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Short Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Karen Buro

  • Professor at MacEwan University, Faculty of Arts & Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at MacEwan University, Faculty of Arts & Science (January 2013 - July 2019)

Education

  • Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) (1995), Technical University Aachen, Germany
  • Diploma in Mathematics (5 year degree) (1990), Technical University Aachen, Germany


Teaching and Consultation Experience

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (2013-2016)
  • 2003-present: Faculty in the Department of Math and Stats, Grant MacEwan University
  • 2000-2002: Member of Simons Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study; Princeton, NJ
  • 1990-1995: Research Assistant, Institute for Medical Statistics and Computer Science, Technical University of Aachen, Germany

Some Papers and Talks

  • Vihos J, Chute A, Carlson S, Buro K, Velupillai N, Currie T. Virtual Health Assessment Laboratory Course Delivery and Nursing Student Clinical Judgment: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Study. Nurse Educ. 2022 May-Jun 01;47(3):E51-E56. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001173. Epub 2022 Feb 9. PMID: 35148304.
  • Verrier M, Niu S, Kroetch K, Buro K, Douglas C, Green J, Pedersen ME, Dillane D. A prospective observational study of persistent opioid use after complex foot and ankle surgery. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Aug;69(8):945-952. English. doi: 10.1007/s12630-021-02104-0. Epub 2021 Sep 24. PMID: 34561837.
  • Sandy Jung, Marguerite K. Himmen, Nirudika Velupillai & Karen Buro (2022) Does Stalking Behavior Improve Risk Prediction of Intimate Partner Violence?, Victims & Offenders, 17:4, 553-570, DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2021.1963899
  • Green J, Niu S, Verrier M, Buro K, Lupul N, Douglas C, Fairey A, Dillane D. Measuring the analgesic effect of adding pre-operative single-shot rectus sheath blocks to postoperative rectus sheath continuous blocks for major urological surgery: A double-blind randomised study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2021 Feb 1;38(2):187-189. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001306. PMID: 33394788.
  • Berga KA, Vadnais E, Nelson J, Johnston S, Buro K, Hu R, Olaiya B. Blended learning versus face-to-face learning in an undergraduate nursing health assessment course: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Educ Today. 2021 Jan;96:104622. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104622. Epub 2020 Oct 10. PMID: 33125980.
  • Indratmo, M. Zhao and K. Buro, "Comparisons Between Text-Only and Multimedia Tweets on User Engagement," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2020, pp. 3825-3831, doi: 10.1109/SMC42975.2020.9283438.
  • Sondekoppam, R.V., Narsingani, K.H., Schimmel, T.A. et al.(2020). The impact of sevoflurane anesthesia on postoperative renal function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials, Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-020-01791-5.
  • Ozelsel, T.JP., Sondekoppam, R.V. & Buro, K. (2019). The future is now - it's time to rethink the application of the Global Warming Potential to anesthesia, Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-019-01385-w.
  • Ozelsel TJP, Kim S, Buro K, Tsui B. (2018) Elevated Waste Anaesthetic Gas Concentration in the Paediatric Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim; DOI: 10.5152/TJAR.2018.35683.
  • Jung, S., & Buro, K. (2017). Appraising risk for intimate partner violence in a police context. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 44, 240-260.
  • Ennis, L., Buro, K., Jung, S. (2016) Identifying Male Sexual Offender Subtypes Using Cluster Analysis and the Statis-2002R. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 28(5) 403-426
  • Howell, A. J., and Buro, K. (2015). Measuring and predicting student well-being: Further evidence in support of the Flourishing Scale and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences. Social Indicators Research, 121, 903-915
  • Howell, A. J., Bailie, T., and Buro, K. (2015). Evidence for vicarious hope and vicarious gratitude. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16, 687-704.
  • Howell, Andrew J, Buro, Karen (2013) Meaning in nature: Meaning in Life as a mediator of the relationship between nature aliation and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies 14, pg.1681-1696
  • Howell, Andrew J, Turowski, Jessica B, Buro, Karen (2012) Guilt, Empathy, and Apology. Personality and Individual Differences 53(7), pg. 917
  • Jung, S., Jamieson, L. M., Buro, K., & DeCesare, J. A. (2012) Attitudes and decisions about sexual offenders: A comparison of laypersons and professionals. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology 22(3), pg. 225-238.
  • Howell, AJ, Dopko, RL, Turowski, JB, Buro, K (2011) The disposition to apologize, Personality and Individual Differences 51(4), pg. 509-514.
  • Howell, Andrew J, Buro, Karen (2011) Relations Among Mindfulness, Achievement-Related Self-Regulation, and Achievement, Emotions, Journal of Happiness Studies 12(6), pg.1007-1022
  • Passmore, H.-A., Howell, A. & Buro, K. (2011) Meaning in life as a mediator of the relationship between nature affiliation and well-being. 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology, Philadelphia.
  • Harrison Applin, Bev Williams, Rene Day, Karen Buro, (2011) A Comparison of Competencies Between Problem-Based Learning and Non–Problem-Based Graduate Nurses. Nurse Education Today , Vol. 31 (2)
  • Howell, A., M., Dopko, R. L., Passmore, H.-A., and Buro, K. (2011) Nature connectedness: Associations with well-being and mindfulness.Personality and Individual Differences,51, pg. 166-171.
  • Howell, A., Joshanloo, M., Dopko, R. L., Passmore, H.-A., and Buro, K. (2010) Nature affiliation: Associations with well-being and mindfulness among young adults in two nations. Canadian Psychological Association 2010, Winnipeg,
  • Davar Rezania, Lyle Benson and Karen Buro,(2010) Developing a Scale for Assessment of Managerial Competencies for Undergraduate Business Students – Western Academy of Management 2010, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  • Howell, A. J., Digdon, N. L. & Buro, K. (2010). Mindfulness predicts sleep-related self-regulation and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 419-424.
  • Davar Rezania, Lyle Benson and Karen Buro (2010), Developing a Scale for Assessment of Managerial Competencies for Undergraduate Business Students, Western Academy of Management, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  • Richard Valenzano, Nathan Sturtevant, Jonathan Schaeffer, Karen Buro, Akihiro Kishimoto (2010), Simultaneously Searching with Multiple Settings: An Alternative to Parameter Tuning for Suboptimal Single-Agent Search Algorithms, ICAPS. Toronto
  • Howell, AJ , Buro K. Implicit beliefs, achievement goals, and procrastination: A mediational analysis. Learning and Individual Differences 2009; 19: 151-154
  • Howell, AJ, Didgeon N, Buro K. Relations among Mindfulness, Well-Being, and Sleep. Personality and Individual Differences 2008; 45: 773-777
  • Buro, K. Does Attendance Matter? North-South Meeting (Calgary), 2008
  • McFarlane, D, Buro, K. Online Student Ratings - How Do They Compare to Traditional Paper-Based Student Ratings? ISSOTL 2008 (Edmonton)
  • Howell, AJ, Watson, DC, Powell, RA, and Buro, K. Academic procrastination: The pattern and correlates of behavioral postponement. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences 2006; 40: 1519-1530.