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About Karen E. Schetzina

Positions

Present Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Pediatrics
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Present Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Child and Family Health Institute
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Present Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Strong BRAIN Institute
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2017 - 2018 Baby Steps for Success
Tennessee Department of Children’s Service Building Strong Brains Grant
Role: Project Director
$64,527
2017 - 2018 Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
American Academy of Pediatrics
CATCH Planning Grant
Role: Project Director
$10,000
2015 - 2017 Improving Outcomes in Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Northeast Tennessee
American Academy of Pediatrics
CATCH Resident Grant
Role: Faculty Advisor
Colleague(s): Sugantha Krishnan, Keerthi Reddy
$2,000
2013 - 2016 ReadNPlay for a Bright Future
Tennessee Department of Health
Role: Project Director
$315,600
2012 - 2013 Healthy Active Living Grant
American Academy of Pediatrics
Role: Project Director
$23,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2018 - Present Member, Society for Pediatric Research
2004 - Present Member, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Honors and Awards

  • 1995 - Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Award
  • 1997 - Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation
  • 2000 - Resident Merit Citation
  • 2004 - Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians Student/Resident Research Paper Competition Winner
  • 2004 & 2005 - ETSU Caduceus Club Teaching Award Nominee
  • 2005 - Second Place, Scientific Poster Competition, ETSU 9th Annual Women’s Health Conference
  • 2005 - Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians Student/Resident Research Paper Competition Winner
  • 2006-2008 - ETSU Funded Researcher – Awarded 2.5 Years of Funded Research Salary Support
  • 2009 - Dean’s Distinguished Community Research and Service Award
  • 2010 - Faculty Mentor of First Place Poster Medical/Graduate Student Poster Presentation
  • 2010 - Second Place Poster, Rural Health Association (RHAT) Annual Meeting
  • 2012 - Faculty Mentor First Place Graduate Student Oral Presentation
  • 2014 - Special Achievement Award, Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • 2014 - Notable Women of East Tennessee State University
  • 2015 - Faculty Mentor Second Place Medical Poster Presentation
  • 2015 - Special Achievement Award, Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • 2017 - ETSU Caduceus Club Teaching Award Nominee
  • 2018 - Faculty Mentor Second Place Medical Poster Presentation
  • 2019 - Faculty Mentor, Break the Cycle Award (Cristian Quizhpi), Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit and Break the Cycle, Inc
  • 2019 - ETSU Caduceus Club Teaching Award Nominee
  • 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics F. Edwards Rushton

Courses

  • IDMD 1940 - Rural Health Research and Practice (Course Director)
  • CSKL 2350 - Doctoring II

Education

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2001 MPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina
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1993 - 1997 MD, University of North Carolina
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1989 - 1993 BA, Chemistry, University of North Carolina
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Links

Contact Information

PO Box 70578
Johnson City, TN 37614

Office: Carl A Jones Hall (VA Campus) Room B09
Phone: 423-439-8768

Email:

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (19)

Book Chapters (2)

Other Publications (12)