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Erez Yoeli

MIT

Dr. Yoeli is a research associate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and co-director of the Applied Cooperation Team (ACT), a team of researchers that applies insights from the social sciences towards increasing contributions to real-world public goods. He designs and tests large-scale interventions to promote altruistic behaviors such as charitable donations, volunteering, resource conservation, and medication adherence. Dr. Yoeli has worked as a researcher at Harvard University’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics and Yale University’s Human Cooperation Laboratory. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

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Using Digital Health Support And Behavioral Science Principles To Help Treat Tuberculosis

The intersection of digital health solutions and behavioral science can have a significant impact on the adherence rate of treatment programs. The Decision Lab reached out to Dr. Erez Yoeli of MIT to learn more about his work on a project involving digital health tools for Tuberculosis (TB) patients and the future direction of similar areas of research in behavioral science.

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