Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Lasser is a primary care internist, certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a health services researcher. She is a Senior Editor at JAMA.

Her primary areas of expertise and research are quality of care, interventions to reduce health disparities, health policy, smoking cessation, and primary care practice-based research.

She is the author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications, was the former Director of Ambulatory Quality Improvement for the Department of Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, and has held several quality leadership roles at Boston Medical Center. Her research has been supported by NIDA, NHLBI, AHRQ, CDC, and the American Cancer Society.

Publications

  • Published 9/3/2024

    Piper ME, Stein JH, Lasser KE. E-Cigarette Use in Adults. JAMA. 2024 Sep 03; 332(9):751-752. PMID: 39110470.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 9/1/2024

    Cole MB, Kim J, Gordon SH, Lasser KE, Ncube C, Patton E, Deen N, Carey K, Cabral H, Goldman AL, Ogden S, McCloskey L. Massachusetts Medicaid ACO Program May Have Improved Care Use And Quality For Pregnant And Postpartum Enrollees. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 Sep; 43(9):1209-1218. PMID: 39226509.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/1/2024

    Law AC, Bosch NA, Song Y, Tale A, Lasser KE, Walkey AJ. In-Hospital vs 30-Day Sepsis Mortality at US Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2412873. PMID: 38819826.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/5/2024

    Andriola C, Ellis RP, Siracuse JJ, Hoagland A, Kuo TC, Hsu HE, Walkey A, Lasser KE, Ash AS. A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm for Creating Risk-Adjusted Payment Formulas. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Apr 05; 5(4):e240625. PMID: 38639980.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/10/2024

    Cole MB, Strackman BW, Lasser KE, Lin MY, Paasche-Orlow MK, Hanchate AD. Medicaid Expansion and Preventable Emergency Department Use by Race/Ethnicity. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Jun; 66(6):989-998. PMID: 38342480.

    Read at: PubMed

Other Positions

  • Professor, Community Health Sciences
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Faculty, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Education

  • Cornell University Medical College, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Harvard University, AB