HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Lisa Prosser, Ph.D.
Investigator

Contact Information:
Email: lprosse1@hfhs.org
Phone: (313) 874-5454
Fax: (313) 874-7137
 

Interests:

Economic evaluations of childhood health interventions

Methods for valuing changes in health

Biography:

Lisa Prosser, Ph.D. is a Research Scientist at the Center for Health Services Research at Henry Ford Health System.  She also holds faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.  Dr. Prosser’s major research interests are (1) economic evaluations of childhood health interventions and (2) methods for valuing changes in health. Her current research focuses on policy-relevant topics concerning the cost-effectiveness of childhood interventions, including influenza vaccination and newborn screening.  Dr. Prosser’s research on the economic impact of influenza vaccination has been used in setting national vaccine policy for children and for prioritizing subgroups in vaccine shortage years. Current research projects include a national survey on public values for preventing influenza illness and an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of expanded newborn screening programs that includes parental stress and anxiety associated with false positive test results.

Another goal in Dr. Prosser’s research is to advance the methods of valuing health for cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly for children’s health states.  One project underway is testing new approaches for valuing temporary health states using a discrete choice experiment.

Dr. Prosser received her Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University. She also holds a M.S. degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a M.S. from the Technology and Policy Program at MIT.  Her undergraduate degree is in mathematics from Cornell University.