Curriculum Vitae
Karen Marie Wilson, MD, MPH, FAAP
Current Position:Associate Professor, Pediatrics
University of Colorado, Denver School of Medicine
Section Head, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Work Address:Children’s Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado, Denver School of Medicine
13123 E. 16th Avenue, Box B302
Aurora, CO 80045
EDUCATION
Undergraduate
Institution:St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Dates:May 1990
Degree:Bachelor of Science,Psychology
Graduate
Institution:The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY
Dates:February 1995
Degree:Master of Public Health
Graduate
Institution:The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Dates:May 2004
Degree:Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in Research
Internship
Institution:Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dates:June 2004-June 2005
Specialty:Pediatrics
Residency
Institution:Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dates:June 2005-June 2007
Specialty:Pediatrics
- Research track
Fellowship
Institution:Division of General Pediatrics, Universityof Rochester, Rochester, NY
Dates:July 2007-June 2009
Specialty:General Academic Pediatrics,
- NRSA T32 Fellowship program
- 70% research and administrative time
- ½ day per week precepting in outpatient clinic
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
July 2007-Senior Instructor, Division of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital
June 2009Medicine, Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong, Rochester, NY
- 20% FTE clinical attending on hospitalist service
- Broad patient population including a significant number of medically complex children
- Supervising floor teams in providing family centered care
- Teaching and supervising night float residents
- Teaching and supervising procedures
July 2009-Assistant Professor, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital
December 2011Medicine, and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong, Rochester, NY
- 20% FTE clinical attending on hospitalist service
January 2012-Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver School of
June 2013Medicine, Aurora, CO
January 2012-Section Head, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado and
July, 2013-Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
- Managing all section activities, including clinical program development, finances, and faculty recruitment and supervision
- Developing academic program
- Creating fellowship program
- Mentoring junior faculty
- 20% clinical attending on hospitalist service
- Supervising residents and medical students on rotations
- Participating in hospital and University committees
- Broad patient population including a significant number of medically complex children and surgical patient consultations
- Supervising floor teams in providing family centered care
- Teaching and supervising night float residents
- Developing academic curriculum for pediatric hospitalists
- Administrative and research responsibilitiesas detailed below
HOSPITAL, GOVERNMENT OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
September 1990-Worker’s Compensation Specialist, Billing Department, F.F. Thompson
December 1992Hospital, Canandaigua, NY
September 1992-Research Assistant, Center for Community Study, Rochester, NY
May 1993
November 1991-Research Assistant, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, December 1993 University of Rochester
September 1992-Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, The Genesee Hospital,
January 1995Rochester, NY
May 1994-Independent Health Researcher, Corporate Utilization Analysis, Blue Cross and
June 1995Blue Shield, Rochester, NY
January 1997-Project Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human
June 1997Molecular Genetics, New York Medical College, Hawthorne, NY
July 1997-Health Project Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics, Division of
June 1999Adolescent Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
- Supervised research assistants
- Analyzed large datasets and wrote results for publication
- Developed and managed research and evaluation projects
June 1999-Researcher, Department of Pediatrics Division of Adolescent Medicine,
August 2000University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- Evaluation Director of the Monroe Council on Teen Pregnancy
- Developed and supervised county-wise RDD survey of teens
- Wrote and received a grant for a national online survey of adolescents’ CAM use; supervised project, wrote results for publication
August 2000-Researcher, part time, Department of Pediatrics, Division of
June 2004Adolescent Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
July 2007-Associate Director, Resident Research Track, Department of Pediatrics,
December 2011University of Rochester, Rochester, Rochester, NY.
- Assisting research track residents in finding mentors and projects
- Meeting regularly with participating residents
- Planning research curriculum for participants
- Promoting research track programs locally and nationally
CONSULTANCIES:
February 2015Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha, Qatar. Consulting on design and staffing of inpatient services at a new medical facility
HONORS, SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, March 2012
Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, February 2010
National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, September, 2009 (renewed September 2011)
AAP SOHM Pediatric Hospital Medicine Abstract Research Award, October 2008.
