Born:January 12, 1965; St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

UpdatedAugust 17, 2005

MARGARET M. BYRNE

PERSONAL

Born:January 12, 1965; St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Citizenship:United States of America

Telephone: (305) 243-3482 (office)

Fax:(305) 243-5544

Email:

EDUCATION

1996Ph.D. Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Dissertation: Development and Environmental Quality: Three Levels of Analysis.

1991MS Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Thesis: Ecology and Coexistence Mechanisms of Twig-dwelling Ants.

1987BA Biology, CarletonCollege, Northfield, Minnesota

Honors thesis: Protein and mRNA Synthesis during Pheromone-Induced Sexual

Reproduction in Oedogoniumdonnellii.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2005-Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

2002-2004Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General

Internal Medicine, University of PittsburghSchool of Medicine, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania.

2003-2004Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, University

of PittsburghGraduateSchool of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2002-2004Faculty member, Center of Bioethics and Health Law, University of Pittsburgh,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1999-2001Director of Education Programs, HoustonCenter for Quality of Care and

Utilization Studies, an HSR&DCenter of Excellence, Houston, Texas

1998- 2001Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

1996-1998Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

1994-1995Research Assistant/Instructor, Department of Economic, University of Florida,

Gainesville, Florida

1990-1991Instructor, Zoology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996-2001Health economist, VA Health Service Research & Development Center of

Excellence, Houston, Texas

1995-1996Economic research consultant, Fogler Research and Management,

Gainesville, Florida

1994-1995Research associate, Department of Economics, University of Florida,

Gainesville, Florida

1991-1992Research associate, Medical decision-making anthropology project,

Kom, Cameroon.

1989,1990Team co-leader, EarthWatch Expeditions Field Project, La Selva, Costa Rica.

1986-1988Research Associate, Biology Department, CarletonCollege, Northfield, MN

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND COMMITTEES

2005Department of Epidemiology and Public Health graduate student admissions

workgroup

2004-2005Veteran’s Affairs “Equity & Women's Health” sub-panel of HSR&D's Scientific

Merit Review Board

2001“Making Informed Consent Meaningful”. A VeteransAffairsState of the Art

Conference

1999 – 2001Baylor College of Medicine Clinical Scientist Training Program, Coordinator

and faculty for the Health Services Research Module

1999 – 2001Veterans Affairs Coordinating Committee for Quality Enhancement Research

Initiative for Congestive Heart Failure

1998- 1999Veterans Health Administration Strategic Planning executive committee to

develop VHA’s long-term strategy and performance goals

1998- 1999“VA Care” Coordinating Committee; national executive committee to

coordinate the implementation of VA Health System’s reform strategy

1998- 1999Veterans Affairs Executive Committee for Quality Enhancement Research

Initiative for care of Prostate Diseases

1998- presentReferee for: Medical Care, The Southern Economic Journal, American Journal

of Managed Care, Journal of Health Economics

CURRENT RESEARCHANDFUNDING

PendingSylvesterCancerCenter Research Development Grant.

“Recruitment in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials: Barriers and Disparities.”

Principal Investigator.

2003-2008National Cancer Institute, Career Development Award. Total funding $593,442

“Resource and Quality of Life Consequences of Lung Cancer Screening.”

Principal Investigator 100% time.

2003-2005Department of Veterans Affairs. Total funding $230,000.

“Dual Use of VA and Medicare+Choice Pharmacy Benefits.”

Co-Investigator donated time.

2003-2005Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Total funding $800,000.

“Consortium to examine Clinical Research Ethics,” DukeUniversity.

Co-Investigator donated time.

2002-2006 National Institute of Aging. R01/AG019284-01A2 Total funding $1,316,891.

"Medicare+Choice and Minority Elderly."

Co-Investigator donated time.

2000-2005Agency for Health Research and Quality. Total funding $226,750

“Health Values and Preferences in Osteoarthritis.”

Co-Investigator donated time.

1999-2006 Department of Veterans Affairs. XVA 33-014. Ongoing contract

“Disease Burden Adjustment Factors.”

Co-Investigator donated time.

PAST FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND MAJOR GRANTS

2002-2004Ford Foundation.

“Altering nature: How Religious Traditions Assess the New Biotechnologies.” Co-Investigator donated time.

2000-2001Department of Veterans Affairs, IIR 20-052-1. Total Funding $630,000.

“Medicare HMO enrollment and VA use by Minority and Low Income

Veterans.” Co-Investigator 10% time.

