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Joan L. Warren
Joan Warren, PhD, has been an Epidemiologist in the Health Services and Economics
Branch of the Applied Research Program since 1998. Dr. Warren received her BS in Nursing
from Georgetown University and worked for 10 years in a variety of acute care and
community settings prior to returning to graduate school. She received her PhD in Health
Policy from the University of Maryland in 1989. In that same year, she joined the
Epidemiology Branch in the Office of Research at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (then HCFA). During her eight years at CMS, she worked extensively with Medicare
claims, learning how to use these data for a range of health services research projects.
Upon coming to NCI, she assumed responsibility for the management of the SEER-Medicare
data, a file that links Medicare eligible persons in the SEER data with their Medicare
claims. Dr. Warren's research has focused on the use of secondary data, such as the
SEER-Medicare files, to assess patterns, outcomes, and costs of care. She has also worked
extensively with researchers from government and academic settings to promote
standardization of measures and methods using secondary data. Dr. Warren has published
numerous papers in these research areas. She serves as NCI Program Director
for the Program Announcement "Using Health Claims Data for Cancer Surveillance", which
provides support for projects using the SEER-Medicare and related data sources.
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