Maya Durvasula

ORCID: 0000-0002-5623-6202
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Research Areas
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts

Stanford University
2021-2023

New York University
2022

National Bureau of Economic Research
2021-2022

Abbott (United States)
2021-2022

Stanford Medicine
2021-2022

New York Law School
2022

Columbia University
2022

Duke University
2017-2019

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019

Background: Many interventions find that social media engagement with health promotion materials can translate into behavioral changes. However, only a few studies have examined the ways in which specific actions on various platforms are correlated behaviors. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine association between use and HIV testing behaviors among Chinese men who sex (MSM). Methods: In July 2016, Web-based survey conducted recruit MSM 8 cities through Blued (Blue City...

10.2196/jmir.7251 article EN cc-by Journal of Medical Internet Research 2017-07-19

Abstract This article examines the consequences and causes of low enrollment Black patients in clinical trials. We develop a simple model similarity-based extrapolation that predicts evidence is more relevant for decision-making by physicians when it representative group being treated. generates key result perceived benefit medicine depends not only on average from trial but also share who were enrolled trial. In survey experiments, we find care are willing to prescribe drugs tested samples,...

10.1093/qje/qjad036 article EN cc-by The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2023-09-05

Community engagement strategies are often integrated in public health interventions designed to promote condom use among men who have sex with (MSM), a key population for HIV prevention. However, the ways which peer norms and self-efficacy play role association between community is unclear. This study examines potential mediating roles of this association.A nationwide cross-sectional online survey was conducted Chinese MSM 2015. Recruitment criteria included being born biologically male,...

10.1186/s12889-017-4662-4 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2017-08-07

In China, some health departments and gay community-based organizations have begun to offer home-based HIV testing kits in order augment test uptake among men who sex with (MSM). However, preferences motivations for home-testing MSM China are not well understood. The of 803 throughout were evaluated using single-item assessment a discrete choice experiment (DCE). both the DCE, participants expressed strong preference free anonymous by professionals. Both approaches also indicated that naïve...

10.1007/s10461-018-2366-0 article EN cc-by AIDS and Behavior 2018-12-18

Recent policy attention has focused on proposals to reduce prices for drugs that have received public funding. From an implementation perspective, such policies rely disclosure of government support research. In this paper, we highlight two conceptual problems with past attempts measure these disclosures and construct a new dataset corrects problems. Our corrected measures suggest underreporting research is less issue than previously thought.

10.1257/pandp.20211105 article EN AEA Papers and Proceedings 2021-05-01

Introduction. While a growing literature documents the effectiveness of public health messaging on social media, our understanding factors that encourage individuals to engage with and share messages is limited. In context human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex (MSM) in China, rising incidence low testing rates despite decades interventions suggest need for effective, targeted reach underserved populations. Social media platforms sex-seeking apps present promising avenue,...

10.1177/0272989x19859344 article EN Medical Decision Making 2019-07-01

This article examines the consequences and causes of low enrollment Black patients in clinical trials. We develop a simple model similarity-based extrapolation that predicts evidence is more relevant for decision-making by physicians when it representative group being treated. generates key result perceived benefit medicine depends not only on average from trial, but also share who were enrolled trial. In survey experiments, we find care are willing to prescribe drugs tested samples, an...

10.2139/ssrn.4259486 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2022-01-01

Eight items of HIV/ sexual health community engagement among high-risk MSM in China, 2015 (n = 1042). Table S2. Six condom use peer norm S3. Seven self-efficacy S4 Descriptive cross-table for sociodemographic variables, engagement, norms, self-efficacy, and (DOCX 20 kb)

10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3845848_d1 article EN 2017-01-01

This paper introduces a newly digitized, open-access version of the Food and Drug Administration’s “Orange Book”—a linkage between approved small-molecule drugs patents that protect them. The Orange Book also reports any applicable regulatory exclusivity prevents competitive entry. We summarize Book’s coverage discuss opportunities challenges associated with using these data for research. Empirical validations against various administrative datasets suggest records are, largely, complete...

10.2139/ssrn.4269920 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2022-01-01

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has requested public comments on “the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States, how impacted investment innovation.”We write as academics who have conducted empirical studies system. We no relevant or material financial interests that relate to research described these comments. Rather, our interest is seeing law develop a way improves social welfare, including by encouraging innovation long-run productivity...

10.2139/ssrn.3919182 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2021-01-01

Recent policy attention has focused on proposals to reduce prices for drugs that have received public funding. From an implementation perspective, such policies rely disclosure of government support research. In this paper, we highlight two conceptual problems with past attempts measure these disclosures, and construct a new data set which corrects problems. Our corrected measures suggest under-reporting research is less issue than previously thought.Institutional subscribers the NBER...

10.2139/ssrn.3768262 article EN SSRN Electronic Journal 2021-01-01
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