• Cardiovascular Disease
  • Diabetes

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  • Health and Lifestyle

    Currently, SI is working on several health and lifestyle related projects:

    Diabetes

    Sustainability Institute has been hired by the Division of Diabetes Translation in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta to use systems thinking approaches and system dynamics simulation modeling to help them and their state-level colleagues address the growing burden of diabetes.
     

    Cardiovascular Disease

    Since 2006, Sustainability Institute has been working with the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to use system thinking and system dynamics to better understand the leverage points for decreasing cardiovascular events and chronic disease costs. Building on the SI Diabetes project led by Drew Jones and Jack Homer, the team has developed a simulation model focusing on risk factors for first-time cardiovascular disease events. These risk factors include local contextual factors such as characteristics of the built environment and environmental policies.



  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Diabetes



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