Karsten Lunze | Profiles RNS

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

Assistant Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Medicine

General Internal Medicine

MD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
DM, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Pronouns: he/him/his

Websites

CARE Unit Faculty

ORCID : 0000-0001-8495-0350

Director of Global Health
Co-Director, Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Substance Use Research Core

Stigma and HIV prevention in key populations
Maternal and newborn health

Faculty
Boston University School of Medicine
Medicine
Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit

2018 American Association of Public Health Physicians: Presidential Citation

2017 American Public Health Association: Sidel Levy Award for Peace

2016 American College of Preventive Medicine: Humanism in Medicine Award

2016 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): NIH New Investigator Award

2015 UNHCR/EMERCOM : UN Humanitarian Medal

2013 NIDA and Taiwan CDC; Taipei, Taiwan: Early Career Investigator Award for Global Health

2013 ISAM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: NIDA-ISAM Award

2012 American College of Preventive Medicine: Don Gemson Resident Award

2012 NIH: NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award

2012 The International Society for the Study of Drug Policy, Canterbury, UK: Prize for Best Study Influencing Drug Policy

2012 American Society of Addiction Medicine: Ruth Fox Award

2007-2008 Harvard University: Holtzer Award

2005 German Hypertension Society, Heidelberg, Germany : Young Investigator Award

BMC Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research(CFAR): Core K- Substance Use
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
Miriam Hospital NIH-NIAID
5P30AI042853-21

Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-Infected Russian People Who…
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
NIH-NIDA
5R00DA041245-04

Double stigma as barrier to integrated HIV treatment among HIV infected PWID in Ukraine (CFAR Devel…
04/01/2017 - 09/30/2018 (PI)
Miriam Hospital NIH-NIAID

Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs
06/01/2016 - 05/31/2018 (PI)
NIH-NIDA
5K99DA041245-02

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2020	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	5R00DA041245-05
2020	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	3R00DA041245-05S1
2020	Core K - Substance Use Research Core	5P30AI042853-22-7400	905
2019	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	5R00DA041245-04
2018	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	4R00DA041245-03
2017	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	5K99DA041245-02	7
2016	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	1K99DA041245-01A1	7

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Nadareishvili I, Pkhakadze G, Japiashvili N, Lunze K. Regulatory environment for complementary and alternative medicine in Georgia-a health policy analysis. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33735447

Vetrova MV, Cheng DM, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Jiang W, Luoma J, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Ekstrand ML, Raj A, Samet JH, Lunze K. HIV and Substance Use Stigma, Intersectional Stigma and Healthcare Among HIV-Positive PWID in Russia. AIDS Behav. 2021 Jan 28.View Related Profiles.

Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 33506305

Lee JO, Yoon Y, Idrisov B, Kiriazova T, Makarenko O, Sereda Y, Bendiks S, Cody K, Schoenberger SF, Nurius PS, Halim N, Flanigan T, Samet JH, Liebschutz J, Lunze K. Violence, HIV Risks, and Polysubstance Use Among HIV-Positive People Who Inject Drugs in Ukraine. AIDS Behav. 2021 Jan 01.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Halim, Nafisa
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 33385280

Carroll JJ, Lira MC, Lunze K, Colasanti JA, Del Rio C, Samet JH. Painful Subjects: Treating Chronic Pain among People Living with HIV in the Age of Opioid Risk. Med Anthropol Q. 2020 Nov 05.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 33152133

Lunze K, Kiriazova T, Blokhina E, Bushara N, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Bendiks S, Quinn E, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Samet JH. Linking HIV-positive people in addiction care to HIV services in St. Petersburg, Russia - Mixed-methods implementation study of strengths-based case management. Glob Public Health. 2020 Oct 22; 1-13.View Related Profiles.

Bridden, Carly
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 33091311

Biemba G, Chiluba B, Yeboah-Antwi K, Silavwe V, Lunze K, Mwale RK, Hamer DH, MacLeod WB. Impact of mobile health-enhanced supportive supervision and supply chain management on appropriate integrated community case management of malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia in children 2-59 months: A cluster randomised trial in Eastern Province, Zambia. J Glob Health. 2020 Jun; 10(1):010425.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Lunze, Karsten
MacLeod, William

PMID: 32509293

Sereda Y, Kiriazova T, Makarenko O, Carroll JJ, Rybak N, Chybisov A, Bendiks S, Idrisov B, Dutta A, Gillani FS, Samet JH, Flanigan T, Lunze K. Stigma and quality of co-located care for HIV-positive people in addiction treatment in Ukraine: a cross-sectional study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020 05; 23(5):e25492.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 32372534

Gnatienko N, Lioznov D, Raj A, Blokhina E, Rosen S, Cheng DM, Lunze K, Bendiks S, Truong V, Bushara N, Toussova O, Quinn E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Design of a randomized controlled trial to Link Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC-II) in St. Petersburg, Russia. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2020 01 13; 15(1):1.View Related Profiles.

Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Rosen, Sydney

PMID: 31931884

Biemba G, Mulenga A, Chiluba B, Griffiths UK, Yeboah-Antwi K, MacLeod W, Lunze K, Hamer DH. Cost analysis of integrated community case management of childhood malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia enhanced by mobile health technology in rural Zambia. J Public Health Afr. 2019 Dec 31; 10(2):1039.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Lunze, Karsten
MacLeod, William

PMID: 32257075

Nadareishvili I, Pkhakadze G, Tskitishvili A, Bakuradze N, Lunze K. Georgia's healthcare system and integration of complementary medicine. Complement Ther Med. 2019 Aug; 45:205-210. PMID: 31331562

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Lunze K, Lermet O, Andreeva V, Hariga F. Compulsory treatment of drug use in Southeast Asian countries. Int J Drug Policy. 2018 09; 59:10-15. PMID: 29966803

Lasser KE, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Walley AY, Tindle HA, Quinn E, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Depression and smoking characteristics among HIV-positive smokers in Russia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0189207.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lasser, Karen
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 29408935

Lunze K, Dawkins R, Tapia A, Anand S, Chu M, Bloom DE. Market mechanisms for newborn health in Nepal. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Dec 19; 17(1):428. PMID: 29258465

Khan SM, Bain RES, Lunze K, Unalan T, Beshanski-Pedersen B, Slaymaker T, Johnston R, Hancioglu A. Optimizing household survey methods to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals targets 6.1 and 6.2 on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: A mixed-methods field-test in Belize. PLoS One. 2017; 12(12):e0189089. PMID: 29216244

Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Quinn E, Bridden C, Walley AY, Bryant KJ, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Role of substance use in HIV care cascade outcomes among people who inject drugs in Russia. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2017 Dec 04; 12(1):30.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 29198185

Nadareishvili I, Lunze K, Pkhakadze G, Japiashvili N, Tabagari N. COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND MEDICAL EDUCATION IN GEORGIA: STATE OF THE ART AND FURTHER PERSPECTIVES. Georgian Med News. 2017 Dec; (273):118-122. PMID: 29328043

Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Patts GJ, Bridden C, Kleinman RE, Weiser SD, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Food Insecurity, HIV Disease Progression and Access to Care Among HIV-Infected Russians not on ART. AIDS Behav. 2017 Dec; 21(12):3486-3495.View Related Profiles.

Bridden, Carly
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 28822002

Nadareishvili I, Lunze K, Tabagari N, Beraia A, Pkhakadze G. USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN GEORGIA. Georgian Med News. 2017 Nov; (272):157-164. PMID: 29227277

Biemba G, Chiluba B, Yeboah-Antwi K, Silavwe V, Lunze K, Mwale RK, Russpatrick S, Hamer DH. A Mobile-Based Community Health Management Information System for Community Health Workers and Their Supervisors in 2 Districts of Zambia. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2017 Sep 27; 5(3):486-494.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Lunze, Karsten
Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo

PMID: 28855233

Lunze K, Lioznov D, Cheng DM, Nikitin RV, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. HIV Stigma and Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV in Russia. AIDS Behav. 2017 Sep; 21(9):2609-2617.View Related Profiles.

Bridden, Carly
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 28600603

Edelman EJ, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Lioznov DA, Quinn E, Gnatienko N, Bridden C, Chaisson CE, Walley AY, Krupitsky EM, Raj A, Samet JH. HIV Stigma and Substance Use Among HIV-Positive Russians with Risky Drinking. AIDS Behav. 2017 Sep; 21(9):2618-2627.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Chaisson, Christine
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 28634662

Lunze K, Biemba G, Lawrence JJ, MacLeod WB, Yeboah-Antwi K, Musokotwane K, Ajayi T, Mutembo S, Puta C, Earle D, Steketee R, Hamer DH. Clinical management of children with fever: a cross-sectional study of quality of care in rural Zambia. Bull World Health Organ. 2017 May 01; 95(5):333-342.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Biemba, Godfrey
Lunze, Karsten
Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo
MacLeod, William

