Karen Smith

Title(s)	Clinical Research Supervisor 1, Neurology
School	School of Medicine
Address	675 Nelson Rising Lane, #001 San Francisco CA 94158
Email	karen.smith@ucsf.edu
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
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Title(s)	UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Biography

Education and Training

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL	Bachelor of Science	05/1994	Psychology
The Society of Clinical Research Associates	Certified Clinical Research Professional	03/2018

Overview

Ms. Smith is the Clinical Research Supervisor working directly with the Rabinovici Lab and the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. She works closely with both faculty and staff in monitoring operational issues, regulatory compliance and project development. Ms. Smith brings many years of experience in clinical and non-clinical trials across a variety of funding mechanisms and disciplines. Prior to coming to the Memory and Aging Center in April 2019, Ms. Smith was a Research Operations Associate at the UCSF Immune Tolerance Network and the Autism Research Program Coordinator at the Environmental Health Investigations Branch in California Department of Public Health.

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Publications

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Amyloid PET in Sporadic Early- Versus Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: Comparison of the LEADS and ADNI Cohorts. Ann Neurol. 2025 Mar 17. Lagarde J, Maiti P, Schonhaut DR, Blazhenets G, Zhang J, Eloyan A, Thangarajah M, Taurone A, Allen IE, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Zeltzer E, Windon C, Abu Raya M, Vrillon A, Smith K, Shankar R, Amuiri A, Rocha S, Hammers DB, Dage JL, Nudelman KN, Kirby K, Aisen P, Koeppe R, Landau SM, Carrillo MC, Touroutoglou A, Brickhouse M, Vemuri P, Beckett L, Raman R, Atri A, Day GS, Duara R, Graff-Radford NR, Honig LS, Jones DT, Masdeu JC, Mendez MF, Womack K, Musiek E, Onyike CU, Riddle M, Grant IM, Rogalski E, Johnson ECB, Salloway S, Sha S, Turner RS, Wingo TS, Wolk DA, Dickerson BC, Apostolova LG, La Joie R, Rabinovici GD, LEADS Consortium for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. PMID: 40091774.

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18F-MK-6240 tau PET in patients at-risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Mol Neurodegener. 2025 Feb 25; 20(1):23. Alosco ML, Mejía Pérez J, Culhane JE, Shankar R, Nowinski CJ, Bureau S, Mundada N, Smith K, Amuiri A, Asken B, Groh JR, Miner A, Pettway E, Mosaheb S, Tripodis Y, Windon C, Mercier G, Stern RA, Grinberg LT, Soleimani-Meigooni DN, Christian BT, Betthauser TJ, Stein TD, McKee AC, Mathis CA, Abrahamson EE, Ikonomovic MD, Johnson SC, Mez J, La Joie R, Schonhaut D, Rabinovici GD. PMID: 39994806; PMCID: PMC11852567.

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Mol Molecular Biology Neu Neurology
Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography and Subsequent Health Care Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia. JAMA Neurol. 2023 11 01; 80(11):1166-1173. Rabinovici GD, Carrillo MC, Apgar C, Gareen IF, Gutman R, Hanna L, Hillner BE, March A, Romanoff J, Siegel BA, Smith K, Song Y, Weber C, Whitmer RA, Whitmer RA, Gatsonis C. PMID: 37812437; PMCID: PMC10562987.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Alzheimer's pathology is associated with altered cognition, brain volume, and plasma biomarker patterns in traumatic encephalopathy syndrome. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2023 07 21; 15(1):126. Asken BM, Tanner JA, Gaynor LS, VandeVrede L, Mantyh WG, Casaletto KB, Staffaroni AM, Fonseca C, Shankar R, Grant H, Smith K, Lago AL, Xu H, La Joie R, Cobigo Y, Rosen H, Perry DC, Rojas JC, Miller BL, Gardner RC, Wang KKW, Kramer JH, Rabinovici GD. PMID: 37480088; PMCID: PMC10360257.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Imatinib therapy for patients with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 08; 9(8):502-514. Gitelman SE, Bundy BN, Ferrannini E, Lim N, Blanchfield JL, DiMeglio LA, Felner EI, Gaglia JL, Gottlieb PA, Long SA, Mari A, Mirmira RG, Raskin P, Sanda S, Tsalikian E, Wentworth JM, Willi SM, Krischer JP, Bluestone JA, Gleevec Trial Study Group. PMID: 34214479; PMCID: PMC8494464.

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End Endocrinology
Translation:Humans CTClinical Trials
Autism and developmental screening in a public, primary care setting primarily serving Hispanics: challenges and results. J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Jul; 44(7):1621-32. Windham GC, Smith KS, Rosen N, Anderson MC, Grether JK, Coolman RB, Harris S. PMID: 24408091.

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Ped Pediatrics Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Adaptation of the "ten questions" to screen for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in Uganda. Autism. 2014 May; 18(4):447-57. Kakooza-Mwesige A, Ssebyala K, Karamagi C, Kiguli S, Smith K, Anderson MC, Croen LA, Trevathan E, Hansen R, Smith D, Grether JK. PMID: 23536263.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 25 Fields:
Psy Psychiatry Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED): a multisite epidemiologic study of autism by the Centers for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CADDRE) network. J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Oct; 42(10):2121-40. Schendel DE, Diguiseppi C, Croen LA, Fallin MD, Reed PL, Schieve LA, Wiggins LD, Daniels J, Grether J, Levy SE, Miller L, Newschaffer C, Pinto-Martin J, Robinson C, Windham GC, Alexander A, Aylsworth AS, Bernal P, Bonner JD, Blaskey L, Bradley C, Collins J, Ferretti CJ, Farzadegan H, Giarelli E, Harvey M, Hepburn S, Herr M, Kaparich K, Landa R, Lee LC, Levenseller B, Meyerer S, Rahbar MH, Ratchford A, Reynolds A, Rosenberg S, Rusyniak J, Shapira SK, Smith K, Souders M, Thompson PA, Young L, Yeargin-Allsopp M. PMID: 22350336; PMCID: PMC4455890.

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Ped Pediatrics Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans
Birth prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in the San Francisco Bay area by demographic and ascertainment source characteristics. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011 Oct; 41(10):1362-72. Windham GC, Anderson MC, Croen LA, Smith KS, Collins J, Grether JK. PMID: 21264681.

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Ped Pediatrics Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans PHPublic Health
Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Nov; 68(11):1095-102. Hallmayer J, Cleveland S, Torres A, Phillips J, Cohen B, Torigoe T, Miller J, Fedele A, Collins J, Smith K, Lotspeich L, Croen LA, Ozonoff S, Lajonchere C, Grether JK, Risch N. PMID: 21727249; PMCID: PMC4440679.

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Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans
Investigation of shifts in autism reporting in the California Department of Developmental Services. J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Oct; 39(10):1412-9. Grether JK, Rosen NJ, Smith KS, Croen LA. PMID: 19479197.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 17 Fields:
Ped Pediatrics Psy Psychiatry
Translation:Humans