EDUCATION AND TRAINING
M.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1995
Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical
Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1995-1998
NRSA Research Fellowship, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCLA,
1998-2000
M.S.H.S., School of Public Health, University of California, Los
Angeles, 2000
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Karin M. Nelson, M.D., M.S.H.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Division of General Internal Medicine 
OFFICE ADDRESS
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 S. Columbian Way
Campus Box 358280 (S-111-GIMC
)
Seattle, WA 98108
Email: karin.nelson@med.va.gov
AcademicOffice (206) 277-5118,
Pager: (206) 570-3828
Fax (206) 764-2849
HONORS
Primary Care Resident Award, Hennepin County Medical
Center, 1998
Cardiology Book Award, Hennepin County Medical Center,
1996, 1997
Best Trainee Paper Award, SGIM, Sept. 1993
Sigma Xi, Brown University, 1989
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Diabetes self-management
Nutrition/hunger
Patient adherence
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Nelson KM,
Chapko MK, Reiber G, Boyko EJ. The association between health
insurance coverage and diabetes care; Data from the 2000 Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System. HSR: Health Services Research
April 1, 2005: 40(2):361-372.
Nelson K,
Reiber G, Boyko E. Diet and exercise
among adults with type 2 diabetes - findings from the Third National
Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES III).
Diabetes Care. 2002;25:1722-28.
Nelson K,
Geiger AM, Mangione CM. Delays in care
for abnormal cervical cytology: the effect of race and ethnicity,
health beliefs, and cancer knowledge. Journal of
General Internal Medicine. 2002;17(9):709-716.
Nelson K,
Norris K, Mangione CM. Disparities in
the diagnosis and treatment of high serum cholesterol by race and
ethnicity. Data from NHANES III.
Archives of Internal Medicine. 2002;162:929-935.
Nelson K,
Brown M, Lurie N. Hunger in an adult
patient population. JAMA.1998;279(15):1211-1214.
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