Karen Andes is a broadly trained social scientist with three decades of experience in public health research, training and practice. She has worked extensively on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, positive youth development, health disparities in African-American and Latinx communities, and the social determinants of health. She has worked on public health research and service projects in Paraguay since 2005. As a qualitative methodologist, she has provided qualitative analysis expertise for teams working on a variety of issues, including pediatric oncology, emergency preparedness, COVID vaccine hesitancy, HIV/AIDS, and menstrual hygiene management, among others. She is a certified trainer for MAXQDA qualitative data analysis software, and is the author of a three-course specialization on qualitative research methods for public health on the Coursera platform.