2000-2001Centers for Disease Control. Total funding $763,262.

“Cost Analysis of Secondary Conditions in Disabled Women.”

Co-PrincipalInvestigator 20% time.

2000-2001American Cancer Society – IRG Seed Money grant. Total funding $25,000.

“Extent of Coverage and Availability of Screening Colonoscopy among Privately

Insured Individuals.” Principal Investigator.

1999- 2001 Department of Veterans Affairs, CHF 98-001. Total funding: $169,680.

“Chronic Heart Failure Coordinating Center.”

Co-Investigator 20% time.

1999-2000National Science Foundation. Total Funding $70,992.

“Financial Incentives in Health: Understanding the Ethical Implications.”

Principal Investigator 65% time.

1997-2000Veterans Health Administration- Management Decision and ResearchCenter.

Total funding: $ 680,517. “Evaluation of VISN Service Line Management.”

Co-Principal Investigator 25% time

1996-2000Department of Veterans Affairs, SDR Grant 93-007. Total funding: $615,116.

“Patient Preferences in Prostate Cancer.”

Investigator 10 % time.

1998-1999HSR&D Field Program, LF 98-001. Funding: $74,504.

“Effect of Functional Vertical Integration on Patient and Resource Utilization Outcomes.” Principal Investigator.

1995-1996Lanzillotti Fellowship in Public Policy Research$10,000 plus tuition

Department of Economics, University of Florida

1993-1994Rafael Lusky Award for best first-year graduate student

Department of Economic, University of Florida

1989-1994National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship$13,500/yr plus tuition

1990Pewe Foundation Grant for thesis research$3,750

1989-1990EarthWatch Expeditions Field Research Grant$34,000

1988-1989Graduate Council Fellowship$14,000 plus tuition

1987Graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, distinction for thesis

1986-1987Rosenow Research Grant$1,500

1983-1987National Merit Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

A. Published and forthcoming papers

Byrne MM, O’Malley K, Suarez-Almazor M. Willingness to pay per quality adjusted life years in a study of knee osteoarthritis. Forthcoming, Medical Decision Making.

Nosek MA, Hughes RB, PetersenNJ, Taylor HB, Robinson-Whelen S, Byrne MM, Morgan R. Secondary conditions in a community based sample of women with physical disabilities over a one-year period. Forthcoming, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Souchek J, Byrne MM, Kelly A, O’Malley K, Richardson M, Pak C, Nelson H. Valuation of arthritis health states across ethnic groups and between patients and community members. Forthcoming, Medical Care.

Suarez-Almazor ME, Souchek J, Kelly PA, O’Malley K, Byrne M, Richardson M, Pak C. Ethnic variation in knee replacement: patient preferences or uninformed disparity? Archives of Internal Medicine 2005; 165(23):1117-1124.

Sugarman J, Getz K, Speckman JL, Byrne MM, Gerson J, Emanuel EJ, for the Consortium to Evaluate Clinical Research Ethics. The Cost of Institutional Review Boards in Academic Medical Centers. New England Journal of Medicine 2005; 352(17):1825-1827.

Petersen LA, Pietz K, Woodard LD, Byrne MM. Comparison of the clinical validity of diagnosis-based risk adjusters used for clinical outcomes. Medical Care 2005; 43(1):61-67.

Mendeloff J, Ko K, Roberts MS, Byrne MM, Dew MA.. Procuring organ donors as a health investment: How much should we be willing to spend? Transplantation2004; 78(12): 1704-1710.

Byrne MM, O’Malley K, Suarez-Almazor M. Ethnic differences in health preferences: Analysis using willingness-to-pay. Journal of Rheumatology2004; 31(9): 1811-8.

Byrne MM, Thompson P. Response to Tabarrok (reply to a comment on “A positive analysis of financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation).Econ Journal Watch 2004 1(1): 19-25.

Byrne MM, Charns MP, Meterko M, Parker VA, Wray NP.The effects of organization on medical utilization: An analysis of service line organization. Medical Care2004; 42(1):28-37.

Pietz K, O’Malley K, Byrne MM, Souchek J, Petersen N, Ashton CM. Physician-level variation in practice patterns in the VA healthcare system. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology2002; 3:95-106.

Byrne MM, Thompson P. Screening and preventable illness. Journal of Health Economics2001; 20(6): 1077-1088.

Cook KF, Ashton CM, Brody B, Byrne MM, Geraci J, Hanita M, Souchek J, Wray NP. A psychometric analysis of the measurement level of the rating scale, time trade-off, and standard gamble. Social Science and Medicine2001; 53(10: 1275-1285.

