Carrie N. Klabunde
Carrie Klabunde, PhD, is an Epidemiologist in the Health Services and
Economics Branch of the Applied Research Program. She has held this position
since 1997. Prior to that, she was an NCI Cancer Prevention Fellow. She has also
served as staff assistant to the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer
Coordination and Control, as assistant director for ambulatory care at the H.
Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, and as management engineer with the
Hillsborough County Hospital Authority in Tampa.
Dr. Klabunde received her PhD in Health Policy and Management from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and MHS and MBA degrees in Health
Services Administration from the University of Florida. Currently, she conducts
research to evaluate the organization and delivery of cancer care, with an
emphasis on cancer screening delivery in primary care practice. She has
expertise in designing and implementing probability sample surveys that assess
health care provider knowledge, attitudes, recommendations, and practices
regarding various aspects of cancer control. She has directed state and national
surveys on a variety of cancer screening topics, and is the NCI scientific
coordinator for the Cancer Control Supplement
to the National Health Interview Survey. She co-manages the NCI-sponsored International Cancer Screening Network. She also is
responsible for an extramural research program to improve the utilization,
delivery, and outcomes of colorectal cancer screening in the US. She received
NIH Merit Awards in 2000, 2004, and 2009 for her work in cancer screening. She
has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on a variety of cancer
control topics, particularly the utilization and delivery of colorectal cancer
screening in the US.
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