Mark Scott Kamlet
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Provost, Carnegie Mellon University |
Research
Provost Kamlet's primary research interests include health policy, federal budget policy and statistical methodology (econometrics and decision analysis).
Publications
Books
Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine; A Report of the Expert Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, Oxford University Press, U.S. Public Health Service 1996.
Articles
"Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis"(co-author), National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement, April 14-16, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 1-37, 1997; Archives of Internal Medicine.
"Assessing the Effectiveness of Health Interventions for Cost-Effective Analysis" (with Jeanne S. Mandelblatt, Dennis G. Fryback, Milton C. Weinstein, Louise Russell, Marthe Gold, and members of the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine); Journal of General and Internal Medicine, Vol. 12, 1997.
"The Political Economy of Deficit Spending in Nine Industrialized Parliamentary Democracies: The Role of Fiscal Institutions" (with Sung Deuk Hahm and David C. Mowery); Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1 pp. 52-77, 1996.
"The Role of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health and Medicine" (with the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine); Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 276, No. 14, 1996.
"Recommendations of the Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine" (with Milton C. Weinstein, Joanna E. Siegel, Marthe R. Gold, and Louise B. Russell); Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 276, No. 15, pp. 1253-1258, 1996.
"Individual Utilities Are Inconsistent with Rationing Choices: A Partial Explanation of Why Oregon's Cost-Effectiveness List Failed" (with Peter C. Ubel, Dennis Scanlon, and George Loewenstein); Medical Decision Making, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 108-116, 1996.
Professional Experience
Provost Kamlet previously served as dean of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, as head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Social and Decision Sciences, and as associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Community/Public Impact
Provost Kamlet has served on the U.S. Panel on Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, charged by the U.S. Public Health Service with developing national guidelines for conducting cost effectiveness analysis for health policy. He also has served on National Institutes of Health panels to propose national guidelines for population-based genetic screening for cystic fibrosis and for newborn screening for metabolic disorders. He is on the Institute of Medicines Panel on Heal Promotion and Disease Prevention. He has been on the executive committee of a number of professional organizations, including the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, and the Ford Foundation's Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program. Regionally, he serves on the board of Western Pennsylvania hospital, Highmark Inc., Carnegie Learning Inc., and the Pittsburgh Park Conservatory among other organizations.
Honors
In 1992, Provost Kamlet's publication received the Vernon Prize for "Outstanding Article of the Year" from the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Education
Provost Kamlet received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Stanford University and earned master's degrees in economics and statistics and a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.