Begin Lab

Dr. Alison Buttenheim & Dr. Harsha Thirumurthy are pleased to announce the launch of the Behavioral Economics and Global Health Insights (BEGIN) Lab. The BEGIN Lab seeks innovative solutions to persistent challenges that limit healthy lifespans globally. In pursuit of these solutions, the BEGIN Lab and its collaborators design and evaluate behavioral, structural, and policy interventions that have the potential to improve health outcomes. The overarching goal of the BEGIN Lab is to change behavior, impact policy, and end epidemics. Ongoing projects are taking place in partnership with researchers and organizations in several countries in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. Our values: • We include researchers and practitioners from the Global South in our work. • We focus on the health conditions and contexts that most burden vulnerable groups. • We prioritize translation and dissemination of our evidence to diverse audiences beyond the academy, including practitioners, policymakers, and the media. • We value curiosity, creativity, urgency, and rigor in all we do.