Byrne MM, Thompson P. A positive analysis of financial incentives for cadaveric organ donation. Journal of Health Economics2001; 20(1): 69-83.

Souchek J, Stacks JR, Brody B, Ashton CM, Giesler RB, Byrne MM, Cook K, Geraci JM, Wray NP. A trial for comparing methods for eliciting treatment preferences from men with advanced prostate cancer. Medical Care2000; 38(10):1040- 1050.

Byrne MM, Thompson P. Death and Dignity: Terminal illness and the market for non-treatment. The Journal of Public Economics2000; 76:263-294.

Giesler RB, Ashton CM, Brody B, Byrne MM, Cook K, Geraci J, Hanita M, Souchek J, Wray NP. Assessing the performance of utility elicitation techniques in the absence of a gold standard. Medical Care 1999; 37(6): 580-588.

Byrne MM, Ashton CM. Incentives for vertical integration in health care: The effect of payment system. The Journal of Healthcare Management,1999; 44(1): 34-46.

Byrne MM. Is growth a dirty word? Pollution and endogenous growth with environmental quality maintenance. Journal of Development Economics1998; 54(2):261-284.

Byrne MM. Integration in Veterans Health Administration (commentary). Field Program News, HoustonCenter for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, March 1997.

Kaspari M, Byrne MM. Caste allocation in litter Pheidole: Lessons from plant defense theory. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 1995; 37:255-263.

Byrne MM. Ecology of twig-dwelling ants in a wet lowland tropical forest. Biotropica 1994; 26(1):61-72.

Levey DJ, Byrne MM. Complex ant-plant interactions: Pheidole as secondary dispersers and post-dispersal seed predators of rainforest plants. Ecology 1993; 74(6):1802-1812.

Byrne MM, Levey DJ. Removal of seeds from frugivore defecations by ants in a Costa Rican rain forest. Vegetatio 1992; 107/108:363-374. (Jointly published in: TH Fleming & A Estrada (eds), Frugivory and Seed Dispersal: Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht. Pp. 363-374.)

Byrne MM, Mazer SJ. The effect of position on fruit characteristics, and relationships among components of yield in Phytolaccarivinoides (Phytolaccaceae). Biotropica 1990; 22(4):353-365.

Hill GJC, Cunningham MR, Byrne MM, Ferry TP, Halvorson JS. Chemical control of androspore morphogenesis in Oedogoniumdonnellii (Chlorophyta, Oedogoniales). Journal of Phycology 1989; 25:368-376.

B. Manuscripts under review or revision

Byrne MM, Pietz K, Woodard L, Petersen LA. Do health care funding levels affect patient outcomes? Under review at Health Economics.

Byrne MM, Souchek J, Richardson R, ME Suarez-Almazor. Preferences for health: using conjoint analysis to determine variation in preferences for knee surgery among ethnic groups. Under review at Journal of clinical Epidemiology..

Byrne MM, Thompson P. Collective equipoise, disappointment and the therapeutic misconception: Consequences of selection for clinical research. Under review at Medical Decision Making.

Pietz K, ByrneMM, Woodard L, Petersen LA.A comparison of classical and decision -theoretic approaches to identifying future high-cost patients. Under review at Medical Care.

Byrne MM, Pietz K, Petersen LA. Longitudinal study of changes in population illness burden over four years in a National Health Care System. Under revision.

C. Selected presented papers and posters

Morgan R., etc. Byrne MM. The impact of Medicare managed care on use of VA pharmacy services. ISPOR 8th Annual European Congress, Nov. 6-8, 2005; Florence, Italy.

Morgan R, John D, Davila J, Byrne MM, Sundaravaradan R, Wei I, Paterniti DA, Osemene N, Petersen L. Effect of Medicare managed care plan benefit levels on use of the VA medical care system. Presented at the 133rd Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 5-9, 2005, New Orleans LA.

Morgan R, Davila J, Byrne MM, Paterniti DA, John D, Hasche J, Petersen L. Does relying on the VA health system affect enrollment in Medicare managed care? Presented at the 133rd Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 5-9, 2005, New Orleans LA.

Morgan R, Hasche J, Osemene N, Byrne MM, Sundaravaradan R, Wei I, Petersen L, Johnson M. Use of VA pharmacy services by Medicare enrolled veterans. Presented at the 133rd Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 5-9, 2005, New Orleans LA.

