Karen Jennings Mathis, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, is a research scientist at the Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine (CBPM) at The Miriam Hospital.
Dr. Jennings Mathis's research focuses on biopsychosocial mechanisms that underlie health risk behaviors among Black and Brown populations using an intersectional framework. Her recent work aims to integrate qualitative research with biomarkers and intensive longitudinal methods. Her goal is to improve evidence-based assessments and treatments to be more culturally sensitive and relevant. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Family Center for Research, and other professional organizations.
She earned a BA in psychology from Amherst College and an MS and PhD in nursing from Boston College. Subsequently, Dr. Jennings Mathis completed the NIMH T32 midwest regional postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago, was tenure-track faculty at the University of Rhode Island, and is a scholar of the NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute. She has received several awards and recognition for her leadership and research and holds leadership positions on various committees for the Academy for Eating Disorders and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Read more about her research at starcobre.org