Karen Lutrick, PhD

Degrees: 
MS: Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona, 2006
PhD: Health Behavior Health Promotion, University of Arizona, 2019
Interests: 
  • Community and clinical trial design
  • Primary care research
  • Public health emergencies
  • Vaccine hesitancy & effectiveness
  • Health equity
  • Research education/Team science
  • Research operations
Academic / Professional Bio: 

Karen Lutrick, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research in Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona. Her primary research is focused on designing and implementing community and clinical research on respiratory viruses, vaccine hesitancy, and other issues related to primary care and critical care. Additionally, she has expertise in research education, building research infrastructure, rural health, social drivers of health, data science, and dissemination and implementation science (D&I), and practice-based research networks.

Recent Selected Publications:
  1. Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34192428/ )  
  2. COVID-19 vaccine perceptions and uptake in a national prospective cohort of essential workers (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34906392/)
  3. Interim Estimate of Vaccine Effectiveness of BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) Vaccine in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Adolescents Aged 12–17 Years—Arizona, July–December 2021 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34968373/ )
  4. An Electronic Data Capture Tool for Data Collection During Public Health Emergencies: Development and Usability Study. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35679114/ )
Honors and Awards: 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Charles C. Shepard Science Awards in the Health Assessment – 2024
Society for Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citation Award - 2024
Building Research Capacity Fellowship, Association of Departments of Family Medicine - 2022
Eureka Institute for Translational Research, International Certificate Course - 2022
All of Us Research Program Arizona Health Champion - 2022
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) Scholar - 2021
Research Award, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health Poster Forum - 2018
Honorable Mention, Human Subjects Research Project Competition for Students (HSRProj) - 2018
Silver Medallion, Academic Catalog, National Council for Marketing and Public Relations - 2010
Gold Medallion, Student Handbook National Council for Marketing and Public Relations - 2009