Karen Nieves-Lugo, Ph.D., M.P.H., B.S.

Scientific Review Officer
Office of Extramural Research Administration, Scientific Review Branch
karen.nieveslugo@nih.gov
301-480-4727

Dr. Karen Nieves-Lugo is a scientific review officer at NIMHD. Her research concentrates on the psychosocial and behavioral factors relevant to HIV/AIDS. She also studies the role of culture, social, psychological, and behavioral risk factors in HIV health outcomes, adherence to HIV treatments, and functional disabilities among older people living with HIV.

Prior to joining the National Institutes of Health at the Center for Scientific Review, Dr. Karen Nieves-Lugo was a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at The George Washington University. At CSR, she was a divisional Scientific Review Officer (SRO) in the Division of AIDS, Behavioral and Population Sciences (DABP) where she had the opportunity to work with different Integrated Review Groups (IRGs) and peer-review initiatives.

Dr. Nieves-Lugo received her B.S. in industrial microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus. She earned her M.P.H. in public health biostatics from the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus; received a Ph.D. in psychology from University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus; and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at The George Washington University.

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