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Karsten Lunze, MD, MPH, DrPH, FACPM, FAAP Hear my name

Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

General Internal Medicine

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

Pronouns: he/him/his

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ORCID : 0000-0001-8495-0350

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

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in our work and workforce is central to my lab’s shared vision of equal access to quality prevention and care for everyone. Our mission is to empower disadvantaged people worldwide and assist them in coping with stigma and other barriers to accessing care. Inherently, in our work and our lives, we therefore share the core values of tolerance and inclusion as the opposite of stigma and discrimination. As first-generation immigrant to our university’s country, I welcome and celebrate diversity as a natural enrichment of our research activities and of our learning. We take great satisfaction from our achievements that strengthened the evidence-base around behavioral interventions for disadvantaged people, made possible by winning over people from around the world, with a fascinating spectrum of backgrounds, to gather and work with us. Realizing that tolerance and inclusion are continuously and ubiquitously under attack, we want to provide workplaces that are safe spaces. Aware of our perspectives, biased and position of privilege, we aspire to build a sense of belonging for everyone who shares BMC’s motto of excellent care, without exception.

I strive to foster learner-centered mentoring and teaching of diverse students, fellows and early-stage faculty, including underrepresented individuals. Our structural approach to increasing equity and accessibility is community engagement, i.e., partnering for all aspects of our research and teaching with people who have lived experiences. My research and teaching focuses on social and other determinants of population health, and underrepresented scholars have been instrumental in trailblazing our stigma intervention work. We created our Clinical Undergraduate Research in Addictions - Training and Experiences (CURATE) and Physician Research in Training (PRiT) programs [ https://www.bumc.bu.edu/care/education-and-training-programs/training-programs/mssrp/ ] that I lead with the firm goal of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in research and teaching – this will make our mission even more divertido.

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

BMC Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Pre notification Estimating Mediation and Moderation Effects in HIV Care Continuum Intervention Trials for People who Use Drugs
04/01/2023 - 01/31/2028 (PI)
San Diego State University Research Foundation National Institute o

Preventing Mental Disorders Among Women Internally Displaced by War in Ukraine: The SHAWL Trial
08/16/2023 - 08/15/2026 (PI)
National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
1R34MH134077-01

Community-engaged implementation strategies for acceptance interventions to improve access to care for people with HIV and injection drug use
09/01/2023 - 08/31/2024 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
1R03DA059341-01

Pre notification Core K - The Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) competitive renewal
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
The Miriam Hospital National Institute o

INVEST Drug Abuse Research Fellowship 2022
01/23/2023 - 01/22/2024 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS

Competitive Revision to Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care Among HIV-Infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs
09/01/2020 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
3R00DA041245-05S1

Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-Infected Russian People Who…
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2023 (PI)
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
5R00DA041245-05

Providence Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2023 (PI)
The Miriam Hospital National Institute o
5P30AI042853-24

Reducing HIV Stigma to Increase HIV Testing among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kazakhstan Using a Crowdsourcing Approach
08/16/2021 - 05/31/2023 (PI)
Trustees of Columbia University Fogarty Internationa
1R21TW012017-01

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

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Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2023	Sustaining recovery for people on opioid agonist treatment with conversational agents	1R34DA058124-01A1
2023	Community-engaged implementation strategies for acceptance interventions to improve access to care for people with HIV and injection drug use	1R03DA059341-01
2023	Preventing Mental Disorders Among Women Internally Displaced by War in Ukraine: The SHAWL Trial	1R34MH134077-01
2023	Gabapentin to Reduce Alcohol and Improve Viral Load Suppression - Promoting "Treatment as Prevention"	5R01AA030460-02
2022	Gabapentin to Reduce Alcohol and Improve Viral Load Suppression - Promoting "Treatment as Prevention"	1R01AA030460-01
2022	Core K - Substance Use Research Core	5P30AI042853-24-7400
2021	Core K - Substance Use Research Core	5P30AI042853-23-7400	905
2020	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	3R00DA041245-05S1
2020	Stigma, Risk Behaviors and Health Care among HIV-infected Russian People Who Inject Drugs	5R00DA041245-05
2020	Core K - Substance Use Research Core	5P30AI042853-22-7400	905

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Canfield J, Truong V, Bereznicka A, Bridden C, Liebschutz J, Alford DP, Saitz R, Samet JH, Walley AY, Lunze K. Evaluation of a student clinical research education program in addiction medicine. Ann Med. 2023 Dec; 55(1):361-370.View Related Profiles.

