Public health researcher Dr. Sue Goldie '84 has been awarded a $500,000 MacArthur grant “for genius and creativity” in applying decision science to find alternative interventions for viruses that are major public health problems.
Goldie is associate professor of Health Decision Science at the Harvard School of Public Health. She develops computer-based models linking the biology of a disease and its epidemiology to outcomes in large populations. Her focus has been on three viruses: HIV, hepatitis and the human papilloma virus (HPV).
Goldie was one of 25 MacArthur Fellows named this week by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Other winners include a conservation biologist protecting endangered plants and animals of Madagascar; a sculptor integrating architecture and the optical effects of color and light; a pharmacist reducing drug errors in the healthcare industry; a violinmaker producing world-class instruments for the 21st century; a rare book preservationist; and a fisherman responding to increasing threats to the fishery ecosystem. For more, visit http://www.macfound.org.
Novelist Andrea Barrett '74 received a MacArthur “Genius Award” in 2001.