Karsten Lunze, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM, FAAP

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Karsten Lunze holds a medical degree and doctorates in genetic epidemiology and public health. Following clinical training in pediatrics at Charité Berlin, Germany, and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, and in public health/preventive medicine and addiction medicine at BMC, he has conducted research concerned with individual and structural risks affecting disadvantaged populations. His clinical health services research has been devoted to improving the health of women and newborns in resource-limited environments. Karsten's federally and foundation-supported global health research aims to improve access to quality care for disadvantaged populations worldwide by addressing intersectional stigma and other barriers to prevention and care via multi-level behavioral and pharmacological interventions for people with addictions, HIV, TB and other conditions.

Director of Global Health, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Co-Director, Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Substance Use Research Core

Access to quality care for disadvantaged people
Stigma, HIV prevention and care in key populations
Behavioral interventions in humanitarian settings
Implementation Science
Global maternal and newborn health

Publications

  • Published 6/3/2026

    Truong V, Kekibiina A, Muyindike WR, Gnatienko N, Tsui JI, Emenyonu NI, Cheng DM, Hahn JA, Allison O, Bullard MJ, Lunze K, Samet JH. Gabapentin to achieve HIV viral load suppression in people with risky drinking in Mbarara, Uganda: study protocol for a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial (GRAIL). Trials. 2026 Jun 03. PMID: 42237416.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/1/2026

    Calver K, Sereda Y, Makarenko O, Gnatienko N, Hook K, Kahler CW, Kiriazova T, Lunze K. Prevalence of and readiness to reduce alcohol use and smoking among adults with TB and HIV in Ukraine. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2026 Jun 01; 30(6):285-287. PMID: 42226367.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/28/2026

    Rossi SL, Cheng DM, Sereda Y, Truong V, Carroll JJ, Kiriazova T, Lodi S, Michals A, Raj A, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and substance use behaviors among people with HIV - a mixed method analysis. PLoS One. 2026; 21(5):e0349567. PMID: 42207818.

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  • Published 4/3/2026

    Gutin SA, Atukunda E, Khorassani FS, Fatch R, So-Armah K, Tumwegamire A, Emenyonu NI, da Silva CE, Ngabirano C, Lunze K, Adong J, Muyindike W, Hahn JA. Intersectional Stigma and Health of People Living with HIV on ART Who Use Alcohol in Southwestern Uganda. AIDS Behav. 2026 Apr 03. PMID: 41931222.

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  • Published 12/1/2025

    Nadiradze A, Khetsuriani K, Talakvadze T, Gulbani M, Ratiani E, Nebieridze A, Gaprindashvili N, Tabagari N, Lunze K, Nadareishvili I. Primary Care Physicians' Knowledge and Counseling on Cannabis Use in the Country of Georgia: Results of a Mixed-Method Exploratory Study. J Prim Care Community Health. 2025; 16:21501319251394522. PMID: 41324179.

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Other Positions

  • Faculty, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, DPH/DrPH
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DM
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH

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