Overview
Lisa M. Kern, MD, MPH, FACP is an Associate Professor of Medicine and of Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Kern is a general internist and health services researcher whose work has focused on evaluation of interventions designed to improve healthcare delivery. Dr. Kern’s research also focuses on advancing methods for measuring value in healthcare, including measures of healthcare fragmentation. Dr. Kern has published more than 65 articles in the peer-reviewed, scientific literature. She is currently the Principal Investigator of a 4-year $2.9 million R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Kern received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and then completed the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Johns Hopkins University, where she also earned a master’s degree in Public Health.
Highlights
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- 2Journal of general internal medicine · 2022
- 3Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022
Publications
Funding
Active
7 grants- PIK24AG095050-01A1Understanding and Addressing Fragmented Care for People Living with Dementia: A Midcareer Mentoring ProgramNational Institute on Aging · 2026–2031Career
- PIR01AG087243-03Understanding Ambulatory Care Utilization in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ACUA)National Institute on Aging · 2024–2029
- Co-IR37CA288492-01Structural Racism and Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Cancer SurvivorsNational Cancer Institute · 2024–2029
- Co-IR01HL169312-01I-TRANSFER-HF: Improving TRansitions ANd OutcomeS for Heart FailurE Patients in Home Health CaRe: A Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness Implementation TrialNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2023–2028
- Co-IR01HL165452-01REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke-Myocardial Infarction-4 (REGARDS-MI-4)National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022–2027
- Co-IP50MD017341-01Center to Improve Chronic disease Outcomes through Multi-level and Multi-generational approaches Unifying Novel Interventions and Training for health EquitY (Investigator Development Core)National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2021–2027 · via Columbia UniversityNo publications yet
- Sub-PIR01HL160822-03Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve Outcomes after Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Older AdultsNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022–2027 · via Yale University
Completed grants (6)
- MPIU54AG063546-05Improving How People Living with Dementia Are Selected for Care CoordinationNational Institute on Aging · 2022–2025 · via Brown University
- Co-IRIHC 225709-01Understanding the Perspectives of Key Home Health Stakeholders Towards Home Health Value Based Purchasing (HHVBP) in the United StatesResearch Institute for Home Care · 2022–2025
- PIK18HS029255-02Improving How Older Adults at Risk for Cardiovascular Outcomes Are Selected for Care CoordinationAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2022–2024
- PIR01HL135199-04Healthcare Fragmentation and Cardiovascular OutcomesNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2017–2022
- PI5 R01 HL135199-03 (Div Supp)Healthcare Fragmentation and Cardiovascular OutcomesNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018–2020
- PI20170769Healthcare Fragmentation Among Medicare and Medicaid BeneficiariesCommonwealth Fund · 2017–2018
Clinical research
Active
2 studies- PIACUA Aim 2: Fragmentation of Care and Medication Management for People Living with DementiaWeill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2025)
- PIUnderstanding Ambulatory Care Utilization in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ACUA)Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
Completed & closed trials (3)
- PIImproving How Older Adults at Risk for Cardiovascular Outcomes Are Selected for Care CoordinationAgency for Healthcare Research & Quality · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2026)
- PIConfronting COVID and Reducing Disparities Using Community-based Health Information Technology: Developing an Educational Intervention to Increase COVID VaccinationWeill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2025)
- PINCT05767749Characterizing and Comparing the Duration of Local Anesthetic in Dermatologic SurgeryPHASE4 · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)Anesthetics, Local
News mentions
- Dr. Laura C. Pinheiro Named Cancer Moonshot ScholarNovember 7, 2024
The award seeks to increase the number of early-stage investigators and enhance the diversity of the cancer research workforce to accelerate the fight against cancer.
- Most Causes of Healthcare Fragmentation Not Related to Medical NeedFebruary 20, 2019
Most of the reasons why American patients receive care from multiple providers are related to numerous modifiable causes such as patient preferences, physician referrals and health system factors —not medical need—according to a qualitative study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.
Mentoring
- EMEvguenia MakovkinaMD mentee · Class of 2020
- IDIndrani DasMD mentee · Class of 2024
External relationships
Professional Services
National Institutes of Health