Andrew J. Karter, PhD, MS

Affiliate Professor, Epidemiology (primary department)
Affiliate Professor, Health Services

Senior Investigator, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Contact Information
Kaiser Permanente
Division of Research
2000 Broadway
Oakland,, CA 98110
Tel: 206-855-9551
Fax: 206-855-9550
http://www.dor.kaiser.org/external/investigators_karter_a.aspx?id=282
andy.j.karter@kp.org

Research Interests
Andrew J. Karter, PhD, has been a research scientist at the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) since 1994. Dr. Karter plays a lead role in managing the KPNC Diabetes Registry (n~200,000 patients). His research focuses primarily on diabetes and its complications, with an emphasis on etiology and the patterns and causes of social health disparities. Other areas of interest include the impact of policy changes in cost-sharing on diabetes self-management behaviors; pharmacoepidemiology of diabetes medications, including adverse events and response-to-therapy; and the quality of care for diabetes in managed care settings.

Education
PhD, Epidemiology, University of California (Davis) 1993
MS, Ecology, University of California (Davis) 1989