Mr. Giardina is a research assistant at the Health Decision Sciences Center. He is currently supporting a shared-decision making implementation research project that focuses on decisions surrounding elective orthopedic surgeries.

Mr. Giardina is also a student in the Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy with a Decision Sciences concentration, where his research interests include shared-decision making interventions. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Science and a Bachelor and Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Connecticut.