Kara Lugtu, MPH

Title(s)Program Coordinator, Family Community Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address490 Illinois Street, #8306
San Francisco CA 94158
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    Touro University, California, VallejoMPHPublic Health
    University of California, Berkeley, BerekeleyBAIntegrative Biology

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    A public health professional with almost 6 years experience in a variety of settings including clinics, research, training, stakeholder engagement, policy, and program development, capable of producing results across multiple simultaneous projects. She has been a part of various collaborations focused on planning processes, project implementation, and execution of public health interventions, with partners from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), as well as local and state-level funders.

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    1. Smoking Cessation Support in the Context of Other Social and Behavioral Needs in Community Health Centers. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Mar 06. Potter MB, Tsoh JY, Lugtu K, Parra J, Bowyer V, Hessler D. PMID: 38448242.
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    2. Implementation of a novel program to support colorectal cancer screening in a community health center consortium before and after the onset of COVID-19: a qualitative study of stakeholders' perspectives. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 May 22; 4(1):54. Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Hoeft KS, Lugtu K, McGowen M, Ofman D, Adler J, Somsouk M, Potter MB. PMID: 37218022; PMCID: PMC10201507.
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    3. Addressing tobacco use in the context of complex social needs: A new conceptual framework and approach to address smoking cessation in community health centers. PEC Innov. 2022 Dec; 1:100011. Tsoh JY, Hessler D, Parra JR, Bowyer V, Lugtu K, Potter MB. PMID: 37364031; PMCID: PMC10194343.
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