Sitaram Vangala

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Two blue boxes with white text appear breaking down statistics of colon cancer Research Brief / Nudges

Out of the Blue, a Colon Cancer Screening Kit Arrives

That approach, closer to an opt-out, beat three nudges, or opt-ins at encouraging younger people to get tested

Leadership Concept with Paper Ship Research Brief / COVID-19

The Case for Field Experiments in Behavioral Research

Nudges already proven to work in the real-world increased uptake of COVID-19 boosters; nudges based on lab findings and expert insights, not so much

AN illustration of matches in various stages of burning until it reaches then end and what looks like a man made out of matches is entirely burned Research Brief / Health Care

Doctors, Subjected to Peer Comparison, Felt Increased Burnout

Nudge to improve preventive medicine performance didn’t work – and yielded discontent