Walley, Alexander
Bridden, Carly
Alford, Daniel
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 36629696; PMCID: PMC9848279; DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2154833;

Raj A, Gnatienko N, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Dey AK, Wagman JA, Toussova O, Truong V, Rateau L, Lunze K, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Provider-patient experiences and HIV care utilization among people living with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Int J Qual Health Care. 2023 Oct 05; 35(4).View Related Profiles.

Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 37642351; PMCID: PMC10558037; DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzad068;

Samet JH, Blokhina E, Cheng DM, Rosen S, Lioznov D, Lunze K, Truong V, Gnatienko N, Quinn E, Bushara N, Raj A, Krupitsky E. Rapid access to antiretroviral therapy, receipt of naltrexone, and strengths-based case management versus standard of care for HIV viral load suppression in people with HIV who inject drugs in Russia (LINC-II): an open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV. 2023 Sep; 10(9):e578-e587.View Related Profiles.

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

PMID: 37659841

Chen S, Walt G, Aldrich A, McAlearney AS, Linas B, Amuchi B, Freedman DA, Goddard-Eckrich D, Gibson E, Hartman Ms J, Bosak J, Lunze K, Jones L, Christopher M, Salsberry P, Jackson R, Back S, Drainoni ML, Walker DM. A Qualitative Study of Health Equity's Role in Community Coalition Development. Health Educ Behav. 2023 Jun 28; 10901981231179755.View Related Profiles.

Linas, Benjamin
Lunze, Karsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 37376998

Carroll JJ, Rossi SL, Vetrova MV, Blokhina E, Sereda Y, Lioznov D, Luoma J, Kiriazova T, Lunze K. The impacts of COVID-19 on structural inequities faced by people living with HIV who inject drugs: A qualitative study in St. Petersburg, Russia. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Jul; 117:104060.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 37210965; PMCID: PMC10183634; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104060;

Luoma JB, Rossi SL, Sereda Y, Pavlov N, Toussova O, Vetrova M, Bendiks S, Kiriazova T, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Blokhina E, Lodi S, Lunze K. An acceptance-based, intersectional stigma coping intervention for people with HIV who inject drugs-a randomized clinical trial. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2023 May; 28:100611.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Lodi, Sara
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 37180745; PMCID: PMC10173263; DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100611;

Idrisov B, Lunze K, Cheng DM, Blokhina E, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Bridden C, Rossi SL, Weiser SD, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Food Insecurity and Transmission Risks Among People with HIV Who Use Substances. AIDS Behav. 2023 Jul; 27(7):2376-2389.View Related Profiles.

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

PMID: 36670209; PMCID: PMC9859749; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03965-2;

Bovell-Ammon BJ, Kimmel SD, Cheng DM, Truong V, Michals A, Vetrova M, Hook K, Idrisov B, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Samet JH, Lunze K. Incarceration history, antiretroviral therapy, and stigma: A cross-sectional study of people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Jan; 111:103907.View Related Profiles.

Bovell-Ammon, Benjamin
Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Kimmel, Simeon

PMID: 36402082; PMCID: PMC9868071; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103907;

Yang S, Huang J, Ye L, Lin J, Xie Z, Guo B, Li Y, Liang B, Zheng Z, Lunze K, Abdullah AS, Liang H, Quintiliani LM. Factors Related to Smoking and Perceptions of a Behavioral Counseling and Messenger Service-Delivered Smoking Cessation Intervention for People With HIV in China: Qualitative Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Oct 12; 6(10):e35923.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Quintiliani, Lisa

PMID: 36222795; PMCID: PMC9607887; DOI: 10.2196/35923;

Bagley SM, Schoenberger SF, dellaBitta V, Lunze K, Barron K, Hadland SE, Park TW. Ambivalence and Stigma Beliefs About Medication Treatment Among Young Adults With Opioid Use Disorder: A Qualitative Exploration of Young Adults' Perspectives. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Jan; 72(1):105-110.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Bagley, Sarah

