Sarah MacEwan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine
Academic information
- Department: Internal Medicine
Research interests
- Health Services Research
- Health Equity
- Patient Engagement
- Health Information Technology
- Patient-Generated Health Data
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
- Social Determinants of Health
- Implementation Science
About
Biography
I am a health services researcher focused on enhancing patient engagement through the use of health technologies and improving equitable use of patient-facing health technology tools. To achieve these objectives, I utilize a multi-level mixed-methods approach that considers the perspectives of patients, providers, healthcare organizations, and community partners. I am particularly interested in how health technologies can influence the management of health conditions through the communication and comprehension of patient-generated data and the impact of this data on shared decision making and health behaviors. My work aims to address inequities in health technology use related to factors such as geographic location, age and self-efficacy.
I received my PhD in biomedical engineering from Duke University and conducted postdoctoral research in molecular engineering at the University of Chicago. My research as a biomedical engineer focused on the development of biomaterial systems for targeted cancer therapy and immunomodulation in autoimmunity. Before joining the Division of General Internal Medicine, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking (CATALYST) in The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Credentials
Education
- Postdoctoral Training - Health Services Research
- The Ohio State University, Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics and Systems Thinking (CATALYST), Columbus, OH, United States
- Postdoctoral - Molecular Engineering
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
- PhD - Biomedical Engineering
- Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
- BS - Biomedical Engineering
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Research
Research interests
- Health Services Research
- Health Equity
- Patient Engagement
- Health Information Technology
- Patient-Generated Health Data
- Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
- Social Determinants of Health
- Implementation Science
Research Methods
- Mixed Methods Research
- Qualitative Methods Research