Arun Karpur

MD, MPH

Robbinsville, NJ 08691 • (607) 220-9392

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Overview Professional Experience Education & Professional Development Board Member & Advsior Publications

Overview

Expertise in public policy analysis, program evaluation, and implementation science

MEL expert with 20+ years of experience in higher education, healthcare, behavioral health, workforce & economic development (e.g., food insecurity, and welfare systems), and disability studies. Proven track record in designing and executing evaluations including community-based randomized trial designs, leading multidisciplinary research teams, program impact assessment, and theory of change. Skilled in data analysis, statistical modeling, mixed methods, strategic communication and communicating insights to diverse audiences.

Professional Experience

Director, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research
Peterson Center on Healthcare | NY | 2022–Present
Director, Data Science & Evaluation Research
Autism Speaks | NJ | 2018–2022
Faculty Lead, Policy Evaluation
Cornell University | 2015–Present
Research Faculty
Cornell University | NY | 2007–2018
Research Faculty
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | 2004–2007
Earlier Roles (2000–2004):
Graduate Research Assistant, USF · Medical Officer, Vivekananda Hospital, India

Education & Professional Development

Doctorate in public health [in progress-expected Fall 2025] – currently pursuing an executive program at College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, focusing in implementation science.

Master’s in public health [Epidemiology Major, MPH], 2004 – Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa

MD, 2000 – Mysore Medical College, Mysore University, India

Professional Trainings:

Complex Systems Research & Machine Learning, University of Michigan (2016)
Leadership Development, Cornell University (2015)
Effective Leadership Principles, Covey Institute (2014)
Group Randomized Trials, Institute of Education Sciences (2011)

Board Member & Advsior

Technical Advisor and Founding Member – Grassroots Research And Advocacy Movement (GRAAM) 2014 – Current

Board of Advisor – Shri Krishna Nidhi Foundation (A New Jersey based non-profit) 2016 – Current

Work Group on Healthy People 2020, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Committee member - 2009-2010

Advisory member for the Affordable Care Act drafting minimum care package for people with disabilities 2009 – 2010

Publications

de Jonge, M., Boutjdir, M., El-Korchi, T., Torres, H., Karpur, A., Shih, A., & Elidrissi, A. (2024). Urban and rural differences in needs, service use and satisfaction among caregivers of autistic children in Morocco. Autism, 28(1), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221150086

Frazier, T.W., Khaliq, I., Scullin, K. Uljarevic, M., Shih, A., & Karpur, A. (2023) Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Open-Source Challenging Behavior Scale (OS-CBS). J Autism Dev Disord 53, 4655–4670. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05750-5

Gonzalez, M., Zeidan, J., Lai, J. et al. Socio-demographic disparities in receipt of clinical health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian children with disability. BMC Health Serv Res 22, 1434 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08672-1

Frazier, T. W., Crowley, E., Shih, A., Vasudevan, V., Karpur, A., Uljarevic, M., & Cai, R. Y. (2022). Association between executive functioning, challenging behavior, and quality of life in children and adolescents with and without neurodevelopmental conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1022700

Bakare, M. O., Frazier, T. W., Karpur, A., Abubakar, A., Nyongesa, M. K., Mwangi, P. M., Dixon, P., Khaliq, I., Gase, N. K., Sandstrom, J., Okidegbe, N., Rosanoff, M., Munir, K. M., & Shih, A. (2022). Brief report: Validity and reliability of the Nigerian Autism Screening Questionnaire. Autism, 26(6), 1581-1590. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221080250

Karpur, A., Vasudevan, V., Frazier, T.W., & Shih, A. (2022). Food insecurity in households of children with ASD in COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative analysis with the Household Pulse Survey Data using stabilized inverse probability treatment weights. Disability and Health Journal, 13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101323