Dr. Karen Liller received her PhD in 1988 from the University of South Florida and has since held academic positions in the University of South Florida College of Public Health. Dr. Liller is presently Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a tenured full professor specializing in public health and injury prevention. Dr. Liller also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in medical technology, technical education, and curriculum and instruction.
Dr. Liller's teaching, research, and service activities largely focus on public health and the prevention and control of children's unintentional injuries. She has been the recipient of a University of South Florida Faculty Excellence Award and a University Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. Dr. Liller is also the recipient of a Tampa Bay Business Healthcare Hero Award. She has received several national and state grants related to injury prevention. She served as the Education Director of the Deep-South Agricultural Health and Safety Center funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Through this grant, Dr. Liller established the Florida Farm Safety 4 Just Kids chapter.
Dr. Liller has published extensively in top peer-reviewed publications and was named one of the top 15 national women scholars in health education and health promotion. She is the editor of the injury text, "Injury Prevention for Children and Adolescents: Research, Practice, and Advocacy," published by the American Public Health Association. She is a member of several health education/health behavior and injury prevention professional associations and societies such as the American Academy of Health Behavior and the Eta Sigma Gamma national health education professional honorary. She serves on several prestigious advisory boards statewide and nationally that focus on health behavior and injury prevention.
