Lewis E. Kazis, ScD.
Emeritus Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management

ScD, Harvard University
SM/ScM, Harvard University
AB, Brandeis University



Dr. Kazis is Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director of the Center for the Assessment of Pharmaceutical Practices (CAPP) at the Boston University School of Public Health. He is also Director of the Pharmaceutical Research Program at the Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research at the Bedford VA Medical Center. He received his doctoral degree from Harvard University School of Public Health in 1980. Dr. Kazis joined the Veterans Health Administration in 1992 where he was recipient of the prestigious Research Career Scientist Award from the VA for almost a decade. Dr. Kazis has also been a special consultant to the Office of Quality and Performance in the VA where he was previously director of Functional Status for the Veterans Health Administration and principal investigator of the well known Veterans Health Study. He is the developer of the Veterans RAND 36 and 12 item health surveys (VR-36 and VR-12), formerly called the Veterans SF-36 and SF-12 (SF-36V and SF-12V) and developed from the MOS SF-36. From 1996 to 2007, close to four million administrations of these surveys has occurred both inside and outside the VA for purposes of monitoring patient outcomes of care. The VR-12 has now been adopted by the Veterans Health Administration for quality improvement purposes and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies (CMS) as part of its' national Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) for evaluating the Medicare Advantage Program. The VR-12 was included in 2006 as one of the HEDIS measures by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).  Dr. Kazis' research team was the recipient of the esteemed Peter Reizenstein Prize for the best paper published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care in 2006.


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Lewis Kazis
04/01/2021 - 04/14/2023 (PI)
Bedford VA


Development of RedCap for the OMF-supported ME/CFS Collaborative Centers (Personalized Automated Symptom Summary (PASS): A computer Adaptive Test (CAT) using Artificial Intelligence)
04/01/2020 - 12/31/2022 (PI)
Open Medicine Foundation


BOSTON- HARVARD BURN INJURY MODEL SYSTEM (BH-BIMS)
09/30/2017 - 09/29/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital HHS ACL NIDILRR


Personalized Automated Symptom Summary (PASS): A computer Adaptive Test (CAT) using Artificial Intelligence
01/02/2020 - 12/31/2021 (PI)
Open Medicine Foundation


Post Development Testing of the Functional Assessment Battery (NIH-16-012025)
09/23/2016 - 09/22/2021 (PI)
NIH/Clinical Center


Agreement No.:MM265ALP (linked to MM269ALP)
04/02/2020 - 08/31/2021 (PI)
RAND Corporation


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Lewis Kazis.
06/01/2020 - 02/28/2021 (PI)
Bedford VA


SF-12/VR-12 Algorithm for the MEPS
06/10/2019 - 11/15/2019 (PI)
HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Measurement of Community Participation Using a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) in Persons with Burn Injuries
09/30/2017 - 06/30/2019 (PI)
Administration for Community Living


Personnel Agreement for Research Services of Lewis Kazis
01/01/2016 - 02/28/2019 (PI)
Department of Veterans Administration, Bedford


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  1. Dyamenahalli KU, Shepler LJ, Ryan CM, Orton C, Yenikomshian HA, Trinh NH, Kazis LE, Slavin MD, McMullen K, Schneider JC, Goverman J. Association of the CAGE Questionnaire for Alcohol and Substance Misuse with Burn Patient Demographics and Outcomes. J Burn Care Res. 2026 Feb 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41717777
     
  2. Sterling A, Bodien YG, Goostrey K, Hammond FM, Kazis LE, Nakase-Richardson R, Ni P, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, O'Rourke J, Sanders WR, Sherer M, Waters AB, Zafonte RD, Giacino JT. Multicenter Validation of a Telephone-Based Caregiver Interview for Longitudinal Assessment of Outcome after Severe Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Dec 30.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41468169; DOI: 10.1177/08977151251408079;
     
  3. Dellheim V, O'Neil AM, Connolly L, Shepler LJ, McMullen KA, Kazis LE, Kowalske K, Suman-Vejas OE, Orton C, Stewart BT, Ryan CM, Schneider JC. An Examination of Factors Predicting Inpatient Rehabilitation Stay After Burn Injury: A Burns Model System Study. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Nov 05; 46(6):1347-1354. PMID: 40488410; PMCID: PMC12366640; DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf108;
     
  4. Noordzij RC, Saito A, Humbert A, Santos E, Orton CM, Kazis LE, Schneider JC. Characterization of Stigma and Its Predictors in the Burn Population: A Burn Model System National Database Study. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Nov 05; 46(6):1426-1436.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40844123; PMCID: PMC12815375; DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf165;
     
  5. Evans EA, Rajala CC, Waterhouse CR, Kanny S, Slavin MD, Erler KS, Whiteneck GG, Kazis LE, Giacino JT. Exploring Participation Experiences of Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury to Inform Outcome Measure Development: A Qualitative Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2025 Oct 24.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41139002; DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2025.09.028;
     
  6. Li M, Wang Y, Kazis L, Weng J, Xia W. Comorbidities and apolipoprotein E genotypes of patients with mild cognitive impairment in transition to Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2025; 9:25424823251353209. PMID: 40950806; PMCID: PMC12432309; DOI: 10.1177/25424823251353209;
     
  7. Patel KF, McGwin MB, Slavin MD, Surette KE, Schneider JC, Murphy JM, Stoddard FJ, Kazis LE, Ryan CM. Development for the Teen-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (TA-LIBRE12-19) Profile. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Aug 30; 46(4):894-902.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40298043; PMCID: PMC12353382; DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraf058;
     
  8. Thrikutam N, Kopp CM, Orton C, Bamer AM, Schneider JC, Solis-Beach K, Kazis LE, Yenikomshian HA, Kowalske K, Stewart BT. Hand Burn Injuries and Occupational Impairment: A Study on the Impact of Burn Injuries on Return-to-Work Outcomes from the Burn Model System Research Program. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Aug 12; 46(3):489-494. PMID: 39560015
     
  9. Cogan AM, Gaudino SG, Green JE, Kazis LE, Slavin MD, Schneider JC, Giacino JT. Developing a data visualization tool for adults with disorders of consciousness: Qualitative analysis of user perspectives. Learn Health Syst. 2025 Oct; 9(4):e70023.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41169639; PMCID: PMC12569435; DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70023;
     
  10. Ryan CM, Schneider JC, Ni P, Slavin MD, Acton A, Vasudevan A, Sosa-Ebert A, Kazis LE. The Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile: Historical Overview and Future Directions. Eur Burn J. 2025 May 14; 6(2).View Related Profiles. PMID: 40407679; PMCID: PMC12101217; DOI: 10.3390/ebj6020023;
     
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