Anna N.A. Tosteson, ScD

Professor

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

Anna Tosteson is the James J. Carroll Professor of Oncology and the Associate Director for Population Sciences at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. She serves as an Associate Director for SYNERGY, Dartmouth’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. She previously served as the Interim Director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

Tosteson is a decision scientist and health services researcher who studies how the diffusion of innovations in health care are changing health, costs and quality of care. Through use of diverse data sources including registries, clinical and epidemiological studies, and administrative claims data, she seeks insights into the long-term clinical and economic effects of alternative approaches to health care delivery with a focus on cancer screening and women’s health.

Tosteson is internationally recognized for demonstrating the direct and indirect economic and societal costs of osteoporosis on the health care system, workforce productivity, and quality of life. Her work on the surgeon general’s report, Bone Health and Osteoporosis, contributed to the adoption of prevention, screening, and treatment for that disease.

Tosteson earned a ScD in biostatistics (health decision science) and MS in biostatistics from Harvard University and a BS in statistics and biometry from Cornell University.