How an Economist's Application of Machine Learning to Target Nudges Applies to Precision Medicine

Roy Perlis, Virginia Hunt

JAMA. 2025 May 16. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.4497. Online ahead of print.

Summary

This Medical News article is an interview with Stanford University economist Susan Athey, PhD, about the clinical practice implications of her recent research on machine learning and causal vs predictive targeting for student financial aid renewal.