Miriam Kuppermann
is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. Dr. Kuppermann is a nationally recognized expert in patient preference measurement and decision-making. Dr. Kuppermann’s work uses both qualitative and quantitative data to explore the role of patient preferences in screening, diagnosis and treatment decisions, and to develop and evaluate decision-assisting tools. She is currently Principal Investigator of a study to develop and evaluate a tool to assist women facing the prenatal testing decision, funded by AHRQ. The tool is an interactive computerized tool which provides tailored information on prenatal tests and their outcomes, and individualized guidance through decision making regarding whether to undergo testing and which test or tests (if any) to choose. The tool is currently being evaluated in a randomized trial of 500 socioeconomically and racially/ethnically diverse pregnant women. She is also Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director of an AHRQ-funded study of decision-making regarding hysterectomy and alternatives. That study entails collecting longitudinal data to determine the predictors of hysterectomy use and examine the short- and intermediate outcomes of hysterectomy and alternatives. Dr. Kuppermann was also Principal Investigator of a study of 1000 racially/ethnically diverse women facing prenatal testing decisions, funded by the National Center for Human Genome Research. Data from that study were used to help create the decision-assisting tool described above. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications, has presented her work at several congresses and meetings, and has been a Trustee of the Society for Medical Decision Making.
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