KAI's staff of over 50 full time employees includes senior project managers, physicians, Ph.D. researchers, clinical research associates (CRAs), information technology experts, database and web designers, statistical programmers, data managers, pharmacologists, and research assistants.

     Selma C. Kunitz, Ph.D. and Rene C. Kozloff, R.N., Ph.D., KAI's founders, integrate expertise in health and clinical studies, data management, and health care policy analysis to provide comprehensive corporate leadership.

STAFF PROFILES

Selma C. Kunitz, Ph.D. - President

      Dr. Kunitz, KAI's President, has repeatedly proven her ability to apply innovative methodology, technology, and organizational structures to clinical studies and is an expert in clinical data management and quality assurance. She is skilled in applying research methods to the design and conduct of collaborative clinical studies and in providing assurances of data integrity and quality. Dr. Kunitz serves as Principal Investigator for several NIH projects including the development of quality assurance guidelines, implementation of clinical trial quality assurance activities, and coordination and data management of multi-center clinical studies.

     She has lectured for pharmaceutical trade associations including the Drug Information Association (DIA) and Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) on quality assurance and data management. She serves on advisory and review committees for the NIH and other federal health agencies and serves as a consultant to academic institutions. In addition, she publishes and speaks on clinical research methods, clinical data base applications, quality assurance, and on issues in health care automation. She earned a Ph.D. in Behavioral Science/Social Epidemiology from the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, M.S. in Management Information Systems/Organization Development from the American University and a B.A. In Economics from the University of Rochester.

Rene Kozloff, R.N., Ph.D. - Executive Vice President

     Dr. Kozloff, Executive Vice President and lead clinical researcher, is actively involved in clinical trials protocol development, subject recruitment and retention, clinical site staff training, study implementation, and report writing. Dr. Kozloff works with data management and statistical teams to assure the inclusion of clinical considerations in the design and implementation of study systems and analyses and writes clinical trials study reports for submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

     Dr. Kozloff heads KAI's efforts to define and validate multidisciplinary outcome measures for clinical trials and has introduced innovative techniques for gaining patients' perspectives on quality of life issues. She conducts focus groups of clinicians and potential subjects to develop outcome measures and focuses on minority health issues. She has developed subject recruitment and retention strategies for clinical studies.

     Dr. Kozloff was the Project Director for the DHHS Task Force on the Privacy of Private Sector Health Records.

     Dr. Kozloff has taught nursing and anthropology and has provided in-service training for clinicians, health professionals, and educators. She has lectured on a variety of subjects related to the social, psychological, economic, and familial influences on the need for and the use of health care, and is an accomplished writer. She served on review committees for the AHCPR (now AHRQ) and has published articles on a variety of health and policy issues. Dr. Kozloff earned a Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the Catholic University of America and a B.S. In Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania.