Kara Connors, MPH, is a consultant in children's health promotion and health professions education. Over the past decade, Kara has established her expertise in a variety of areas including: training and education for consumers and health professionals in both distance and in-person formats, program development/management, and evaluation and research. With a strong communication background, Kara has an excellent ability to conceptualize an idea into a well resourced project, lend strategic thinking and “hands on” leadership toward project completion, and develop relevant tools to evaluate its impact.

Kara graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY with a degree in political science. Her thesis, "Women and the Politics of AIDS," was one of the first academic analyses of those factors impacting women in the early years of the AIDS epidemic. Kara completed her master's in public health from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Public Health. Her master's thesis was titled: "Faculty Development and Service-Learning: Critical Issues and Emerging Innovations in Community-Based Health Professions Education." The evaluation component presented in her thesis is reported in Academic Medicine.

Kara enjoys working with community, academic and health enterprise sectors. She is available for short or long term consultation in the areas of: in person training and distance education, program development/management, and evaluation and research.

Kara can be reached by phone: 415/413-4555 or by email: kara@bridgewayhealth.net for more information.