Salomon, Joshua A.Menzies, Nicolas2014-06-062014-06-062014Menzies, Nicolas Alan. 2014. Mathematical Modeling to Evaluate Disease Control Policy. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11356http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274124In this dissertation I assessed three distinct policy questions: the implications of introducing a new tuberculosis diagnostic in southern Africa, the potential value of research related to HIV treatment policy in South Africa, and the causal effect of state cigarette taxes imposed between 1996 and 2013 on health outcomes in the United States.en-USPublic healthEpidemiologyEconomicsHIVsmokingtuberculosisThesis or Dissertation2014-06-06