Beth A. Virnig, Ph.D.

Ph.D.,Epidemiology/Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, 1993

M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1989

B.A., Psychology, Carleton College, 1987

Courses

Foundations of Public Health, PubH 5700

Fall 2009
6700: Foundations of Public Health

Research Interests:

Differences in end-of-life care between managed care and fee-for-service settings; utility of Medicare administrative data for cancer surveillance and studies of treatment patterns

Recent Publications:

Virnig BA, Ma H, Hartman LK, Moscovice I, Carlin BP. Access to home-based hospice care for rural populations: identification of areas lacking service. Journal of Palliative Medicine; 2006.

Wei I, Morgan RO, Virnig BA. Using a Spanish Surname Match to Improve Identification of Hispanic Women in Medicare Administrative Data. HSR, 2006.

Baxter NN, Habermann EB, Tepper JE, Durham SB, Virnig BA. Risk of Pelvic Fractures in Older Women Following Pelvic Irradiation. JAMA, 294:2587-2593; 2005.

Virnig BA, Huang Z, Lurie N, Musgrave D, McBean AM, Dowd B. Does Medicare Managed Care Provide Equal treatment for Mental Illness Across Races? Archives of General Psychiatry; 61: 201-205, 2004.

Virnig BA, Moscovice I, Kind S, Casey M. Do Rural Beneficiaries Have Limited Access to the Medicare Hospice Benefit? JAGS; 52:731 735, 2004.

Virnig BA, Lurie N, Huang Z, Musgrave D, McBean AM, Dowd B. Racial Variation in Quality of Health Care provided by Medicare+Choice Health Plans. Health Affairs, 21: 224-230; 2002.

Virnig BA, Warren J, Cooper G, Klabunde C, Schussler N, Freeman J. Studying Radiation Therapy Using SEER/Medicare Linked Data. Medical Care, 40(supplement):IV49-IV54, 2002.

Virnig BA, McBean AM, Kind S, Dholakia R. Hospice Use Prior to Death: Variability across Cancer Diagnoses. Medical Care, 40:73-78, 2002.

Virnig BA, McBean AM. Using Administrative Data for Public Health Surveillance and Planning. Annual Review of Public Health, 22:213-230, 2001.

Professional Experience:

Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesta, 2009 to present

Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2004 - 2009

Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1998 - 2004

Research Health Scientist, Center for Health Services Research and Development, Miami Veterans Administration, 1995-1998

Assistant Professor (Research), Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami, 1994 - 1998

Research Associate and Instructor, Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, 1993 - 1994

Honors:

Delta Omega, Member, Public Health Honor Society, 2000 - present

Jean Schmidt Award , Carleton College, 1987

Contact

Mailing Address:
Health Policy and Management
420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 729
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 624-4426

Email: virni001@umn.edu