{"id":116543,"date":"2024-11-04T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=116543"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:44:05","slug":"distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><em>This profile is part of a series to highlight the researchers who will be honored at a ceremony on Nov. 14 for UNMC\u2019s Scientist Laureate, Research Leadership, Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator Award recipients.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group callout\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distinguished Scientist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Distinguished Scientist Award \u2014 which is sponsored by the chancellor \u2014 recognizes researchers who have been among the most productive scientists at UNMC during the past five years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Karen Gould, PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong>Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, UNMC College of Medicine; interim assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs; and interim executive associate dean for graduate studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joined UNMC:<\/strong>\u00a01999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Chicago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Describe your research focus in three words or less:&nbsp; <\/strong>Immunology and autoimmunity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why is research important in the world today?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research is crucial because it drives innovation and change. It improves our lives through new technology and medicine, identifies solutions for complex challenges and provides data to guide decision-making and policy. It also helps us to better understand ourselves, each other and the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My research will make a difference because:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research can make a difference because it addresses very basic questions about the immune system and autoimmune disease. In addition to expanding fundamental knowledge, our work has the potential to provide actionable insights that could lead to molecular therapies for autoimmune disease and strategies to enhance the efficacy of vaccines. This research also provides an opportunity to help train the scientists of tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The best advice I\u2019ve ever received is:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThe only constant in life is change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Three things you may not know about me are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I love to cook, but I view recipes as \u201csuggestions.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019m a first-generation American.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have a green thumb. I\u2019ve had some of my houseplants for 25 to 30 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\" bRpGGSi\"> bRpGGSi<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":116638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"103868,20155,64635,48183,44349,47064","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-research","department-academic-affairs","department-college-of-medicine","department-genetics-cell-biology-and-anatomy","department-graduate-studies","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","department-vice-chancellor-research","author_override-unmc-strategic-communications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-04T07:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-04T16:44:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeffrey Robb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeffrey Robb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeffrey Robb\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c\"},\"headline\":\"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-04T07:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-04T16:44:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":16,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\",\"name\":\"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-04T07:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-04T16:44:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"Karen Gould, PhD Photos of Dr. Gould, the interim executive associate dean of graduate studies and interim assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs, in Leslie\u2019s Healing Garden at the Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on Friday, July 26, 2024.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/unmc\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c\",\"name\":\"Jeffrey Robb\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/d09bf41544a3365a46c9077ebb5e35c3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD","description":"Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD","og_description":"Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2024-11-04T07:58:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-04T16:44:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeffrey Robb","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeffrey Robb","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeffrey Robb","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c"},"headline":"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD","datePublished":"2024-11-04T07:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-04T16:44:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/"},"wordCount":298,"commentCount":16,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/","name":"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-04T07:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-04T16:44:05+00:00","description":"Dr. Gould is a professor in the UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/KarenGould103124.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280,"caption":"Karen Gould, PhD Photos of Dr. Gould, the interim executive associate dean of graduate studies and interim assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs, in Leslie\u2019s Healing Garden at the Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on Friday, July 26, 2024."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/11\/04\/distinguished-scientist-karen-gould-phd\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Distinguished scientist: Karen Gould, PhD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/6c55382c243ff55b6c4dee62262b6a5c","name":"Jeffrey Robb","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/d09bf41544a3365a46c9077ebb5e35c3\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116543"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116769,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116543\/revisions\/116769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}