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Karen Lee

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Karen Lee

Professor

Medicine Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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33 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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103

Publications

2,327

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Research

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Latest papers

A Scalability Assessment of an Organizational Health Literacy Initiative to Support Health Professionals in Developing Quality Consumer Information
Journal of Health Communication · 2026
Identifying the potential scalability of an opioid stewardship framework to improve practice in remote and rural hospitals in Queensland, Australia
International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare · 2026 · senior author
A standardized health-system specialty pharmacy approach to identify and address social determinants of health
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy · 2025

All 103 publications

Latest funding

'Build it so they will come.' Understanding lived experience to catalyze active transportation as a climate change intervention
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$125,000
Just getting from 'A' to 'B' misses what you could 'C': Active school travel ABCs to improve health and engage with public spaces
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$65,000

All 2 grants and awards

103 publications.

A Scalability Assessment of an Organizational Health Literacy Initiative to Support Health Professionals in Developing Quality Consumer Information

Sarah Marshall, Dana Mouwad, Heather L. Shepherd, Karen Lee, Julie Ayre, Kirsten J. McCaffery, Andrew Milat, Don Nutbeam, Danielle Marie Muscat

Journal of Health Communication20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2026.2670324 PMID: 42338081

Identifying the potential scalability of an opioid stewardship framework to improve practice in remote and rural hospitals in Queensland, Australia

Champika Pattullo, Peter Donovan, Lisa Hall, Karen Lee

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000634 PMID: 42482297

A standardized health-system specialty pharmacy approach to identify and address social determinants of health

Shanece Green, Casey A. Fitzpatrick, Kristin M. Darin, Andrew Wash, Carly Giavatto, Ana I Lopez-Medina, Karen Lee, Rabiah Dys, Jessica Mourani

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy20252 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaf176 PMID: 40607837

Successful Scale-Up in Physical Activity: Is It Simply a Matter of Luck?

Jiani Ma, Corneel Vandelanotte, Nick Petrunoff, Verity J Cleland, Adrian Ernest Bauman, Siobhan Wong, Sarah G. Kennedy, Samuel Cassar, Josephine Y. Chau, Karen Lee, Pairoj Saonuam, Trevor Shilton, Harriet Koorts

Journal of Physical Activity and Health20251 citations

DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2025-0787 PMID: 41468195

Reaching Priority Populations When Scaling Up: A Qualitative Study of Practitioners' Experiences of Implementing Early Childhood Health Interventions in Victoria, Australia

Sarah K Marshall, Penelope Love, Konsita Kuswara, Karen Lee, Hannah Downes, Rachel Laws

Maternal and Child Nutrition20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/mcn.70046 PMID: 40387390

The Effects of Proactive Home Modifications for Aging in Place: Evidence from Hong Kong

Bo Kyong Seo, Kin Yuen Tam, Yichen Dang, Karen Lee

Journal of Aging and Environment20251 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2025.2478405

Taking stock: understanding key processes in the public health programs—stages of research and evaluation framework

Karen Lee, Philayrath Phongsavan, Luke Wolfenden, Rachel Tabak, Adrian Ernest Bauman

Health Promotion International2025First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaf213 PMID: 41384728

Abstract 1627 The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biology Division: A Dynamic Community Promoting Best Practices in Undergraduate Biology Education

Michael J. Wolyniak, Susan E. Safford, Susan Klinedinst, Lance F. Barton, Joyce J. Fernandes, Karen Lee, Elizabeth Beason-Abmayr, Elizabeth J. Sandquist

Journal of Biological Chemistry2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108587

Sustainable chronic disease prevention at scale: Evaluation of the Get Healthy Service, a telephone and online coaching service

Zoë Szewczyk, Bronwyn McGill, Philip James Clare, Karen Lee, Sandra Davidson, Sarah Jeong, Adrian Ernest Bauman, Blythe Jane O'Hara

Preventive Medicine2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108357 PMID: 40645377

The Scale-Up of a Digital Health Intervention (Healthy Beginnings for HNEKids) Targeting the First 2000 Days: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Alison Brown, Nayerra Hudson, Jacklyn Kay Jackson, Jessica Pinfold, Luke Wolfenden, Nicole Nathan, Rebecca Sewter, Sienna Kavalec, Lynda J. Davies, Sarah Young, Hannah McCormick, Sonya Stanley, Tessa M. Delaney, Christophe Lecathelinais, Paul David Craven, Sinead Redman, Emma Cushing, Nguyet de Mello, Karen Lee, Rachel Sutherland

2025Open Access

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.81390

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Karen Lee

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A Scalability Assessment of an Organizational Health Literacy Initiative to Support Health Professionals in Developing Quality Consumer Information

Identifying the potential scalability of an opioid stewardship framework to improve practice in remote and rural hospitals in Queensland, Australia

A standardized health-system specialty pharmacy approach to identify and address social determinants of health

Successful Scale-Up in Physical Activity: Is It Simply a Matter of Luck?

Reaching Priority Populations When Scaling Up: A Qualitative Study of Practitioners' Experiences of Implementing Early Childhood Health Interventions in Victoria, Australia

The Effects of Proactive Home Modifications for Aging in Place: Evidence from Hong Kong

Taking stock: understanding key processes in the public health programs—stages of research and evaluation framework

Abstract 1627 The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biology Division: A Dynamic Community Promoting Best Practices in Undergraduate Biology Education

Sustainable chronic disease prevention at scale: Evaluation of the Get Healthy Service, a telephone and online coaching service

The Scale-Up of a Digital Health Intervention (Healthy Beginnings for HNEKids) Targeting the First 2000 Days: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

'Build it so they will come.' Understanding lived experience to catalyze active transportation as a climate change intervention

Just getting from 'A' to 'B' misses what you could 'C': Active school travel ABCs to improve health and engage with public spaces

Frequent collaborators

Marcello Tonelli

Braden Manns

Scott Klarenbach

Murray Krahn

William Wong

Doug Coyle

Douglas Coyle

Heather Mckay

Judith Peranson

Fok-Han Leung

JC Spence

Stirling Bryan

Beate Sander

John Spence

Alexander Haines

Stirling Bryan

Nancy Edwards

Ashleigh Tuite

Joy MacDermid

Candace Nykiforuk