Q BURKHART
RAND Corporation
1776 Main Street
Santa Monica CA 90401
310-393-0411 x6281
qburkhar@rand.org
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EDUCATION
Master of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, May 2008
• Cox Academic Achievement Award for Outstanding Master’s Candidate, 2008
• Mu Sigma Rho National Statistics Honorary Society, inducted 2008
• NCSU Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2008
• Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, inducted 2007
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence RI, June 2006
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Statistical Project Associate, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica CA
June 2008 -- present
• Conduct statistical analyses to address research questions in a variety of health policy areas
• Exposit and interpret statistical methods and results, orally and in writing
• Analyze complex survey data
• Develop sampling, nonresponse, and propensity score weights
• Perform unit and item nonresponse analyses
• Impute missing data using various techniques, including multiple imputation
• Implement power/sample size calculations
• Draw probability samples
Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, NC State University, Raleigh NC
August 2006 – May 2008
• Assisted instructors of various graduate- and undergraduate-level statistics courses
• Held weekly tutorial sessions and graded homework assignments
Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA
Summers 2006 & 2007
• Fit nonlinear tree taper function models
• Solved difference equations predicting tree mortality and fit nonlinear solutions to data
• Ran regressions on loblolly pine spacing trial data
RECENT PROJECTS
Rates of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in the Military: 2014 Workplace and Gender
Relations Survey
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) Pediatric Healthcare Quality
Measures Program
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS IV)
National Implementation of Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan CAHPS
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PUBLICATIONS
Beckett MK, Elliott MN, Haviland AM, Burkhart Q, Gaillot S, Montfort D, Saliba D. 2015. Living Alone
and Patient Care Experiences: The Role of Gender in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries.
Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 70(10): 1242-1247. DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv037.
Burkhart Q, Haviland AM, Kallaur PN, Edwards CA, Brown JA, Elliott MN. 2015. How Much Do
Additional Mailings and Telephone Calls Contribute to Response Rates in a Survey of Medicare
Beneficiaries? Field Methods 27(4): 409-425. DOI: 10.1177/1525822X14555309.
Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Burkhart Q, Abel GA, Lyratzopoulos G, Beckett MK, Schuster MA, Roland
M. 2015. Sexual Minorities in England Have Poorer Health and Worse Health Care Experiences: A
National Survey. Journal of General Internal Medicine 30(1): 9-16. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2905-y.
Martino SC, Elliott MN, Haviland AM, Saliba D, Burkhart Q, Kanouse DE. 2015. Comparing the
Health Care Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries with and without Depressive Symptoms in
Medicare Managed Care versus Fee-For-Service. Health Services Research. DOI: 10.1111/14756773.12359.
Chinman M, Ebener P, Burkhart Q, Osilla KC, Imm P, Paddock SM, Wright AP. 2014. Evaluating the
impact of Getting To Outcomes-Underage Drinking on prevention capacity and alcohol merchant
attitudes and selling behaviors. Prevention Science 15(4): 485-496. DOI: 10.1007/s11121-013-03893.
Quigley DD, Elliott MN, Farley DO, Burkhart Q, Skootsky SA, Hays RD. 2014. Specialties Differ in
Which Aspects of Doctor Communication Predict Overall Physician Ratings. Journal of General
Internal Medicine 29(3): 447-454. DOI : 10.1007/s11606-013-2663-2.
Chinman M, Acosta J, Ebener P, Burkhart Q, Clifford M, Corsello M, Duffey T, Hunter S, Jones M,
Lahti M, Malone PS, Paddock SM, Phillips A, Savell S, Scales PC, Tellet-Royce N. 2013. Intervening
with practitioners to improve the quality of prevention: One year findings from a randomized trial of
Assets-Getting To Outcomes. Journal of Primary Prevention 34(3): 173-191. DOI: 10.1007/s10935013-0302-7.
Orr N, Elliott MN, Burkhart Q, Haviland A, Weinick RM. 2013. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Medicare
Experiences and Immunization: The Role of Disease Burden. Medical Care 51(9): 823-831. DOI:
10.1097/MLR.0b013e31829c8d77.
Chinman M, Acosta J, Ebener P, Burkhart Q, Clifford M, Corsello M, Duffey T, Hunter S, Jones M,
Lahti M, Malone PS, Paddock S, Phillips A, Savell S, Scales PC, Tellet-Royce N. 2012. Establishing
and Evaluating the Key Functions of an Interactive Systems Framework Using an Assets-Getting to
Outcomes Intervention. American Journal of Community Psychology 50(3-4): 295-310. DOI:
10.1007/s10464-012-9504-z.
Chinman M, Burkhart Q, Ebener P, Fan C, Imm P, Osilla KC, Paddock SM, Wright A. 2011. The
Premises is the Premise: Understanding Off- and On-Premises Alcohol Sales Outlets to Improve
Environmental Alcohol Prevention Strategies. Prevention Science 12(2): 181-191. DOI:
10.1007/s11121-011-0203-z.
Klein DJ, Elliott MN, Haviland AM, Saliba D, Burkhart Q, Edwards C, Zaslavsky AM. 2011.
Understanding Nonresponse to the 2007 Medicare CAHPS Survey. The Gerontologist 51(6): 843-855.
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr046.
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Liu H, Burkhart Q, Bell DS. 2011. Evaluation of the NCPDP Structured and Codified Sig Format for eprescriptions. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 18(5): 645-651. DOI:
10.1136/amiajnl-2010-000034.
Martino SC, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Farley DO, Burkhart Q, Hays RD. 2011. Depression and the
Health Care Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries. Health Services Research 46(6pt1): 1883-1904.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01293.x.
Weinick RM, Elliott MN, Volandes AE, Lopez L, Burkhart Q, Schlesinger M. 2011. Using
Standardized Encounters to Understand Reported Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Patient Experiences
with Care. Health Services Research 46(2): 491-509. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01214.x.
Cotton SK, Petersohn U, Dunigan M, Burkhart Q, Zander-Cotugno M, O'Connell E, Webber M. Hired
Guns: Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
Corporation, MG-987-SRF, 2010.
Hunter SB, Paddock SM, Ebener P, Burkhart AK, Chinman M. 2009. Promoting evidence-based
practices: The adoption of a prevention support system in community settings. Journal of Community
Psychology 37(5): 579 – 593. DOI: 10.1002/jcop.20316.
PRESENTATIONS
Elliott MN, Burkhart AK, Haviland AM, Orr N, Edwards C. Predictors of Unit and Item Nonresponse to
the 2008 Medicare CAHPS Survey. Contributed talk, American Association for Public Opinion
Research 64th Annual Conference, Hollywood FL, May 14, 2009.
COMPUTING SKILLS
Statistical Software
• SAS
• Stata
• R
• IVEware
Operating Systems
• Windows
• Unix/Linux
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