Faculty

Karen J. Wernli

Affiliate Professor, Epidemiology
Affiliate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

206-287-2934

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2006
MS Epidemiology, University of Texas, 1998
BS Animal Physiology, University of California (San Diego), 1995

Contact

206-287-2934

1730 Minor Ave., Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101
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Research Areas

Research Interests

Comparative effectiveness research; cancer screening and diagnostic, preventive services, methodology

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Identifying clustering in patterns of late effects among survivors of adolescent and young adult hodgkin lymphoma.
(2025 Oct 1)
JNCI Cancer Spectr
Parker K, Heneghan M, Li QW, Brunson A, Ou J, Kaddas HK, Abrahão R, Chubak J, Wernli KJ, Zebrack B, Hahn EE, Kushi LH, Nichols HB, Keegan T, Kirchhoff AC
Does home COVID-19 testing bias COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness estimates?
(2025 Sep 11)
Am J Prev Med
Nowalk MP, Balasubramani GK, D'Agostino H, Zimmerman RK, Monto AS, Martin ET, Nguyen HQ, Gaglani M, Mamwala M, Tartof S, Lewin BJ, Wernli K, Wickersham B, Talbot HK, Grijalva CG, Chung JR, Flannery B, US Flu VE Network Investigators
Effectiveness of health communication intervention to improve knowledge on timeliness to return for annual lung cancer screening: The Larch Trial.
(2025 Sep 10)
Chest
Wernli KJ, Anderson ML, Palazzo L, Luce C, Bezman N, Chin M, Gao H, Ralston JD, Rogers K, Su YR, Triplette M, Carter-Bawa L, Vasavada A, Jordan M, West M, Boler S, Green BB
Navigating shared decision-making in lung cancer screening: Insights into barriers, training, and referral propensity among clinicians.
(2025 Nov)
Patient Educ Couns 140(): 109303
Carter-Bawa L, Lafata JE, Slaven JE Jr, Monahan PO, Vielma AG, Wernli KJ, Brandzel S, Gao H, Rawl SM
Transitions Within and Use of Outpatient Primary and Oncology Care in Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult-Onset Cancers.
(2025 Jun 20)
JCO Oncol Pract
Hahn EE, Haupt EC, Chawla N, Osuji TA, Shen E, Smitherman AB, Casperson M, Kirchhoff AC, Zebrack BJ, Laurent CA, Keegan THM, Abrahão R, Ruddy KJ, Chubak J, Nichols HB, Wernli KJ
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