The Dean’s Award, May 2004
Robert J. Haggerty Prize in Pediatrics, May 2004
Alpha Omega Alpha, September 2003
Speaker, White Coat Ceremony, August 2003
Gilbert B. Forbes Prize in Pediatrics, August 2001
Cum Laude, St. Lawrence University, June 1990
Psi Chi, National Psychology Honorary, June 1990
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Academic Pediatric Association 1999-
April 2015Chair, Research Committee (elected)
Member, APA Board of Directors
Member, Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting Planning Committee
APA Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Pediatric Research
May 2007-Research Committee:
- Member, Executive Committee
- Chair, Young Investigator Grant Follow-up Survey Subcommittee,
- Worked with subcommittee members and other experts to develop follow-up survey for grantees of the Young Investigator Award
May 2008- May 2011Co-Chair, Tobacco Special Interest Group (CIGSIG):
January 2011-Member: 2012 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting Planning Committee
Member: 2013 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting Planning Committee
Abstract Co-chair- 2014 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting
October 2013-Editorial Board Member, Pediatric Care Online
American Academy of Pediatrics 2000-
November 2011- Co-Chair, Provisional Section on Tobacco Control
September 2010- Member, Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence Speaker’s Bureau
November 2009- Member, Tobacco Consortium
September 2008- Fellow
May 2008- June 2011 Chair, Research Subcommittee: Section on Hospital Medicine
- Abstract reviewer for AAP NCE and Pediatric Hospital Medicine meetings
- Lead research needs assessment of pediatric hospitalists
- Assisted with Pediatric Hospital Annual Meeting abstract review process and research content planning
December 2005- Resident Section Liaison to the Committee on Pediatric Research
December 2007 Section, American Academy of Pediatrics
April 2005- March 2006Program representative, Resident Section, American Academy of Pediatrics
June 2000-June 2001Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Student
Association
Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco 2009-
Society for Pediatric Research 2011-
MAJOR COMMITTEE AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES
National
Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network 2009-
May 2009- Executive Committee
- Member
- Developing governance structure for the inpatient research network; working to find funding and develop projects
- Membership Lead
- Leading effort to re-enroll prior PRIS sites, recruit new sites, assess capacity of member institutions, and ensure communication with membership
LICENSURE AND BOARD CERTIFICATION
Colorado State Physician Licensure: December 2011-
Board Certified in Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics: October 2007-
OTHER TRAINING:
Children’s Hospital Colorado Internal Coaching Certification: February 2014
REVIEW AND REFERENCE WORK
Editorial Assignments
Editorial Board Member:Hospital Pediatrics2011-
Deputy Editor: Hospital Pediatrics 2014-
Associate Editor: Journal of Hospital Medicine 2012-2014
Grant Review Committees and Study Sections
NIH/NCCAM Special Emphasis Panel on secondary analysis of data on CAM use in minorities,
November, 2003
American Academy of Pediatrics, Resident Research Grant, November 2003-October
2005.
Academic Pediatric Association, Young Investigator Award, July 2007-present
American Academy of Pediatrics/Julius B. Richmond Scholarship program, May 2009-present
University of Rochester, Strong Children’s Research Program Small Grants, June 2009
Children’s Hospital Colorado Research Institute Small Grants, September 2013
Reviewer
Ambulatory Pediatrics 1999-
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2000-
Evaluation and Program Planning 2001-
Journal of Adolescent Health 2002-
Journal of the American Medical Association2002-
Pediatrics 2007-
Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010-
Tobacco Control 2010-
INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
Invited Presentations:
Local:
University of Rochester:
1.“Second-hand smoke and children”, Pediatric Resident Noon Conference, April 2009.
2.“Inpatient management of chronically ill children” presented to the pediatric residents’ noon conference:
- April 2007
3.“Research in Residency” presented to the Strong Children’s Research Center Summer Research Fellowship students:
- July 2007
- July 2008
University of Colorado, Denver School of Medicine/Children’s Hospital Colorado:
4.“Secondhand tobacco smoke and multi-unit housing: how research influences public policy, and public opinion can drive research”. Chalk talk Presented to the summer research students, June 2012.
5.“Smoking cessation interventions for parents in the pediatric setting”. Pediatric Noon Conference, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora CO. November 2012.
6.“Smoking cessation in the inpatient setting”. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital, Colorado, October 2014.
National:
7.“Resident Research” presented to the AAP Committee on Pediatric Research, October 2007
8.“On the Frontlines of Second-hand Tobacco Smoke and Children”, presentation for the AAP Oklahoma Chapter April 2009 CME conference.
