Karen B. Eden, Ph.D. (she/her)

  • Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine
  • Interim Chair, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine
  • Co-Director of NW Center of Excellence & K12 in Patient Centered Learning Health Systems Science

Biography

Karen Beekman Eden, Ph.D, is professor and interim chair in medical informatics and clinical epidemiology in the OHSU School of Medicine, and is a scientist focused on patient decision making. The focus of her research career has been in translating evidence to help patients make informed decisions about their own health. Dr. Eden has extensive experience in translating comparative effectiveness information into patient-friendly interactive decision aids that inform patients and prepare them for an informed discussion with a clinician. These decision aids span a broad range of clinical topics including breast cancer screening, childbirth decision making after cesarean and domestic violence safety planning. She and her team are currently creating an integration between Epic and a breast cancer risk and decision tool.  She has most recently been funded to create a mobile app to help OHSU students, faculty and employees access resources to address racial discrimination, sexual harassment and misconduct.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • Ph.D., 1997, Portland State University

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • OHSU Faculty Senate Service Award, 2017
  • Outstanding Faculty Mentoring Award, All Hill Student Council, 2020

Publications

Selected publications

  • Eden KB, Totten AM, Kassakian SZ, Gorman PN, McDonagh MS, Devine B, Pappas M, Daeges M, Woods S, Hersh WR.  Barriers and facilitators to exchanging health information:  a systematic review of usability.  Int J Med Inf, 88:44-51, April 2016.
  • Eden KB, Orleans CT, Mulrow CD, Pender NJ, Teutsch SM.  Does counseling by clinicians improve physical activity?  A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.  Ann Intern Med 2002;137:208-215.
  • Eden KB, McDonagh M. Denman MA, Marshall N, Emeis C, Fu R, Janik R, Walker M, Guise JM, New insights on vaginal birth after cesarean: can it be predicted?  Obstetrics & Gynecology 2010;116(4):967-981.
  • Eden KB, Perrin NA, Hanson G, Messing JT, Bloom T, Campbell J, Gielen A, Clough A, Barnes-Hoyt J, Glass N.  Use of online safety decision aid: immediate effect on decisional conflict about safety.  Am J Prev Med , 2015, [Epub head of print] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.09.027.  
  • Eden KB, Scariati P, Klein K, Watson L, Remiker M, Hribar M, Forro V, Michaels L, Nelson HD. Mammography Decision Aid Reduces Decisional Conflict for Women in Their Forties Considering Screening. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26360918.
  • Eden KB, Perrin NA, Vesco KK, Guise JM.  A Randomized Comparative Trial of Two Decision Support Tools for Pregnant Women with a Prior Cesarean.  Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 43, 568-579; 2014; [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1111/1552-6909.12485. 
  • Stacey D, Légaré F, Lewis K, Barry MJ, Bennett CL, Eden KB, Holmes-Rovner M, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Lyddiatt A, Thomson R, Trevena L. Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001431. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001431.pub5.
  • Totten AM, Womack DM, Eden KB, McDonagh MS, Griffin JC, Grusing S, Hersh WR. Telehealth: Mapping the Evidence for Patient Outcomes From Systematic Reviews [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2016 Jun. Available From http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK379320/PubMed PMID: 27536752. ww.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
  • Ivlev I, Hickman EN, McDonagh MS, Eden KB. Use of patient decision aids increased younger women's reluctance to begin screening mammography: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Mar 13. doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4027-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28289963.

Publications

  • Clinicians’ Perspectives and Proposed Solutions to Improve Contraceptive Counseling in the United States

    JMIR Formative Research
    1. Rose Goueth
    2. Kelsey Holt
    3. Karen B. Eden
    4. Aubri Hoffman

  • Concerned friends of intimate partner violence survivors

    BMC public health
    1. Tina L. Bloom
    2. Nancy Perrin
    3. Megan Lindsay Brown
    4. Jacquelyn Campbell
    5. Amber Clough
    6. Karen Trister Grace
    7. Kathryn Laughon
    8. Jill Messing
    9. Karen B. Eden
    10. Rachael Turner
    11. Nancy Glass

  • Evaluating the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Sexual Health–Focused Contraceptive Decision Aid for Diverse Young Adults

    JMIR Formative Research
    1. Rose Goueth
    2. Blair Darney
    3. Aubri Hoffman
    4. Karen B. Eden

  • Longitudinal Impact of the myPlan App on Health and Safety Among College Women Experiencing Partner Violence

    Journal of Interpersonal Violence
    1. Nancy E. Glass
    2. Amber Clough
    3. Jill T. Messing
    4. Tina Bloom
    5. Megan Lindsay Brown
    6. Karen B. Eden
    7. Jacquelyn C. Campbell
    8. Andrea Gielen
    9. Kathryn Laughon
    10. Karen Trister Grace
    11. Rachael M. Turner
    12. Carmen Alvarez
    13. James Case
    14. Jamie Barnes-Hoyt
    15. Jeanne Alhusen
    16. Ginger C. Hanson
    17. Nancy A. Perrin