PMID: 28479634

Idrisov B, Murphy SM, Morrill T, Saadoun M, Lunze K, Shepard D. Implementation of methadone therapy for opioid use disorder in Russia - a modeled cost-effectiveness analysis. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2017 Jan 20; 12(1):4. PMID: 28107824; DOI: 10.1186/s13011-016-0087-9;

Kiriazova T, Lunze K, Raj A, Bushara N, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Bridden C, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Gifford AL. "It is easier for me to shoot up": stigma, abandonment, and why HIV-positive drug users in Russia fail to link to HIV care. AIDS Care. 2017 May; 29(5):559-563.View Related Profiles.

Gifford, Allen
Bridden, Carly
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 27871198; DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1259451;

Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Lunze FI, Liebschutz JM, Bridden C, Walley AY, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Sexual violence from police and HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive women who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia - a mixed methods study. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016; 19(4 Suppl 3):20877.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Cheng, Debbie
Liebschutz, Jane
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 27435712; PMCID: PMC4951542; DOI: 10.7448/IAS.19.4.20877;

Lunze K, Idrisov B, Golichenko M, Kamarulzaman A. Mandatory addiction treatment for people who use drugs: global health and human rights analysis. BMJ. 2016 Jun 09; 353:i2943. PMID: 27284009; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2943;

Lunze K, Higgins-Steele A, Simen-Kapeu A, Vesel L, Kim J, Dickson K. Innovative approaches for improving maternal and newborn health--A landscape analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015; 15:337. PMID: 26679709; PMCID: PMC4683742; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0784-9;

Lunze FI, Lunze K, Tsorieva ZM, Esenov CT, Reutov A, Eichhorn T, Offergeld C. Global surgery in a postconflict setting--5-year results of implementation in the Russian North Caucasus. Glob Health Action. 2015; 8:29227. PMID: 26498745; PMCID: PMC4620685; DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.29227;

Lunze K, Lunze FI, Raj A, Samet JH. Stigma and Human Rights Abuses against People Who Inject Drugs in Russia--A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Policy and Public Health Strategies. PLoS One. 2015; 10(8):e0136030.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 26305697; PMCID: PMC4549320; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136030;

Lunze K, Yurasova E, Idrisov B, Gnatienko N, Migliorini L. Food security and nutrition in the Russian Federation - a health policy analysis. Glob Health Action. 2015; 8:27537.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Migliorini, Luigi

PMID: 26112143; PMCID: PMC4481043; DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.27537;

Lunze K. The ASAM Essentials of Addiction Medicine, edited by A. Herron & T. K. Brennan. Medical and Surgical Complications of Addiction. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA. 2015. View Publication

Lunze K, Yurasova E, Idrisov B, Gnatienko N, Migliorini L. Food security and nutrition in the Russian Federation - a health policy analysis. Glob Health Action. 2015 Jan; 8(1):27537. PMID: 28156738; DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.27537;

Lunze FI, Lunze K, Tsorieva ZM, Esenov CT, Reutov A, Eichhorn T, Offergeld C. Global surgery in a postconflict setting - 5-year results of implementation in the Russian North Caucasus. Glob Health Action. 2015 Jan; 8(1):29227. PMID: 28156845; DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.29227;

Lunze K, Raj A, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Bridden C, Blokhina E, Walley AY, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Punitive policing and associated substance use risks among HIV-positive people in Russia who inject drugs. J Int AIDS Soc. 2014; 17:19043.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 25014321; PMCID: PMC4093768; DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19043;

Lunze K, Yeboah-Antwi K, Marsh DR, Kafwanda SN, Musso A, Semrau K, Waltensperger KZ, Hamer DH. Prevention and management of neonatal hypothermia in rural Zambia. PLoS One. 2014; 9(4):e92006.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Lunze, Karsten
Semrau, Katherine
Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo

PMID: 24714630; PMCID: PMC3979664; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092006;

Lunze K, Paasche-Orlow MK. Limited literacy and poor health: the role of social mobility in Germany and the United States. J Health Commun. 2014; 19 Suppl 2:15-8.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Paasche-Orlow, Michael

PMID: 25315580; DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.946115;

Lunze FI, Lunze K, McElhinney DB, Colan SD, Gauvreau K, Lange PE, Schmitt B, Berger F. Heterogeneity of regional function and relation to ventricular morphology in patients with fontan circulation. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 15; 112(8):1207-13. PMID: 23927787

Lunze K, Paasche-Orlow MK. Financial incentives for healthy behavior: ethical safeguards for behavioral economics. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jun; 44(6):659-65.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Paasche-Orlow, Michael

PMID: 23683984; DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.035;

Lunze FI, Offergeld C, Eichhorn T, Tsorieva Z, Esenov C, Lunze K. Trauma in conflict and postconflict settings: contributions to health systems strengthening. Minerva Chir. 2013 Jun; 68(3):275-80. PMID: 23774092

Lunze K, Bloom DE, Jamison DT, Hamer DH. The global burden of neonatal hypothermia: systematic review of a major challenge for newborn survival. BMC Med. 2013; 11:24.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 23369256; PMCID: PMC3606398; DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-24;

Lunze K, Migliorini L. Tobacco control in the Russian Federation--a policy analysis. BMC Public Health. 2013; 13:64.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Migliorini, Luigi

PMID: 23339756; PMCID: PMC3732080; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-64;

Thairu L, Wirth M, Lunze K. Innovative newborn health technology for resource-limited environments. Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Jan; 18(1):117-28. PMID: 23279380; DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12021;

Lunze K, Cheng DM, Quinn E, Krupitsky E, Raj A, Walley AY, Bridden C, Chaisson C, Lioznov D, Blokhina E, Samet JH. Nondisclosure of HIV infection to sex partners and alcohol's role: a Russian experience. AIDS Behav. 2013 Jan; 17(1):390-8.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Chaisson, Christine
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 22677972; PMCID: PMC3634358; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0216-z;

Wirth M, Thairu L, Lunze K. Low-cost technologies that can save the lives of newborns: Designing promising innovations for developing countries. Global Health and Diplomacy. 2012; 2(2):106-10.

Lunze K, Hamer DH. Thermal protection of the newborn in resource-limited environments. J Perinatol. 2012 May; 32(5):317-24.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 22382859; DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.11;

Lunze K, Lunze FI. Addressing the burden of post-conflict surgical disease - strategies from the North Caucasus. Glob Public Health. 2011; 6(6):669-77. PMID: 21432701; DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.557667;

Lunze K. Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine. In: The Harriet Lane Handbook. A Manual for Pediatric House Officers, 19th edition. edited by Arcara K., Tschudy M. Mosby. 2011. View Publication

Schmitt B, Steendijk P, Ovroutski S, Lunze K, Rahmanzadeh P, Maarouf N, Ewert P, Berger F, Kuehne T. Pulmonary vascular resistance, collateral flow, and ventricular function in patients with a Fontan circulation at rest and during dobutamine stress. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Sep; 3(5):623-31. PMID: 20631032; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.931592;

Lunze K, Feldman L. Under pressure for a diagnosis. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2011 Feb; 50(2):166-8. PMID: 20118103; DOI: 10.1177/0009922809350220;

Lunze K. Health and human rights: no miracle in postconflict Chechnya. Lancet. 2009 Nov 28; 374(9704):1809-10. PMID: 19944853; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61957-7;

Schmitt B, Steendijk P, Lunze K, Ovroutski S, Falkenberg J, Rahmanzadeh P, Maarouf N, Ewert P, Berger F, Kuehne T. Integrated assessment of diastolic and systolic ventricular function using diagnostic cardiac magnetic resonance catheterization: validation in pigs and application in a clinical pilot study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Nov; 2(11):1271-81. PMID: 19909930; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.09.007;

Lunze K, Gilbert N, Mebus S, Miera O, Fehske W, Uhlemann F, Mühler EG, Ewert P, Lange PE, Berger F, Schulze-Neick I. First experience with an oral combination therapy using bosentan and sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur J Clin Invest. 2006 Sep; 36 Suppl 3:32-8. PMID: 16919008

The World Health Organization. Shaping the Future; World Health Report 2003. WHO Publications. Geneva. 2004. View Publication

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 53 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2017

Bar chart showing 53 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2017

Year	Publications
2004	1
2006	1
2009	2
2010	2
2011	2
2012	2
2013	7
2014	3
2015	7
2016	3
2017	11
2018	2
2019	2
2020	5
2021	3

In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Stigma, Social
Stigmatization
Discrimination (Psychology)
HIV Infection
Substance Use Disorders
HIV prevention
HIV risk environment
Maternal Health Services
Newborns
Prevention, Primary
Maternal and Child Health
Newborn Health
Global Health

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