PMID: 36216678; PMCID: PMC10077517; DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.026;

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Lodi S, Rossi SL, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Vetrova M, Toussova O, Bushara N, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Ekstrand ML, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. Correlates of Intersectional HIV and Substance Use Stigma Affecting People with HIV and Substance Use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2023 Feb; 27(2):462-472.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Lodi, Sara

PMID: 35916947; PMCID: PMC9892353; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03781-8;

Hook K, Sereda Y, Rossi S, Koberna S, Vetrova MV, Lodi S, Lunze K. HIV, substance use, and intersectional stigma: Associations with mental health among persons living with HIV who inject drugs in Russia. AIDS Behav. 2023 Feb; 27(2):431-442.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Lodi, Sara

PMID: 35913589; PMCID: PMC9889571; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03778-3;

Bagley SM, Schoenberger SF, dellaBitta V, Lunze K, Barron K, Hadland SE, Park TW. An Exploration of Young Adults With Opioid Use Disorder and How Their Perceptions of Family Members' Beliefs Affects Medication Treatment. J Addict Med. 2022 Nov-Dec 01; 16(6):689-694.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Bagley, Sarah

PMID: 35749777; PMCID: PMC9653106; DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001001;

Canfield J, Truong V, Bereznicka A, Lunze K. Evaluation of an experiential clinical learning option during pandemic teaching suspensions. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Jun 17; 22(1):471. PMID: 35715779; PMCID: PMC9205138; DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03530-4;

Nadareishvili I, Zhulina A, Tskitishvili A, Togonidze G, Bloom DE, Lunze K. The Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Georgia-A Health Policy Analysis. Int J Public Health. 2022; 67:1604410. PMID: 35592028; PMCID: PMC9110664; DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604410;

Carroll JJ, Rossi SL, Vetrova MV, Kiriazova T, Lunze K. Supporting the Health of HIV-Positive People Who Inject Drugs During COVID-19 and Beyond: Lessons for the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia. Am J Public Health. 2022 04; 112(S2):S123-S127.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 35349320; PMCID: PMC8965173; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306727;

Schoenberger SF, Idrisov B, Sereda Y, Kiriazova T, Makarenko O, Bendiks S, Ahuja N, Dutta A, Flanigan T, Gillani FS, Lunze K. Police abuse and care engagement of people with HIV who inject drugs in Ukraine. Glob Public Health. 2022 Dec; 17(12):3638-3653.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 35343870; PMCID: PMC9515241; DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2049341;

Vetrova M, Lodi S, Rateau L, Patts G, Blokhina E, Palatkin V, Yaroslavtseva T, Toussova O, Bushara N, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. Stigma and ART initiation among people with HIV and a lifetime history of illicit drug use in Saint-Petersburg, Russia-A prospective cohort analysis. Int J Drug Policy. 2022 04; 102:103600.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten
Lodi, Sara

PMID: 35134598; PMCID: PMC8960362; DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103600;

Drainoni ML, Knudsen HK, Adams K, Andrews-Higgins SA, Auritt V, Back S, Barkowski LK, Batty EJ, Behrooz MR, Bell S, Chen S, Christopher MC, Coovert N, Crable EL, Dasgupta A, Goetz M, Goddard-Eckrich D, Hartman JL, Heffer H, Iftikhar P, Jones L, Lang S, Lunze K, Martin A, McCrimmon T, Reedy-Johnson MK, Roeber C, Scalise AL, Sieck CJ, Walker DM, Walt G, Wood JD, Zito P, McAlearney AS. Community coalition and key stakeholder perceptions of the community opioid epidemic before an intensive community-level intervention. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Jul; 138:108731.View Related Profiles.

Crable, Erika
Lunze, Karsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 35125253; PMCID: PMC9167242; DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108731;

Thairu L, Gehling H, Kafwanda S, Yeboah-Antwi K, Hamer DH, Lunze K. Care-Seeking Behavior for Newborns in Rural Zambia. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Jun; 26(6):1375-1383.View Related Profiles.

