Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1999
MPH Epidemiology, Yale University, 1995
Contact
Bio
Diana Buist, PhD, MPH, is an epidemiologist and health services researcher with extensive experience conducting comparative effectiveness research. Her work focuses on reducing harms and increasing benefits for patients in the area of cancer screening and outcomes spanning across patient, provider, and system factors.
Dr. Buist has an extensive record of practical research that has led to many efforts to improve care, including the development and refinement of national breast cancer screening guidelines. She has been conducting research within Kaiser Permanente Washington for more than 20 years and is a strong believer in patient-centered care and the important role patients play in improving the value and quality of health care.
Research Areas
Research Interests
- Comparative effectiveness research
- Delivery system science
- Learning health care system research
- Dissemination and implementation
- Pragmatic clinical trials
- Epidemiology
- Health services
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2023 Jan 25)
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
Su YR, Buist DS, Lee JM, Ichikawa L, Miglioretti DL, Aiello Bowles EJ, Wernli KJ, Kerlikowske K, Tosteson A, Lowry KP, Henderson LM, Sprague BL, Hubbard RA
(2022 Nov 1)
JAMA Netw Open 5(11): e2244343
Winer RL, Lin J, Tiro JA, Miglioretti DL, Beatty T, Gao H, Kimbel K, Thayer C, Buist DSM
(2022 Nov 1)
JAMA Netw Open 5(11): e2242343
Hsu W, Hippe DS, Nakhaei N, Wang PC, Zhu B, Siu N, Ahsen ME, Lotter W, Sorensen AG, Naeim A, Buist DSM, Schaffter T, Guinney J, Elmore JG, Lee CI
(2022 Nov)
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 31(11): 1547-1556
Tosteson ANA, Schifferdecker KE, Smith RE, Wernli KJ, Zhao W, Kaplan CP, Buist DSM, Henderson LM, Sprague BL, Onega T, Budesky J, Jackson-Nefertiti G, Johnson D, Miglioretti DL, Kerlikowske K
(2022 Nov)
Contemp Clin Trials 122(): 106960
Winer RL, Lin J, Anderson ML, Tiro JA, Meenan RT, Hansen K, Gao H, Sparks A, Greene DN, Kilgore-Martin S, Green BB, Buist DSM
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In the News
Seattle Times, 09/28/2015