Warren Strauss

Warren Strauss serves as the President of Karna, LLC, with primary responsibility for managing and growing the business. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the application of statistical and mathematical models for problems relating to the fields of public health, healthcare, pediatric health, environmental exposure, and toxicology. He received his Sc.M. degree in biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where he developed methods for analyzing longitudinal data with nested clusters (data observed from sibling children living in the same household over time).

His scientific work has involved conducting research in experimental design, regression analysis for correlated data, generalized linear models, and multivariate statistical methods. A particular focus of his research has been related to the design and analysis of data of longitudinal studies related to pediatric environmental health outcomes with a particular focus on those that affect minority populations disproportionately, including childhood lead poisoning, childhood exposure to pesticides, youth access and utilization of tobacco, monitoring of hazardous air pollutants, childhood obesity, and healthcare quality. He has published several manuscripts examining statistical methodology and health disparities.