  • Show me the roads and give me a road map

    PEC Innovation
    1. Sara E. Golden
    2. Natalie Disher
    3. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    4. Karen B. Eden
    5. Daniel Matlock
    6. Kelly C. Vranas
    7. Christopher Slatore
    8. Donald Sullivan

  • A patient decision aid for prescribing pain medication

    Patient Education and Counseling
    1. Elise Omaki
    2. Renan Castillo
    3. Eileen McDonald
    4. Karen Eden
    5. Stephen Davis
    6. Shannon Frattaroli
    7. Richard Rothman
    8. Wendy Shields
    9. Andrea Gielen

  • Use of an Online Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Patient Decision Aid in Primary Care Practices

    Journal of Women's Health
    1. Karen B. Eden
    2. Ilya Ivlev
    3. Katherine L. Bensching
    4. Gabriel Franta
    5. Alyssa R. Hersh
    6. James Case
    7. Rongwei Fu
    8. Heidi D. Nelson

  • Training patients to review scientific reports for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    BMJ open
    1. Ilya Ivlev
    2. Kelly J.Vander Ley
    3. Jack Wiedrick
    4. Kira Lesley
    5. Amy Forester
    6. Rebekah Webb
    7. Marina Broitman
    8. Karen B. Eden

  • Understanding patients’ values and preferences regarding early stage lung cancer treatment decision making

    Lung Cancer
    1. Donald R. Sullivan
    2. Karen B. Eden
    3. Nathan F. Dieckmann
    4. Sara E. Golden
    5. Kelly C. Vranas
    6. Shannon M. Nugent
    7. Christopher Slatore

  • Using m-health tools to reduce the misuse of opioid pain relievers

    Injury Prevention
    1. Elise Omaki
    2. Renan Castillo
    3. Karen Eden
    4. Steve Davis
    5. Eileen McDonald
    6. Umbreen Murtaza
    7. Andrea Gielen

  • Efficacy of a web-based safety decision aid for women experiencing intimate partner violence

    Journal of medical Internet research
    1. Jane Koziol-McLain
    2. Alain C. Vandal
    3. Denise Wilson
    4. Shyamala Nada-Raja
    5. Terry Dobbs
    6. Christine McLean
    7. Rose Sisk
    8. Karen B. Eden
    9. Nancy E. Glass

  • Texting 4 Sexual Health

    Health promotion practice
    1. Patricia Yao
    2. Rongwei Fu
    3. Stephanie Craig Rushing
    4. David Stephens
    5. Joan S. Ash
    6. Karen B. Eden

  • Association of decision-making with patients' perceptions of care and knowledge during longitudinal pulmonary nodule surveillance

    Annals of the American Thoracic Society
    1. Donald R. Sullivan
    2. Sara E. Golden
    3. Linda Ganzini
    4. Renda Soylemez Wiener
    5. Karen B. Eden
    6. Christopher G. Slatore

  • The Association Between Hospital Capacity Strain and Inpatient Outcomes in Highly Developed Countries

    Journal of general internal medicine
    1. Carl O. Eriksson
    2. Ryan C. Stoner
    3. Karen B. Eden
    4. Craig D. Newgard
    5. Jeanne Marie Guise

  • The Longitudinal Impact of an Internet Safety Decision Aid for Abused Women

    American journal of preventive medicine
    1. Nancy E. Glass
    2. Nancy A. Perrin
    3. Ginger C. Hanson
    4. Tina L. Bloom
    5. Jill T. Messing
    6. Amber S. Clough
    7. Jacquelyn C. Campbell
    8. Andrea C. Gielen
    9. James Case
    10. Karen B. Eden

  • Use of patient decision aids increased younger women’s reluctance to begin screening mammography

    Journal of general internal medicine
    1. Ilya Ivlev
    2. Erin N. Hickman
    3. Marian S. McDonagh
    4. Karen B. Eden

  • Evaluation of risk communication in a mammography patient decision aid

    Patient Education and Counseling
    1. Krystal A. Klein
    2. Lindsey Watson
    3. Joan S. Ash
    4. Karen B. Eden

  • A web-based intervention for abused women

    BMC public health
    1. Jane Koziol-McLain
    2. Alain C. Vandal
    3. Shyamala Nada-Raja
    4. Denise Wilson
    5. Nancy E. Glass
    6. Karen B. Eden
    7. Christine McLean
    8. Terry Dobbs
    9. James Case

  • Impact of a decision aid on reducing uncertainty

    BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
    1. Paula Scariati
    2. Lisa Nelson
    3. Lindsey Watson
    4. Stephen Bedrick
    5. Karen B. Eden