Abraham D. Flaxman

Abraham Flaxman is an associate professor of health metrics sciences and global health at the University of Washington. He leads the simulation science team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). where he is developing new methods for cost effective analysis with microsimulation.  

 

A grid of 200 human icons represents excess deaths in Nigeria after potential funding cuts for nutrition treatment. Most icons (in dark blue) indicate baseline deaths, while 40 icons at the bottom (in red) represent additional deaths due to a 49% reduction in treatment. The title reads: "Excess Deaths After Nutrition Treatment Funding Cuts," with a legend showing dark blue as "Baseline" and red as "Additional deaths with 49% reduction in treatment."
Food

Visualizing Nutrition Deficits After USAID's Overhaul

by Abraham D. Flaxman, Sylvia Lutze, Alison Bowman

A new computer simulation illustrates the impact of alternative funding scenarios for child nutrition programs in LMICs

A man wears a protective facemask decorated with a question mark in lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York, U.S., May 22, 2020. Picture shows a well groomed man who appears to be in his 30s wearing a mask adorned with a huge question mark. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Governance

Uncertainty and the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Abraham D. Flaxman, Kevin O’Rourke

Understand and embrace uncertainty to get the most out of forecasts

Children play in water pipes at a construction site on the banks of the Yamuna River on July 26, 2010in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. Picture shows several rows of large, concrete sewer pipes stacked on top of each other with their fat openings facing the camera. Each is large enough to fit one child huddled at the opening. About ten children can be seen climbing about on the feature. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
Poverty

How to Prevent a Million Children’s Deaths

by Abraham D. Flaxman, Rohina Joshi

Closing gap on child mortality for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 in ten years may take baby steps, not giant leaps