Morgan R, Davila J, Byrne M, Paterniti D, John D, Hasche J, Petersen L. Does Relying on the VA Health System Affect Enrollment in Medicare Managed Care? Presented at the annual meeting of Academy Health, June, 2005.

Morgan R, John D, Davila J, Byrne M, Sundaravaradan R, Wei I, Paterniti D, Osemene N, Petersen L. The Effect of Medicare Managed Care Plan Benefit Levels on Use of the VA Medical Care System. Presented at the annual meeting of Academy Health, June, 2005.

Morgan R, Hasche J, Osemene N, Byrne M, Sundaravaradan R, Wei I, Petersen L, Johnson M. Use of VA Pharmacy Services by Medicare Enrolled Veterans. Presented at the annual meeting of Academy Health, June, 2005.

Johnson M, Byrne M, Hasche (Campbell) J, Chrischilles B, Davila J, John D, Murphy C, Osemene N, Petersen L, Sundaravaradan R, Wei I, Morgan R. Identifying Medicare-enrolled veterans with multiple chronic conditions – using Medicare, or VA or both? Presented at the annual meeting of Academy Health, June, 2005.

Wei II, John DA, Davila J, Byrne M, Petersen L, Osemene N, Sundaravaradan R, Morgan RO. Enrollment in Medicare Managed Care by Elderly Women Veterans. Presented at the annual meeting of Academy Health, June, 2005.

John DA, Davila J, Sundaravaradan R, Wei II, Byrne M, Paterniti D, Petersen L, Osemene N, Morgan RO. Medicare+Choice Enrollment and Plan Benefits Among Black, Hispanic and White Medicare Enrolled VA-Using Veterans in CY 2000. Presented at the annual meeting of Academy Health, June, 2005.

Byrne MM, Souchek J, Kelly PA, O’Malley K, Suarez-Almazor ME. Conjoint analysis of preferences for knee surgery among three ethnic groups. Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. June 8-11, 2005, Vienna, Austria.

Pietz K, Petersen LA, Woodard L, Byrne MM, Nelson HA, Kuebeler M. Theeffect of transfer patients on VA hospital funding. VA HSR&D AnnualResearch Meeting, February 2005.

Suarez-Almazor M, Souchek J, Kelly PA, Byrne M, Richardson M, Pak C. Ethnic variations in preference for total knee replacement in patients with osteoarthritis. The European Society of Medical Decision Making, June 6-8, 2004, Hilton Hotel, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Suarez-Almazor M, Souchek J, Byrne MM, Kelly PA, Richardson M, Pak C, Nelson H. Prospect theory in the valuation of arthritis health states. Society for Medical Decision Making, October 17-20, 2004, AtlantaGeorgia.

Souchek J, Byrne MM, Kelly A, Richardson M, Pak C, Nelson H, Suarez-Almazor M. Valuation of Arthritis Health States Across Ethnic Groups and Between Patients and Community Members. Society for Medical Decision Making, October 17-20, 2004, AtlantaGeorgia.

Suarez-Almazor A, SouchekJ, ByrneMM, KellyA, RichardsonM, PakC, NelsonH. Valuation of health using time trade-off and standard gamble: Non-traders and non-gamblers. Society for Medical Decision Making, October 17-20, 2004, AtlantaGeorgia.

Woodard LD, Urech T, Thompson M, Byrne M, Pietz K, Petersen LA. Medicare reliance and variations in post myocardial infarction procedure use. Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Urech T, Woodard LD, Sookanan S, Pietz K, Byrne MM, Thompson M, Peterson LA. Variation in use of procedures for treatment of colorectal cancer across VA Networks. Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Daw C, Byrne MM, Pietz K, Petersen LA. Longitudinal study of changes in VHA illness burden over five years. Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Pietz K, Byrne MM, Thompson M, Nelson HA, Sookanan S, Petersen LA. Identifying future very high cost patients using decision theory. Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Sookanan S, Pietz K, Woodard LD, Nelson H, Byrne MM, Petersen LA. Comparing the clinical validity of diagnosis-based risk adjusters. Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Wei II, John DA, Sundaravaradan R, Byrne MM, Davila JA, Morgan RO. May we serve U? What if VA healthcare was available through Medicare? Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Morgan RO, Wei II, Davila JA, Byrne MM, Paterniti DA, Osemene DIN, Petersen LA. Access to pharmacy services among Medicare enrolled veterans. Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development National Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 9-11, 2004.

