Bryce Byrum Reeve III (born December 31, 1968) is an American

psychometrician Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and ...

, outcomes research scientist, professor of Health Policy and Management at the

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is the public health school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and is accre ...

(with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience), and faculty expert at the

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One of 52 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States, its clini ...

. He is a prominent figure in quantitative research on improving the measurement of patient-reported health outcomes.

Career

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native and graduate of Chapel Hill High School, Reeve earned a bachelor's degree with distinction from the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sys ...

in 1994 and subsequently worked for several years as a statistical consultant in the

Research Triangle The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, home to ...

area. He returned to UNC to complete a master's (1999) and PhD (2000) in the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory under

David Thissen David Michael Thissen (born c. 1950) is an emeritus professor of quantitative psychology at the University of North Carolina and former President of the Psychometric Society. He is a fellow at the American Statistical Association and the Ameri ...

. Reeve's doctoral dissertation used

item response theory In psychometrics, item response theory (IRT) (also known as latent trait theory, strong true score theory, or modern mental test theory) is a paradigm for the design, analysis, and scoring of tests, questionnaires, and similar instruments measur ...

to analyze data from the

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a standardized psychometric test of adult personality and psychopathology. Psychologists and other mental health professionals use various versions of the MMPI to help develop treatment ...

. Upon earning his PhD, Reeve worked as a

and Program Director at the

National Cancer Institute The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. T ...

. He joined the

faculty in 2010, earning tenure four years later. He is currently Full Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management; Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research; and Adjunct Associate Professor of

Quantitative Psychology Quantitative psychology is a field of scientific study that focuses on the mathematical modeling, research design and methodology, and statistical analysis of psychological processes. It includes tests and other devices for measuring cognitive ab ...

in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. His record of extramural service includes advisory roles and board memberships with government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private companies (e.g.,

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) dedicated to

patient-centered care Patient participation is a trend that arose in answer to medical paternalism. Informed consent is a process where patients make decisions informed by the advice of medical professionals. In recent years, the term "patient participation" has been ...

and

health-related quality of life In general, quality of life (QoL or QOL) is the perceived quality of an individual's daily life, that is, an assessment of their well-being or lack thereof. This includes all emotional, social and physical aspects of the individual's life. In heal ...

Research

Reeve has been a

principal investigator In many countries, the term principal investigator (PI) refers to the holder of an independent grant and the lead researcher for the grant project, usually in the sciences, such as a laboratory study or a clinical trial. The phrase is also often us ...

on numerous grants from the

National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U ...

, the

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a United States-based non-profit institute created through the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It is a government-sponsored organization charged with funding comparativ ...

, and others. He leads the

Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) provides clinicians and researchers access to reliable, valid, and flexible measures of health status that assess physical, mental, and social well–being from the patient per ...

research site at the University of North Carolina. He has published hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles on

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

and

patient-reported outcome A patient-reported outcome (PRO) is a health outcome directly reported by the patient who experienced it. It stands in contrast to an outcome reported by someone else, such as a physician-reported outcome, a nurse-reported outcome, and so on. PRO m ...

s in addition to nearly one dozen books or book chapters and nearly a hundred abstracts and presentations at scholarly conferences. His work is known for

statistical Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industr ...

and

psychometric Psychometrics is a field of study within psychology concerned with the theory and technique of measurement. Psychometrics generally refers to specialized fields within psychology and education devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and ...

rigor, particularly with respect to the application of

questionnaire A questionnaire is a research instrument that consists of a set of questions (or other types of prompts) for the purpose of gathering information from respondents through survey or statistical study. A research questionnaire is typically a mix of ...

design and analysis. He has received six Awards of Merit from the

NIH The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late 1 ...

and, in 2015, received the John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize, a major international award for research in patient-reported outcomes.''Reeve awarded John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures''
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References

External links

Bryce Reeve's profile at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public HealthBryce Reeve's profile at the UNC School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reeve, Bryce Living people Psychometricians University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty 1968 births Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) alumni Quantitative psychologists