Hello, I'm
Pedro Nascimento de Lima,
a researcher at RAND Corporation.
I’m an associate engineer at RAND Corporation, a non-partisan research institution dedicated to improving policy through research and analysis.
Trained as an engineer and as policy researcher, I work across disciplines to inform our most challenging policy decisions with quantitative models and data - even when uncertainty is deep and consensus seems out of reach.
April 2024: Our first two papers on blood-based biomarker tests for CRC screening were published in Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastro and Hepathology !
See also the "not so bloody fast" commentary from the Gastroenterology editor. This work will be presented at DDW 2024.
News
Equity & Social Policy
Modeling America's racial wealth disparities
Mathematical models help chart pathways for closing racial wealth gaps
Notices of the American Mathematical Society [journal paper]
P. Nascimento de Lima, J. Welburn, J. Lamb, and O. Osoba
Overcoming compound racial inequity
Policies and costs for closing the black-white wealth gap
RAND Report [report]
J. Welburn, P. Nascimento de Lima, K. Kumar, O. Osoba, J. Lamb
Reopening California
Seeking robust, non-dominated COVID-19 exit strategies
Public Library of Science (PLOS) One [journal paper]
P. Nascimento de Lima, R. Lempert, R. Vardavas, L. Baker, J. Ringel, C. M. Rutter, J. Ozik, N. Collier
Pandemic Response
Optimal non-pharmaceutical pandemic response strategies depend critically on time horizons and costs
Scientific Reports [journal paper]
S. Nowak, P. Nascimento de Lima, R. Vardavas
Latest Research
Cancer Prevention
Commentary: Liquid Biopsy for Average-Risk Colorectal Cancer Screening
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology [journal paper]
David A Lieberman, Aasma Shaukat, Folasade P May, John M Carethers, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Uri Ladabaum, Timothy R Church, Anjelica Davis, Chyke A Doubeni, John M Inadomi, Richard C Wender, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Rosita van den Puttelaar
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening With a Blood Test That Meets the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Coverage Decision
Gastroenterology [journal paper]
Rosita van den Puttelaar, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Amy B. Knudsen, Carolyn M. Rutter, Karen M. Kuntz Lucie de Jonge, Fernando Alarid Escudero, David Lieberman, Ann G. Zauber, Anne I. Hahn, John M. Inadomi, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar
Interested? Let’s get in touch!
You can reach out to me at plima at rand dot org