CAREN FROST

Research Professor

College of Social Work

  • Research Professor
    College of Social Work
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Family Medicine & Public Health

BIO

Caren J. Frost, PhD, MPH serves as the Associate Vice President for Research Integrity & Compliance at the University of Utah. She is a Research Professor at the University of Utah's College of Social Work. As a qualitative researcher with expertise in ethnography and phenomenology, Dr. Frost's research allows her to capitalize on mixed method frameworks emphasizing the importance of the qualitative components of a study. She works collaboratively with colleagues and community partners to conduct research that is applied and addresses real world problems for refugee and immigrant groups, as well as for women across the lifespan.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Professor
    College of Social Work1 Jul 2008 - present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Family Medicine & Public Health1 Jun 2007 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Anthropology1 Jul 1998 - 30 Jun 2002
  • Research Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, College of Social Work1 Mar 2001 - 3 Apr 2005
  • Research Associate Professor
    University of Utah, College of Social Work4 Apr 2005 - 30 Jun 2008
  • Senior Associate Vice President for Research Integrity & Compliance
    University of Utah, OVPR, Salt Lake City, United States2019 - present

DEGREES

  • BA, History
    University of Utah1982
  • MPH, Public Health
    Columbia University1988
  • PhD, Anthropology
    University of Utah1995

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Conflict Resolution Certificate
    Cornell University, Ithaca, United States1 Jul 2023 - present
  • Yale Bioethics Certificate
    Yale University, New Haven, United States1 Jul 2021 - present

LANGUAGES

  • Arabic
  • French

FIELDS OF RESEARCH