Hamer, Davidson
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 35028891

Rossi SL, Sereda Y, Luoma JB, Pavlov N, Toussova O, Vasileva J, Abramova K, Bendiks S, Kiriazova T, Vetrova M, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Lodi S, Lunze K. Addressing intersectional stigma as a care barrier for HIV-positive people who inject drugs: Design of an RCT in St. Petersburg, Russia. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Dec; 24:100861.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Lodi, Sara
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 34888430; PMCID: PMC8636824; DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100861;

Hook K, Sereda Y, Makarenko O, Bendiks S, Rybak NR, Dutta A, Idrisov B, Drainoni ML, Kiriazova T, Lunze K. TB stigma and its correlates among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Ukraine. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 09 01; 25(9):747-753.View Related Profiles.

Lunze, Karsten
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 34802497; PMCID: PMC8716997; DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0048;

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 Jul; 36(4):1038-1051. 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 Sep; 25(9):2815-2826.View Related Profiles.

Cheng, Debbie
Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 33506305; PMCID: PMC8316484; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03172-5;

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 Jul; 25(7):2120-2130.View Related Profiles.

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

PMID: 33385280; PMCID: PMC9184239; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-03142-3;

Arbelo Cruz FA, Lunze K. Addiction Medicine Pocket Book. Chapter 25- Special topics: stigma, discrimination, and language. 2021.

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. 2021 06; 35(2):141-158.View Related Profiles.

Samet, Jeffrey
Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 33152133; PMCID: PMC8359200; DOI: 10.1111/maq.12618;

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. 2021 11; 16(11):1711-1723.View Related Profiles.

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

PMID: 33091311; PMCID: PMC8634803; DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1834599;

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; PMCID: PMC7243069; DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.010425;

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; PMCID: PMC7201176; DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25492;

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; PMCID: PMC6958793; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-020-0179-8;

Lunze K. In: The ASAM Essentials of Addiction Medicine. Medical and Surgical Complications of Addiction. A. Herron & T. K. Brennan, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia, PA. 2020.

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; PMCID: PMC7118441; DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2019.1039;

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

The World Health Organization Global Malaria Programme, Population Services International, Malaria Consortium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (contributing author: Lunze K). A roadmap for optimizing private sector malaria rapid diagnostic testing – lessons from a multi-country Unitaid pilot project in Africa. Population Services International. Geneva. 2019.

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; PMCID: PMC5800551; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189207;

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; PMCID: PMC5738188; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1599-7;

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; PMCID: PMC5720699; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189089;

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; PMCID: PMC5713116; DOI: 10.1186/s13722-017-0098-5;

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; PMCID: PMC5705384; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1885-4;

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; PMCID: PMC5620344; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00275;

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; PMCID: PMC5856479; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1832-4;

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
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Lunze, Karsten

PMID: 28600603; PMCID: PMC5709173; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1820-8;

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
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PMID: 28479634; PMCID: PMC5418822; DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.170092;

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; PMCID: PMC5248462; DOI: 10.1186/s13011-016-0087-9;

Lunze K, Hamer DH. . Journal of Public Health and Emergency. The global challenges of improving newborn survival in the community. 2017; (1:87).

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
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Lunze, Karsten
Kiriazova, Tetiana

PMID: 27871198; PMCID: PMC5350043; 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.

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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; PMCID: PMC6884099; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2943;

Rahman F, Salleh I, Chang KP, Kamarulzaman A, Lunze K. In: Public Health: Rights, Risks and Redistribution . Public Health and drug policing in Malaysia: Using Empirical Evidence for Advocacy. 2016.

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
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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.

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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.

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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
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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 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, 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 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.

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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
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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.

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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
Anton N, Lunze K, Kickbusch I, Ganten D. The G20 Insights Platform, Policy Brief. Health is more than Medicine - A holistic approach and cross sectoral collaboration will be key if we want to achieve health for all. View Publication

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

Bar chart showing 80 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2022

Bar chart showing 80 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2022

Year	Publications
2004	1
2006	1
2009	2
2010	2
2011	2
2012	2
2013	7
2014	3
2015	7
2016	4
2017	12
2018	2
2019	3
2020	6
2021	6
2022	13
2023	7

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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

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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