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Karen A. CyBulskiKaren A. CyBulski
Senior Researcher

Karen CyBulski, a senior survey researcher, has expertise in survey design, implementation, and oversight. She oversees, and ensures the quality of, a range of multimode survey activities such as web, mail, and computer-assisted telephone interviewing. She also provides technical assistance on random assignment procedures and protocols.

Currently, she serves as the project director for the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, an annual survey of approximately 17,000 substance abuse treatment facilities in the United States and its territories. CyBulski is also the survey director for a project for the Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers, which is examining individual-level characteristics related to employment among individuals with disabilities. As survey director for the Youth Transition Demonstration, she oversees the design and data collection of baseline, 12-month, and 36-month surveys and provides technical oversight for survey collection and administration of this project to help young people with disabilities transition from school to work.

Before joining Mathematica, CyBulski served as a project manager for the Alcohol Research Center at Rutgers University and was a research associate for the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York, NY. She has published widely in the survey and methods literature and presented at many professional conferences. She is president of the New Jersey chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and has been named in Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare. CyBulski holds an M.S. in psychology-behavioral neuroscience from Rutgers University.

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  • Areas of Expertise
  • Key Projects
  • Professional Activities
  • Publications
  • Survey design, implementation, and oversight
  • Studies that survey vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations, such as low-income families, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities
  • Provides technical assistance on random assignment procedures and protocols
  • American Association for Public Opinion Research, president of the New Jersey chapter