
Elizabeth Wood Karlson MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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75 Francis StreetBrigham And Womens HospitalBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-5325
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Rheumatology, 1991 - 1994
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1990 - 2027
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American College of Rheumatology
Clinical Trials
- Personalized Risk Estimator for Rheumatoid Arthritis Family Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
- Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Phase III Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Leveraging theResearch Program to Advance Women's Health: Addressing Conditions that Affect Women Differently, Disproportionately, and Uniquely.Elizabeth Cohn, Hoda Anton-Culver, Elizabeth W Karlson, Yu Zhou, Hadine Joffe
Journal of Women's Health. 2026-08-01 - Obesity Polygenic Risk and Healthy Lifestyle Interactions on Weight Trajectories in Women and Men.Aishi Ghosh, Meghan Lau, Anika Fernandes, Brian E Cade, Elizabeth W Karlson
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2026-06-23 - Sustained Reduction in Cardiopulmonary Fitness in Long COVID: A Report from the RECOVER-adult Cohort Study.Julia Moore Vogel, Trevor Jenkins, Marta Cerda, Hillary Chen, Jason Goldman
JACC. Advances. 2026-06-22
Press Mentions
Researchers Discover Key Social Factors That Triple Long COVID RiskAugust 4th, 2025
New Framework for Defining Long COVID Highlights 12 Signature SymptomsMay 25th, 2023
Meet the Informaticist Trying to Solve the Mystery of Long COVIDJuly 14th, 2021
Grant Support
- eMERGE Phase IV Clinical Center at Mass General BrighamBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2026–2027
- All of Us New England Remote Enrollment and Engagement, Nutrition for Precision Health SupportMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2024–2026
- Interactive Data Portals and Robust Analytic Tools to Wrap PASC Cohorts (iDRAW) OTA-21-015AMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2021–2025
- Family History, Genes, Environment And G X E Interaction In Predicting RA RiskNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2010–2011
- ACR Clinical Research ConferenceNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases2010–2011
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