9.“Second-hand tobacco smoke and the hospitalized child”, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Tampa General Hospital/University of South Florida, June 2010.
10.“Second-hand smoke and children: practical ways to help families reduce exposure”, Pediatric Resident Noon Conference, Tampa General Hospital/University of South Florida, June 2010.
11.AAP Julius B. Richmond Center Visiting Lectureship: Birmingham, Alabama, September 2010:
- “Effective Practices in Promoting Tobacco Use Cessation”: Pediatric Grand Rounds
- “The physiologic Impact of Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Children” Pediatric Clinical Investigative Forum
- “Effective Practices in Promoting Tobacco Use Cessation”: AAP Chapter CME Conference
12.“Health effects of Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure”, Respiratory Health Association of Chicago Smoke-free multiunit housing event. Chicago, IL. November 2011.
13.“Effective practices in promoting parental tobacco use cessation”, Pediatrics Challenges, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora CO. December 2011.
14.AAP Julius B. Richmond Center Visiting Lectureship: Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2012:
- “Smoking cessation interventions for parents in the pediatric setting”: Pediatric Grand Rounds
- “Inpatient interventions for children exposed to secondhand smoke”: Pediatric Hospitalist Division Meeting
- “Children and secondhand smoke”: Utah Tobacco Prevention Task Force Keynote Address
15.“Multiunit housing and smoke free policies”, Academic Pediatric Association Tobacco Special Interest Group Meeting, May 2012.
16.“Secondhand Smoke and Children: helping families quit smoking and reduce exposure”. Poudre Valley Hospital Tuesday Afternoon Conference. Ft. Collins, CO. November 2012.
17.“Secondhand Smoke and the Hospitalized Child”. Pediatric Noon Conference, Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. January 2013
18.“Helping children breathe: Effective strategies to reduce tobacco smoke exposure for children
with respiratory illness”. American Academy of Pediatrics Webinar, January 2013.
19. “Secondhand smoke: what we know, why it matters”. Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain
Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, April 2013.
20.“Secondhand smoke and the hospitalized child”. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Clinical
Effectiveness Research Lecture. June 2013.
20.“Smoking assessment and JCAHO regulations”. Beyond the 5As Meeting, National Association of
Quitlines. November, 2013.
- AAP/Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence Visiting Lecturer, Kapi’olani Medical Center for
Women and Children, Honolulu, HI, January 2014
- “Smoking at the effects on pregnancy/fetuses/children”: 2nd year medical student lecture
- “Clinical Challenges: Incorporating tobacco cessation into daily practice”: Resident noon conference
- “Hospital-based smoking cessation programs”: Pediatric Grand Rounds
- “The impact of secondhand smoke on keiki”: Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii, Hawaii Department of Health
- “Smoking Cessation Services and Challenges for Pediatricians”: Hawaii AAP Chapter Meeting
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference Workshop: “Beyond Little League: Coaching for academic success”. July 2014, Orlando FL.
- AAP/Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence Visiting Lecturer, Indianapolis, IN, October 2014
- “Tobacco and children, epidemiology, epigenetics, and epic challenges”: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana Smoke Free Advocates, and The Indiana AAP legislative forum.
International:
- Tobacco and Children (panel discussion) and Engaging Child Advocates and Pediatric Leaders in Tobacco Control (plenary presentation). Third Latin American Conference on Tobacco OR Health, Lima Peru, October 2011.
- Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence Visiting Lectureship, Hong Kong, SAR, China. November 2014.
- Children, secondhand smoke, and multi-unit housing. Presentation to the Hong Kong Pediatric Society.
- Helping parents quit smoking and reduce their children’s exposure. Presentation to the University of Hong Kong Public Health Research Center
- “Development of general pediatrics services in an academic hospital; a United States perspective.” Presentation to the Sidra Medical and Research Centre at Hamad Hospital, Qatar. February 2015.
EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
June 2015-Mentor: Department of Pediatrics Summer Student Research Program
August 2015Ruthe Ali
- Respiratory illness and secondhand smoke in kids
June 2013-Mentor: Department of Pediatrics Summer Student Research Program
August 2013Elizabeth Ojukwu
- Secondhand smoke and asthma exacerbation severity
June 2012-Mentor: Department of Pediatrics Summer Student Research Program
August 2012Lucero Montes de Oca
- Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in children
Mentor: Project Search Summer Research Program
Annika Jones
- Tobacco smoke incursions in multiunit housing
June 2010-Mentor: Strong Children’s Research Center Summer Program
August 2011Jennifer Pier
- Impact of secondhand tobacco smoke on severity of illness in children hospitalized with influenza
September 2009-Instructor/Mentor: Health Research Independent Study:
June 2010Jeffrey Cohen
- Impact of secondhand smoke exposure on severity of illness in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis and influenza
September 2009-Preceptor: Ambulatory Clerkship Experience Journal Club, University of December 2009 Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
September 2008-Resident Research Track Mentor:
Emily Weis, MD, MS
- Comparison of systemic and localized inflammatory markers in second hand tobacco smoke exposed children
July 2007-Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor, University of Rochester
July 2009June 2008
- Small group instruction and provider testing
June 2007-Strong Children’s Research Center Summer Research Program,
December 2011Pediatrics, University of Rochester
- Lecture for all students on research in residency 2007- 2011
- Mentor for:
- Lindsay Dallas, University of Iowa undergraduate, Summer 2008: “Over-the-counter medication use among adolescents”
June 2008-Teaching Attending, Pediatrics, University of Rochester
December 2011Supervise and evaluate medical students, pediatric residents, and family medicine
residents
- Four weeks per year
- Family centered rounds with floor team
- Three formal teaching sessions per week
Summer 1998Preceptor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Pre-medical Summer Student Research Fellowship program
March 1993 toSmall Group Leader, Introduction to Community Medicine class, University of
May 1993Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
September 1992 toTeaching Assistant, Epidemiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine
November 1992and Dentistry
September 1989 toTeaching Assistant, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, St. Lawrence
May 1990University, Canton, NY
GRANT SUPPORT
Current
R01CA181207-01A1$502,7464/14-2/19
Intervening with smoking parents of inpatients to reduce exposure (INSPIRE)
National Cancer Institute
Role: Principal Investigator
- Randomized controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention for parents of hospitalized children
1RO1HL121067-01$303,4193/14-2/18
Pediatric Respiratory Illness Monitoring System (PRIMES)
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Role: Site Principal Investigator (PI Rita Mangione-Smith)
Colorado Health Observation Regional Data Sharing (CHORDS)
Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment
Role: Site Principal Investigator (PI Arthur Davidson)$30,0002/13-6/16
- Coordinating the Children’s Hospital Colorado participation in creating a Virtual Data Warehouse to facilitate tobacco use screening and Quitline referral
Julius B. Richmond Center
AAP Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence (RCE)
Role: Site Principal Investigator$150,0007/11-6/16
- Supervising the Rochester/Colorado site activities for the Richmond Center Renewal, including the measurement core project standardizing behavioral, demographic, and biological assessments by RCE projects, and comparing cotinine and NNAL with a detailed parent report of smoke exposure status
Completed
Expanding One Step to reduce pediatric secondhand smoke in Colorado
Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment
Role: Co-Investigator (PI Gwendolyn Kerby)$200,00010/12-6/15
- Expanding the One Step tobacco intervention to other pediatric sites around Colorado, and in to the NICU at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
- Advising the study team on methodology, and the measurement of secondhand smoke exposure in children
Respiratory Illness and Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Kids (RISSK)
AAP Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence (RCE)
Role: Principal Investigator$150,0007/11-6/15
- Studying the impact of secondhand smoke exposure on severity of illness, cytokine levels and future development of asthma in children admitted to the hospital with bronchiolitis
- Studying the impact of secondhand smoke exposure on severity of illness, cytokine level, and recovery in children admitted to the hospital with influenza.
Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings Prioritization Project
Child Health Corporation of America
Role: Site Principal Investigator$14,0003/10-12/12
- Support for activities of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings network activities, including determining the “high priority” pediatric inpatient conditions for studying to improve quality of care using the Pediatric Health Information Systems database.
Julius B. Richmond Center Rochester Site
AAP Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence (RCE)
Role: Site Principal Investigator$80,0007/10-6/11
- Leading the Rochester site activities for the Richmond Center
Julius B. Richmond Center Rochester Site
AAP/ Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence