Karen Smith

Title(s)Clinical Research Supervisor 1, Neurology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address675 Nelson Rising Lane, #001
San Francisco CA 94158
Emailkaren.smith@ucsf.edu
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    Title(s)UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences


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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, ILBachelor of Science05/1994Psychology
    The Society of Clinical Research AssociatesCertified Clinical Research Professional03/2018

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    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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    1. 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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    2. 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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    3. 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.
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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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.
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