Eve Wittenberg

Title

Senior Scientist and Lecturer

The Heller School for Social Policy and Management

Expertise

Decision making in health care at the individual and policy levels

Profile

Eve Wittenberg is a Senior Scientist in the Institute for Behavioral Health at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Her interests include the conceptualization and measurement of well-being and values across individuals and health conditions, and the application of this information to decision making and choices that affect health. She has a special focus on issues that fall within an individual's control such as obesity, alcohol and substance abuse, and treatment choices, and health issues for vulnerable populations, such as victims of violence and homeless persons. Her methods focus on survey research, particularly the development of instruments and approaches to elicit cognitively complex concepts, such as well-being or preferences. She was previously an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, conducting research at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Degrees

Harvard University, Ph.D.

Harvard University, M.P.P.

Wesleyan University, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	ewittenberg@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-3961
Office:	Heller, 262

Awards and Honors

PhRMA Foundation, Research Starter Award in Health Outcomes (2003 - 2004)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality post-doctoral training fellowship (2000 - 2002)

National Institute of Mental Health pre-doctoral training fellowship (1996 - 1998)

Special Recognition Award, Division of HIV Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Public Health Service (1996 - 2006)

Community Recognition Award, AIDS Action Council of Massachusetts (1994 - 2006)

Courses Taught

HSSP

100b

Introduction to Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Population Health

Scholarship

Bharel M, Casey C, Wittenberg E. "Disparities in cancer screening: A study of acceptance of Pap smears among homeless women." Journal of Women's Health (2009). (forthcoming)

Ozanne E, Wittenberg E, Garber J, Weeks JC.. "Breast cancer prevention: Patient and physician perception of risk and preferences for interventions in the high risk setting." The Breast Journal (2009): Epub ahead of print.

Sher DJ, Wittenberg E, Suh WW, Taghian AG, Punglia RS. "Partial breast irradiation versus whole-breast irradiation for earlys-stage breast cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis.." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 74. 2 (2009): 440-6.

Wittenberg, E. "Construction of Values." Encyclopaedia of Medical Decision Making. Ed. MW Kattan. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2009

Wright D, Wittenberg E, Swan JS, Miksad R, Prosser LA. "Methods for measuring temporary health states in cost-utility analyses." PharmacoEconomics 27. 9 (2009): 713-23.

Delfino M Jr, Holt EW, Taylor CR, Wittenberg E, Qureshi AA. "Willingness-to-Pay Stated Preferences for Eight Health-Related Quality of Life Domains in Psoriasis: A Pilot Study." Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 59. 3 (2008): 439-47.

Gerber MR, Wittenberg E, Ganz ML, Williams CM, McCloskey LA.. "Changes in Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Women's Physical Symptoms over Time." Journal of General Internal Medicine 23. 1 (2008): 64-69.

Sher D, Wittenberg E, Taghian A, Bellon J, Punglia R. "Partial Breast Irradiation Versus Whole-Breast Irradiation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Decision-Analysis." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 70. 2 (2008): 469-76.

Thomas KA, Joshi M, Wittenberg E, McCloskey LA. "Intersections of Harm and Health: A Qualitative Study of Intimate Partner Violence in Womens Lives." Violence Against Women 14. 11 (2008): 1252-73.

Delahanty L, Grant RW, Wittenberg E, Bosch J, Wexler DJ, Cagliero E, Meigs JB. "Association of Diabetes-related emotional distress with diabetes treatment in primary care patients with Type 2 diabetes." Diabet Med 24. 1 (2007): 48-54.

Gonzalez JS, Safren SA, Cagliero E, Wexler DJ, Delahanty L, Wittenberg E, Blais MA, Meigs JB, Grant RW. "Depression, self-care, and medication adherence in Type 2 Diabetes: Relationships across the full range of symptom severity." Diabetes Care 30. 9 (2007): 2222-7.

Prosser LA, Wittenberg E. "Do Risk Attitudes Differ Across Domains And Respondent Types?." Medical Decision Making 27. 3 (2007): 281-7.

Wittenberg E, Joshi M, Thomas K, McCloskey L. "Measuring the effect of intimate partner violence on health-related quality of life: a qualitative focus group study." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 5. 67 (2007).

Hur C, Wittenberg E, Nishioka N, Gazelle GS. "Quality of life in patients with various Barrett's esophagus associated health states." Health Qual Life Outcomes 2. (2006): 4-45.

McCloskey LA, Lichter EL, Williams C, Gerber MR, Wittenberg E, Ganz ML. "Assessing intimate partner violence in health care settings leads to women's receipt of interventions and improved health." Public Health Reports 121. 4 (2006): 435-44.

Qureshi AA, Brandling-Bennett HA, Wittenberg E, Chen SC, Sober AJ, Kvedar JC. "Willingness-to-pay assessment of patient preferences for telemedicine versus in-person dermatologic care." Telemed J E Health 12. 6 (2006): 639-43.

Wexler DJ, Grant RW, Wittenberg E, Cagliero E, Meigs JB. "Correlates of health-related quality of life in type 2 Diabetes." Diabetologia 49. 7 (2006): 1489-97.

Wittenberg E, Halpern E, Divi N, Araki SS, Prosser LA, Weeks JC. "The effect of age, race and gender on preference scores for hypothetical health states." Quality of Life Research 15. 4 (2006): 645-653.

Wittenberg E, Lichter EL, Ganz ML, McCloskey LA. "Community preferences for health states associated with intimate partner violence." Medical Care 8. 4 (2006): 738-744.

Beinfield M, Wittenberg E, Gazelle GS. "Cost-Effectiveness of Whole-Body CT Screening." Radiology 234. (2005): 411-414.

Hur C, Wittenberg E, Nishioka N, Gazelle GS. "Patient Preferences for the Management of High Grade Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus." Digestive Diseases and Sciences 50. 1 (2005): 116-25.

Wittenberg E, Winer EP, Weeks JC. "Patient Utilities for Advanced Cancer: Effect of Current Health on Values." Medical Care 43. 2 (2005): 173-181.

Wittenberg, Eve. "Measuring Health Related Quality of Life: Does Prospect Theory Help?." Advancing Health Outcomes: Research Methods and Clinical Applications. Ed. W Lenderking and D Revicki. McClean, VA: International Society for Quality of Life Research, 2005

Wittenberg E, Goldie S, Fischhoff B, Graham JD. "Rationing Decisions and Individual Responsibility for Illness: Are All Lives Equal." Medical Decision Making 23. 3 (2003): 194-211.

Segui-Gomez M, Wittenberg E, Glass R, Levenson S, Hingson R, Graham JD. "Promoting Rear Seating of Children in Motor Vehicles: Has Rhode Island's New Legislation Worked?." American Journal of Public Health 91. (2001): 311-313.

Wittenberg E, Goldie S, Graham JD. "Predictors of Hazardous Child Seating Behavior in Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: 1990-1998." Pediatrics 108. 2 (2001).

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