Mustafa C. Karakus
Associate Vice President
Contact
MustafaKarakus@westat.comOverview
Mustafa C. Karakus, PhD, is an Associate Vice President for Social Policy and Economics Research and a health economist with extensive experience designing and conducting social science research, program and policy evaluations, and econometric and cost analyses. His work focuses on health policy and health services research, health care financing, and health outcomes analysis. He also provides subject matter expertise on study design and implementation, data collection oversight, data analysis, and report writing.
Karakus has led numerous survey research, quantitative research, and program evaluation projects for federal clients. His work has centered on evaluating all aspects of federally funded programs and federal policy changes involving a range of populations, such as people with serious mental illness, first episode psychosis, or substance use problems; veterans with disabilities; people who are chronically homeless; and Social Security Disability Insurance recipients.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Center for Prevention and Early Intervention
- PhD, Health Economics, Johns Hopkins University
- MA, Economics, University of Colorado
- BS, Managerial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Advancing multi-level health communication research: A delphi study on barriers and opportunities
Translational Behavioral Medicine
January 2022
A.Y. Oh, C.J. Rising, A. Gaysynsky, Sophia Tsakraklides, G.C. Huang, W.-Y.S. Chou, K.D. Blake, et al.
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Helping people denied disability benefits for a mental health impairment: The Supported Employment Demonstration
72,
Psychiatric Services
January 2021
J. Riley, Robert Drake, William D. Frey, H.H. Goldman, D.R. Becker, D. Salkever, J. Marrow, et al.
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Relationships among self-efficacy, quality of life, perceived vulnerability, and readiness to quit smoking in people living with HIV
2021,
Journal of Smoking Cessation
January 2021
R.E. Donnelly, H. Minami, J. Hecht, E.L. Bloom, K. Tashima, D. Selva Kumar, A. Abrantes, et al.
DOILink for: Relationships among self-efficacy, quality of life, perceived vulnerability, and readiness to quit smoking in people living with HIV