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as a post-doctoral fellow in 1983 and as an assistant professor in 1985. He taught methods of decision analysis and cost-benefit analysis to physicians, nurses, and other graduate students in public health. His prolific writings addressed both the analytic and institutional aspects of lifesaving
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first fully online MPA program offered by a top graduate school in public affairs, SPEA Connect, was launched. In 2019, under his leadership, the School was named after Paul H. O'Neill, the former
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Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA). By raising over $ 10 million in project grants and philanthropic contributions, Graham helped support eight new faculty positions and dozens of post-doctoral and doctoral students. By 2001, HCRA became
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Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (formerly SPEA). Graham stepped down from the deanship to return to the O'Neill School faculty in the 2019 academic year.
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