Regina Kunz is a clinician-researcher, clinical epidemiologist / methodologist, public health doctor and educator. Over the past decade, she has focused on the implementation of applied research in insurance medicine and its societal impact on individual patients, the workplace, and health and social care systems in order to strengthen an evidence-based approach of decision making.
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Selected Publications
, Giezendanner, Stephanie, von Allmen, David Y., Jeger, Joerg, Eichhorn, Martin, Hoffmann-Richter, Ulrike, Fischer, Katrin, & de Boer, Wout. (2026). The reproducibility of structured functional assessments in a social security setting: a pre-specified explanatory analysis of the RELY-studies. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1643221
, Giezendanner, Stephanie, von Allmen, David Y., Jeger, Joerg, Eichhorn, Martin, Hoffmann-Richter, Ulrike, Fischer, Katrin, & de Boer, Wout. (2026). The reproducibility of structured functional assessments in a social security setting: a pre-specified explanatory analysis of the RELY-studies. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1643221
Darzi, Andrea J., Wang, Li, Riva, John J., Morsi, Rami Z., Charide, Rana, Couban, Rachel J., Karam, Samer G., Torabiardakani, Kian, Lok, Annie, Ebrahim, Shanil, Bance, Sheena, , Guyatt, Gordon H., & Busse, Jason W. (2025). Prevalence of symptom exaggeration among North American independent medical evaluation examinees: A systematic review of observational studies. Plos One, 20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324684
Darzi, Andrea J., Wang, Li, Riva, John J., Morsi, Rami Z., Charide, Rana, Couban, Rachel J., Karam, Samer G., Torabiardakani, Kian, Lok, Annie, Ebrahim, Shanil, Bance, Sheena, , Guyatt, Gordon H., & Busse, Jason W. (2025). Prevalence of symptom exaggeration among North American independent medical evaluation examinees: A systematic review of observational studies. Plos One, 20. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324684
, von Allmen, David Y., Marelli, Renato, Hoffmann-Richter, Ulrike, Jeger, Joerg, Mager, Ralph, Colomb, Etienne, Schaad, Heinz J., Bachmann, Monica, Vogel, Nicole, Busse, Jason W., Eichhorn, Martin, Bänziger, Oskar, Zumbrunn, Thomas, de Boer, Wout E. L., & Fischer, Katrin. (2019). The reproducibility of psychiatric evaluations of work disability: two reliability and agreement studies. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), 205. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2171-y
, von Allmen, David Y., Marelli, Renato, Hoffmann-Richter, Ulrike, Jeger, Joerg, Mager, Ralph, Colomb, Etienne, Schaad, Heinz J., Bachmann, Monica, Vogel, Nicole, Busse, Jason W., Eichhorn, Martin, Bänziger, Oskar, Zumbrunn, Thomas, de Boer, Wout E. L., & Fischer, Katrin. (2019). The reproducibility of psychiatric evaluations of work disability: two reliability and agreement studies. BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), 205. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2171-y
Barth, Jürgen, de Boer, Wout EL, Busse, Jason W., Hoving, Jan L., Kedzia, Sarah, Couban, Rachel, Fischer, Katrin, von Allmen, David Y., Spanjer, Jerry, & . (2017). Inter-rater agreement in evaluation of disability: systematic review of reproducibility studies. British Medical Journal, 356(j14), j14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j14
Barth, Jürgen, de Boer, Wout EL, Busse, Jason W., Hoving, Jan L., Kedzia, Sarah, Couban, Rachel, Fischer, Katrin, von Allmen, David Y., Spanjer, Jerry, & . (2017). Inter-rater agreement in evaluation of disability: systematic review of reproducibility studies. British Medical Journal, 356(j14), j14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j14
Bachmann, M., de Boer, W., Schandelmaier, S., Schandelmaier, S., Leibold, A., Marelli, R., Jeger, J., Hoffmann-Richter, U., Mager, R., Schaad, H., Zumbrunn, T., Vogel, N., Banziger, O., Busse, J. W., Fischer, K., & (2016). Use of a structured functional evaluation process for independent medical evaluations of claimants presenting with disabling mental illness: rationale and design for a multi-center reliability study. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 271. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0967-6
Bachmann, M., de Boer, W., Schandelmaier, S., Schandelmaier, S., Leibold, A., Marelli, R., Jeger, J., Hoffmann-Richter, U., Mager, R., Schaad, H., Zumbrunn, T., Vogel, N., Banziger, O., Busse, J. W., Fischer, K., & (2016). Use of a structured functional evaluation process for independent medical evaluations of claimants presenting with disabling mental illness: rationale and design for a multi-center reliability study. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 271. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-016-0967-6