Her commitment to public health is extraordinary. Our hearts are with her on this incredible and difficult journey, which you can read for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease (Gift Article)
An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?
www.nytimes.com

Terrific to see this published! Great work, and definitely worth reading.
What is the value of statistical life and how can it help policymakers develop better transport, air pollution and health #policies?

Find out in our 🆕 report 🔗 oe.cd/6bM

What is the value of statistical life and how can it help policymakers develop better transport, air pollution and health #policies?

Find out in our 🆕 report 🔗 oe.cd/6bM

Looking forward to this!

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Join CHDS’s @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social and other panelists at the upcoming @oecd-env.bsky.social Green Talk on October 1, 15:00-16:00 CEST, "Evaluating the economic benefits of environmental policies that save lives." tinyurl.com/396vk7hr
Evaluating the economic benefits of environmental policies that save lives
Green Talks LIVE webinar to launch the report Mortality Risk Valuation in Policy Assessment: A Global Meta-analysis of Value of Statistical Life Studies
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It was wonderful to host you! Thanks again for joining us and for presenting such interesting work.

I am looking forward to this! Thanks for inviting me.

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👉 Register now to secure your spot to hear @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social‬ weigh in on the prospects for U.S. regulatory benefit-cost analysis!

📅 Thursday, July 31 @ noon (Eastern) | Free | Virtual | Open to the public

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Society for Benefit Cost Analysis
On Balance: Will U.S. Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis Survive? is part of a series on President Trump’s deregulatory record and what we might expect in the new administration. Read more>>
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Thanks for the opportunity to contribute to this series!

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In a recent essay discussing the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, @lisa-a-robinson.bsky.social of @hsph.harvard.edu and @harvard.edu warns that President Trump’s deregulatory push will strain benefit-cost analysis.
www.theregreview.org/2025/05/06/r...
Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis Under the Trump Administration | The Regulatory Review
President Trump’s deregulatory push will strain benefit-cost analysis.
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So excited to see that our JBCA “Ethics and Benefit-Cost Analysis” special issue is now published! Enormous thanks to our many excellent contributors and to the Fondation Brocher for its incredible support. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Ethics and Benefit–Cost Analysis: Introduction to the Special Issue | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
Ethics and Benefit–Cost Analysis: Introduction to the Special Issue - Volume 15 Issue S1
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On Balance: Will Trump 2.0’s Deregulatory Track Record Be Different?

Very relevant to recent events: www.benefitcostanalysis.org/index.php?op...
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Those of you interested in regulation may want to follow Cary Coglianese’s work - for example www.benefitcostanalysis.org/index.php?op...
On Balance: Will Trump 2.0’s Deregulatory Track Record Be Different?
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Two more articles for our special issue on Ethics and Benefit-Cost Analysis are now online! #econsky doi.org/10.1017/bca....
Citizen Preferences and BCA: A Model of Willingness-to-Pay behind a Veil of Ignorance | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
Citizen Preferences and BCA: A Model of Willingness-to-Pay behind a Veil of Ignorance
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Hope you will join us @ASSAMeeting on Saturday at 10:15 in the Marriott Marquis for our roundtable on regulation under the Trump Administration, lead by Caroline Cecot and featuring Cary Coglianese, Don Kenkel, Cathy Kling, Josh Linn, and me. www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
American Economic Association
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Attending the Society for Risk Analysis conference? Please join us for “Frontiers of Benefit-Cost Analysis: Federal Research Priorities” with E. Pindilli (EOP/OSTP), A. Sassi (FDA/HHS), W. Chiu (Texas A&M), F. Wu (MSU), S. Hoffmann (ERS/USDA), and J. Wiener (Duke). www.sra.org/events-webin...
Annual Meeting 2024 - Society for Risk Analysis
Join us for this year’s SRA Annual Meeting from December 5-9 2021, for the premier opportunity to discuss all avenues of risk analysis with other risk enthusiasts from around the globe.
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Speakers include: "Who Wins and Who Loses?...," Dan Acland, Aaron Kearsley, Joshua Linn, David Mitchell, and Vasundhara Gaur; "Benefit-Cost Analysis: Innovations and Extensions," Matt Adler, Mark Budolfson, Maddalena Ferranna, and JP Sevilla. Hope to see you! southerneconomic.org/conference/
2024 Meeting
Conference Call for Papers Call for Graduate Students Conference Registration Conference Program Invited Speakers Hotel Information Participant Information Exhibitor Information Refund Policy Meeti…
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Join us in DC this weekend for SBCA sessions at the SEA conference, including "Who Wins & Who Loses? Lessons from Distributional Analysis of U.S. Regulations," and "Benefit-Cost Analysis: Innovations & Extensions." southerneconomic.org/conference/
2024 Meeting
Conference Call for Papers Call for Graduate Students Conference Registration Conference Program Invited Speakers Hotel Information Participant Information Exhibitor Information Refund Policy Meeti…
southerneconomic.org

Join us for our SBCA online workshop, “Assessing Distribution and Equity”! It will be held November 19 & 21 from 11:00-2:00 eastern time. Speakers include: Dan Acland, Matt Adler, Maddalena Ferranna, James K. Hammitt, & Jim Neumann. www.benefitcostanalysis.org/workshops.
SBCA Online Workshops
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The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model (JP Sevilla) doi.org/10.1017/bca....
The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
The Health-Augmented Lifecycle Model
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Lessons from Applying VSL and Alternate Methods to Benefit Cost Analysis to Inform Development Spending (Alice Redfern, Martin Gould, Sindy Li, Felipe Acero, and Daniel Stein) doi.org/10.1017/bca....
Lessons from Applying Value of Statistical Life and Alternate Methods to Benefit–Cost Analysis to Inform Development Spending | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
Lessons from Applying Value of Statistical Life and Alternate Methods to Benefit–Cost Analysis to Inform Development Spending
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The Right Numeraire or the Just Weights? How to Make BCA Rational and Fair (Marc Fleurbaey and James K. Hammitt) doi.org/10.1017/bca....
The Right Numeraire or the Just Weights? How to Make BCA Rational and Fair | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
The Right Numeraire or the Just Weights? How to Make BCA Rational and Fair
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The Global Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Benefit-Cost Analysis and Social Welfare Analysis (Maddalena Ferranna) doi.org/10.1017/bca....
The Global Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Benefit–Cost Analysis and Social Welfare Analysis | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
The Global Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing Benefit–Cost Analysis and Social Welfare Analysis
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Monetizing Animal Welfare for Benefit Cost Analysis (Mark Budolfson, Romain Espinosa, Bob Fischer, and Nicolas Treich) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Monetizing Animal Welfare Impacts for Benefit–Cost Analysis | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
Monetizing Animal Welfare Impacts for Benefit–Cost Analysis
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The Value of Life In the Social Cost of Carbon: A Critique and a Proposal (John Broome) doi.org/10.1017/bca....
The Value of Life in the Social Cost of Carbon: A Critique and a Proposal | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
The Value of Life in the Social Cost of Carbon: A Critique and a Proposal
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Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy: A New Approach (Matthew Adler) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy: A New Approach | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis | Cambridge Core
Social Welfare Functions and Health Policy: A New Approach
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