Sara Lynn Shaunfield

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Research Interests

Dr. Sara Shaunfield received a PhD in Communication from the University of Kentucky. After which, she joined the Department of Medical Social Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in 2015. Dr. Shaunfield serves as Lead Qualitative Scientist and core member of the Northwestern University Center on Outcomes Research and Education (NUCORE) where she oversees and conducts qualitative scale development and content validation studies of illness-specific patient-reported outcome measures, symptom indices, patient preference questionnaires, and measures of health-realted quality of life.

Dr. Shaunfield's research focuses on patient and family caregiver outcomes and quality of life, including patient-reported outcome measure development and validation. She is especially interested in explorations of the influence of interpersonal communication on informal family caregiver burden and health outcomes within the contexts of chronic, palliative, and end-of-life care. Dr. Shaunfield has over 11 years experience using qualitative research methods. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Critical Path Institute, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Kentucky

… → 2015

MS, University of North Texas

… → 2011

Research interests

Aging
Alzheimer's Disease
Eldercare
Geriatrics
Health Communications
Oncology
Outcome Measures
Palliative Care and Hospice
Patient-Centered Care
Qualitative Research Methods
Quality of Life

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Grants

5 Active

NIH Infant and Toddler Toolbox

Bass, M., Blackwell, C. K., Cella, D., Flynn, R., Gershon, R., Kaat, A. J., Kallen, M. A., Lai, J., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Nowinski, C. J., Shaunfield, S. L., Wakschlag, L. S., Waxman, S. R. & LaForte, E. M.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

9/20/19 → 9/19/20

Project: Research project

Northwestern University Clinical Outcome Assessment Team (NUCOAT)

Cella, D., Flores, A. M., Gershon, R., Greene, G. J., Griffith, J. W., Lai, J., Nowinski, C. J., Pandolfino, J. E., Peipert, J. D., Phillips, S. M., Shaunfield, S. L. & Taft, T. N.

Food and Drug Administration

9/10/19 → 8/31/24

Project: Research project

Final Qualification Package for DDT COA #000079: PROMIS Physical Function in Oncology

Cella, D., Kallen, M. A., Peipert, J. D. & Shaunfield, S. L.

Food and Drug Administration

9/1/19 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

Development of a context of use and PROMIS Physical Function outcome assessment for patients with sarcopenia

Butt, Z., Cella, D., Jensen, S. E. & Shaunfield, S. L.

Food and Drug Administration

9/1/19 → 8/31/20

Project: Research project

Development of a Patient and Caregiver Reported Instrument of the Access to and Quality of Home Health Care for Children with Medical Complexity

Kaat, A. J. & Shaunfield, S. L.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

1/1/18 → 12/15/20

Project: Research project

Research Output

146 Citations
25 Article
4 Chapter

Does recall period matter? Comparing PROMIS^® physical function with no recall, 24-hr recall, and 7-day recall

Condon, D. M., Chapman, R., Shaunfield, S., Kallen, M. A., Beaumont, J. L., Eek, D., Mitra, D., Benjamin, K. L., McQuarrie, K., Liu, J., Shaw, J. W., Martin Nguyen, A., Keating, K. & Cella, D., Mar 1 2020, In : Quality of Life Research. 29, 3, p. 745-753 9 p.