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Our physicians are dedicated to advancing acute and chronic pancreatitis research so you can get the best care possible.

CEVR is a leader on issues pertaining to value, cost-effectiveness and risk tradeoffs in healthcare decisions. We inform national clinical and public health policy issues through our analysis of the benefits, risks and costs of strategies to improve health and healthcare.

Read the latest newsletter of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR).

Our researchers at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR), including CEVR Director Peter J. Neumann, ScD, frequently contribute their knowledge to a wide range of prestigious, peer-reviewed journals.

By becoming a CEVR sponsor, you are supporting our work in healthcare cost-effectiveness and gaining privileged access to valuable data.

The mission of the Center for Health Solutions (CHS) is to improve health by advancing research about the social, behavioral, medical and biological factors that might contribute to an individual or a population's health.

The Center for Health Solutions of the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center provides the following validated questionnaires.

Lesley Inker, MD, received the Clinical Research Forum Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award in 2022. The award recognizes CKD-EPI's research on new creatine and cystatin c-based equations to estimate GFR without race. Dr. Inker is a recognized leader in the field of kidney function evaluation. She has authored more than 100 publications on kidney health.

New studies are being added to CKD-EPI on a rolling basis.

Proteinuria has been established as a marker of kidney damage in experimental studies and clinicians consider an early reduction in albuminuria as indicative of a favorable response to treatment.

Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the core facility with comprehensive resources for conducting clinical studies.