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Kuntz, Karen
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McAlpine, Donna
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McBean, A. Marshall
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Karen Kuntz.

Karen Kuntz, Sc.D.

Professor

Sc.D., Biostatistics (Health Decision Sciences), Harvard School of Public Health, 1993

M.S., Biostatistics (Health Decision Sciences), Harvard School of Public Health, 1990

B.A., Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1983

kmkuntz@umn.edu

Office Phone: 612-625-9333

Karen Kuntz, Sc.D., is a health decision scientist with experience in the methods and applications of using simulation modeling to evaluate clinical and public health strategies. She is the principal investigator of one of the Canter Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET) grants funded by the National Cancer Institute to evaluate the national trends in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. She is also principal investigator of a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to examine the effects of disparities in screening, follow-up and treatment on cancer-related outcomes. In addition to specific applications, she has become one of the leading authorities on describing errors and biases that can occur in disease modeling.

Selected Publications

Bentley TGK, Willett WC, Weinstein MC, Kuntz KM. Folic acid fortification: population-level changes in folate intake. Am J Public Health 2006 (in press).

Choi HK, Seeger JD, Kuntz KM. Effects of rofecoxib and naproxen on life expectancy among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a decision analysis. Am J Med 2004; 116:621-629.

Punglia RS, D’Amicao AV, Catalona WJ, Roehl KA, Kuntz KM. Effect of verification bias on screening for prostate cancer with prostate-specific antigen. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:335-342.

Goldie SJ, Kuntz KM. A potential error in evaluating cancer screening: a comparison of 2 approaches for modeling underlying disease progression. Med Decis Making 2003;23:232-241.

Blake GJ, Ridker PM, Kuntz KM. Cost-effectiveness of CRP screening to target statin therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Am J Med 2003;114:485-494.

Kuntz KM, Kitch BT, Fuhlbrigge AL, Paltiel AD, Weiss ST. A novel approach to defining the relationship between lung function and symptom status in asthma. J Clin Epidemiol 2002;55:11-18.

Kuntz KM, Goldie SJ. Assessing the sensitivity of decision-analytic results to unobserved markers of risk: Defining the effects of heterogeneity bias. Med Decis Making 2002;22:218-227.

Frazier AL, Colditz GA, Fuchs CS, Kuntz KM. Cost-effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer in the general population. JAMA 2000;284:1954-61.

Kuntz KM, Fleischmann KE, Hunink MGM, Douglas PS. Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with chest pain. Ann Intern Med 1999;130:709-18.

Kuntz KM, Tsevat J, Weinstein MC, Goldman L. A comparison of expert panel and decision analysis recommendations for post-discharge coronary angiography after myocardial infarction. JAMA 1999; 282:2246-51.

Professional Experience

Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2006 – present

Adjunct Professor of Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 2006 – present

Associate Professor of Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 2000 – 2006

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1998 – 2006

Assistant Professor of Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 1997 – 2000

Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1993 – 1998

Scholarly Service and Honors

President, Society for Medical Decision Making, 2004 – 2005

Harvard School of Public Health Mentoring Award, 2004

Vice President, Society for Medical Decision Making, 1999 – 2000

Lee Lusted Student Award, Society for Medical Decision Making, 1993

ENAR Student Award, Biometric Society, 1993

National Library of Medicine Medical Informatics Training Fellowship, 1989 – 1992

 

 
 
 
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