Marika Cusick, Stanford Health Policy PhD candidate

Marika Cusick

  • PhD Student, Health Policy

Biography

Marika is a Health Policy PhD student in the Decision Sciences track. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Statistical Science from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Information Science for Health Tech from Cornell Tech. Prior to joining Stanford in 2020, she worked at Weill Cornell Medicine, supporting the institution’s secondary use of electronic health record data for research.

Marika’s interests lie in the areas of health policy modeling, data science, and clinical policy interventions as applied to improve chronic disease healthcare delivery.

In The News

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Screening Adults 35 and Older for Chronic Kidney Disease Would Increase Life Expectancy in Cost-effective Way

Many people don’t know they have chronic kidney disease until it progresses. A new study led by Stanford Health Policy researchers finds that screening would increase life expectancy in a cost-effective way.
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Chronic Kidney Disease Now Has Powerful, Cost-Effective Treatment

Chronic kidney disease affects one-in-seven adults and is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States. A new Stanford-led study now provides clinicians with a powerful, cost-effective treatment for their patients with renal disease.
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