Published in the Summer 2024 ALUMNI JOURNAL

Loma Linda University School of Medicine (LLUSM) has selected Karen Studer ’10 as chair of the department of preventive medicine, effective July 1, 2024.

Studer joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2014 and served as assistant professor of preventive medicine and vice chair of the department of preventive medicine.

“Dr. Studer’s experience and commitment to preventive medicine have been instrumental in advancing our medical education,” said Tamara L. Thomas ’87, dean of LLUSM. “She will continue to grow the department and cares about the health and well-being of our community.”

Studer serves in a variety of leadership roles for Loma Linda University Health (LLUH), including program director of the preventive medicine residency and program director at the public health population medicine (MPH) program at the School of Public Health.

She is one of the founding faculty of the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum (LMRC) and serves as an author, lead, and editor for multiple publications and grants. She serves as director on the American Board of Preventive Medicine and has served on the Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Milestones 2.0 Committee.

She is board-certified in preventive medicine, obesity medicine, integrative holistic medicine, and lifestyle medicine.

Studer succeeds April Wilson ’06 who served as chair of the department since December 2017. Wilson will remain with LLUSM and focus on its lifestyle medicine curricula. The position is pending approval by the LLUH Board of Trustees.

*Reprinted with permission from the School of Medicine.