Alex Chudik is an Assistant Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. 

Andrea Vedolin is an Associate Professor of Finance at Questrom School of Business at Boston University.

Alex Imas is a Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics and Vasilou Faculty Scholar at The University of Chicago.

Ryan Israelsen is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

Rohan Ganduri is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Title: Patient-Centric Clinical Trial Design

Abstract: Clinical trials are critical for advancing medical knowledge about the safety and efficacy of new drugs and treatments. However, traditional clinical trial designs have often prioritized the research objectives of investigators, with limited consideration of patient behavior in both enrollment and treatment selection. This seminar will present a series of Bayesian dynamic programming techniques developed to provide a more comprehensive...