Suarez-Almazor ME, Kelly PA, Byrne M, Richardson M, Souchek J. Test-retest reliability of preferences for total knee replacement using conjoint pairs. AmericanCollege of Rheumatology, OrlandoFL, October 23-28, 2003.

O’Malley KJ, Soucheck J, Byrne MM, Suarez-Almazor M. The joint-specific multidimensional assessment of pain (J-MAP): Comparison with the WOMAC. AmericanCollege of Rheumatology,OrlandoFL, October 23-28, 2003.

Byrne MM, O’Malley K, Suarez-Almazor M. Factors affecting willingness to pay per quality adjusted life year. Society for Medical Decision Making, ChicagoIL, October 18-22, 2003.

Sookanan S, Byrne M, Pietz K, Kuebeler M, Thompson M, Nelson H, Urech T, Petersen LA. Variation across VA networks in health services use. 3rd Annual Houston Area Health Services and Outcomes Research Conference, November 25, 2002.

Byrne M, O’Malley K, Suarez-Almazor ME. Ethnic differences in arthritis health preferences: analysis using willingness to pay. AmericanCollege of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, New OrleansLA, October 25-29, 2002.

Suarez-Almazor ME, Byrne M, Souchek J, O’Malley K, Richardson M. Valuation of arthritis health states across ethnic groups. AmericanCollege of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, New OrleansLA, October 25-29, 2002.

Byrne MM. Purchasing health improvements: Just another consumer good? AHSR Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, June 23-25, 2002

Byrne MM. Racial differences for improvements in knee osteoarthritis. AHSR Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, June 23-25, 2002.

Byrne MM. Characteristics and effects of primary care service lines in VHA. AHSR Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, June 23-25, 2002.

Byrne MM. Organizational strategies in VA service lines. AHSR Annual Meeting, AtlantaGA, June 10-12, 2001.

Byrne MM, Thompson P. Are screening and prevention effort levels optimal?AHSR Annual Meeting, AtlantaGA, June 10-12, 2001.

Byrne MM. Effect of mental health services lines on quality and utilization outcomes. AHSR Annual Meeting, Los AngelesCA, June 25-27, 2000.

Byrne MM. Outcomes and output-centered organizational structure. AHSR Annual Meeting, Los AngelesCA, June 25-27, 2000.

Byrne MM. Effect of primary care service lines on patient outcomes. HSR&D 18th Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 22-24, 2000.

Charns MP, Wray NP, Byrne MM, Meterko M, Parker VA. Using multiple methods to study complex organizational phenomena: the service line evaluation project. HSR&D 18th Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, March 22-24, 2000.

Suarez-Almazor ME, Connelly-Spady B, Wristers K, Byrne MM, Wray NP. Test-retest reliability of selected utility measures. ISTAHC’s 16th Annual Meeting, The Hague, June 18-21, 2000.

Byrne MM. Effect of facility level characteristics on patient care. Poster presented at the AHSR 16th Annual Meeting, ChicagoIL, June 27-29, 1999.

Byrne MM. Effect of facility-level characteristics on primary care enrollment and bed-days of care. HSR&D 17th Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, February 24-26, 1999.

Byrne MM. Willingness to pay for prostate cancer and treatment effects. Cancer Care Symposium, Chicago, IL Nov 13-14, 1998.

Byrne MM, Wray NP. Death and Dignity: A new proposal for end-of-life treatment rationing by patient preference. VA Grand Rounds, Houston, TX, August 3, 1998.

Byrne MM, for the Prostate Cancer research group. Willingness to pay for prostate cancer and related treatment effects. Poster presented at the Association for Health Services Research Annual Meeting, WashingtonDC, June 21-23 1998.

Byrne MM, Thompson P. Output-based payment systems: Do they provide incentives for vertical integration? Eighth Annual Health Economics Conference, Minneapolis, MN June 1997.

Byrne MM. Bayesian updating and environmental uncertainties: Optimal research strategies. Presented at the Southern Economics Association meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 18-20, 1995.

Byrne MM. Pollution, growth and international trade. Presented at the Midwest Economics Association meetings, Minneapolis, MN, October 608, 1995.

Byrne MM. Dynamics of an assemblage of tropical twig-dwelling ants. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Ecological Society of America. San Antonio, Texas, August 4-8, 1991.

Byrne MM (with Levey DJ). Nested dispersal systems: Secondary scattering of bird-dispersed seeds. Invited paper presented at the Second International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal, Veracruz, Mexico, June 3-6, 1991.

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