Karen Pearson

Karen Pearson is a Policy Associate at the University of Southern Maine, with over 20 years with the Maine Rural Health Research Center and Flex Monitoring Team. Her research interests include the role of EMS in the rural healthcare delivery system, behavioral health and substance use, population health, and patient safety.

Ms. Pearson is a co-principal investigator on a statewide evaluation of community paramedicine and the lead author of a previous evaluation report and award-winning journal article on community paramedicine.

She brings her skills in bibliographic systems and qualitative analysis to other rural-focused projects within the Catherine Cutler Institute, including federally-funded research on access to substance use disorder treatment.

Ms. Pearson received her BA from North Park University (Chicago), her MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and her MA from St. Xavier University (Chicago). She also holds a Certificate in Knowledge Management & Knowledge Services from the Special Libraries Association.