Karen Clements, ScD

Karen Clements
Senior Project Director, Center for Health Policy and Research
Commonwealth Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Massachusetts

Dr. Karen Clements is a trained epidemiologist with more than 10 years of experience in health economics and outcomes research. She has expertise in design and analysis of studies that utilize secondary data sources, including administrative databases and health survey data, and experience designing decision analytic models for economic evaluations.

Dr. Clements has led or participated in dissemination efforts for her studies, including co-authoring over 20 peer-reviewed manuscripts and authoring numerous technical reports, data briefs, posters, and oral presentations. She has extensive project management experience gained through leading projects with multi-disciplinary research teams, as well as experience in program evaluation using large linked administrative databases.

Dr. Clements holds a doctorate of science degree in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health, a master’s in public health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Boston University School of Public Health, and a bachelor’s in psychology from Wesleyan University.

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