Dr. Lisa Kern is an Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Her research focuses on the evaluation of screening and diagnostic tests in primary care. Dr. Kern is particularly interested in the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening, the selection of patients for screening, physicians' adherence to guidelines on screening and diagnosis, and patients' experiences with screening and diagnosis. She is currently exploring these issues as they relate to osteoporosis, diabetes, high cholesterol and coronary artery disease.

Dr. Kern's current research projects include:

• Principal Investigator, The Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Geriatrics
  
  
• Principal Investigator, Variation in Finding and Treating High Cholesterol during Hospitalizations for Acute Myocardial Infarction, New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System
  
  
• Principal Investigator, Screening for Diabetes, Weill Medical College
  
  
• Co-Investigator, Diagnosis of Diabetes, Weill Medical College