PostGRES Profile Detail – Staff
Karina Cortez
Research Coordinator
Research
kcortez@uw.edu
Biography
Karina (she/her) is a research coordinator supporting Dr. Sebastian Tong’s research group. Before joining the Department of Family Medicine, she worked in a research laboratory focused on chronic pain. Additionally, amid the front-line efforts against COVID-19, she served as a patient screener for a community clinic in Dallas, primarily catering to the large Spanish-speaking demographic. She is motivated by the opportunities of working with others who are committed to improving the well-being of our diverse population. Her research interests encompass communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, vaccines and clinical trials, as well as maternal and child health.BS, General Biology, University of California San Diego