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Sofia Garcia, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medical Social Sciences, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at Northwestern University, and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is Director of Clinical Research for the Cancer Survivorship Institute of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (RHLCCC). Dr. Garcia has fourteen years of research experience in patient-reported outcome measure development and applications in oncology. Her research has focused on developing and implementing patient reported outcome measures and evaluating patient-centered care initiatives, including those that incorporate health information technology and are tailored to vulnerable populations. She has served as principal investigator of nine, and scientific project director of five, cancer control and survivorship studies. Dr. Garcia has been scientific project director, mentored investigator and site principal investigator on three Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) supplement awards. She has also served as a co-investigator on numerous federally-funded studies, including those addressing health literacy and health disparities. Dr. Garcia’s ongoing research includes evaluations of electronic health record-integrated cancer survivorship care plans and patient-reported distress screening, psychosocial oncology supportive care and palliative care services, and a smart-phone application to promote health self-management in cancer survivors. She is currently principal investigator of an AHRQ-funded R18 study, and administrative core leader of an NCI-funded UM1 project, both evaluating system-wide implementation of patient-reported symptom screening in cancer care. In her clinical role, she provides psychological treatment and evaluation through the Supportive Oncology Program of the RHLCCC.
Training Experience
2004 | Internship, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines |
2005 | Fellowship, Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Evanston Northwestern Healthcare) |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Psychology, PhD, Loyola University Chicago
… → 2004
Research interests keywords
- Cancer Survivorship
- Health Disparities
- Health Literacy
- Patient Communications
- Patient-Reported Outcomes
- Psychological Issues of Patients Dealing with Medical Illness
- Quality of Life
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Designing for sustainability: Co-designing and testing the efficacy of a web-based toolkit to improve cancer-related emotional distress and anxiety for rural older cancer survivors
Lewis, M. W. (PD/PI), Chen, R. (Co-Investigator), Garcia, S. F. (Co-Investigator), Kocherginsky, M. (Co-Investigator) & Simon, M. A. (Co-Investigator)
National Institute of Nursing Research
9/23/24 → 5/31/29
Project: Research project
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Pragmatic Trial-Project 1
Garcia, S. F. (PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (PD/PI), Phillips, S. M. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Cella, D. (Co-PD/PI), Cella, D. (Co-PD/PI), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jordan, N. (Co-Investigator), Yanez, B. R. (Co-Investigator) & Yanez, B. R. (Co-Investigator)
8/1/22 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Research & Methods Core-01
Hitsman, B. L. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Garcia, S. F. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Phillips, S. M. (Co-PD/PI), Alshurafa, N. (Co-Investigator), Alshurafa, N. (Co-Investigator), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jordan, N. (Co-Investigator), Kircher, S. M. (Co-Investigator), Kocherginsky, M. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), Scherr, C. E. L. (Co-Investigator) & Scherr, C. E. L. (Co-Investigator)
8/1/22 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Clinical Practice Network-Core02
Hitsman, B. L. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Garcia, S. F. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Phillips, S. M. (Co-PD/PI), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Kircher, S. M. (Co-Investigator), Liebovitz, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Liebovitz, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), Persell, S. D. (Co-Investigator) & Persell, S. D. (Co-Investigator)
8/1/22 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Scalable TELeheaLth Cancer CARe: The STELLAR Program to Treat Cancer Risk Behaviors
Hitsman, B. L. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Spring, B. (PD/PI), Garcia, S. F. (Co-PD/PI), Garcia, S. F. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Hitsman, B. L. (Co-PD/PI), Phillips, S. M. (Co-PD/PI), Phillips, S. M. (Co-PD/PI), Alshurafa, N. (Co-Investigator), Alshurafa, N. (Co-Investigator), Alshurafa, N. (Co-Investigator), Bilimoria, K. Y. (Co-Investigator), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Carroll, A. J. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Cella, D. (Co-Investigator), Holmes, K. (Co-Investigator), Holmes, K. (Co-Investigator), Holmes, K. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jacobs, M. (Co-Investigator), Jordan, N. (Co-Investigator), Jordan, N. (Co-Investigator), Kircher, S. M. (Co-Investigator), Kircher, S. M. (Co-Investigator), Kocherginsky, M. (Co-Investigator), Kocherginsky, M. (Co-Investigator), Liebovitz, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Liebovitz, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Liebovitz, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), Mohindra, N. A. (Co-Investigator), O'Brien, M. J. (Co-Investigator), O'Brien, M. J. (Co-Investigator), O'Brien, M. J. (Co-Investigator), Persell, S. D. (Co-Investigator), Persell, S. D. (Co-Investigator), Persell, S. D. (Co-Investigator), Pfammatter, A. F. (Co-Investigator), Pfammatter, A. F. (Co-Investigator), Scherr, C. E. L. (Co-Investigator), Scherr, C. E. L. (Co-Investigator), Scherr, C. E. L. (Co-Investigator), Wehbe, F. (Co-Investigator), Wehbe, F. (Co-Investigator), Yanez, B. R. (Co-Investigator), Yanez, B. R. (Co-Investigator) & Yanez, B. R. (Co-Investigator)
8/1/22 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Development of a method for qualitative data integration to advance implementation science within research consortia
on behalf of the IMPACT Consortium, Dec 2025, In: Implementation Science Communications. 6, 1, 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implementation of patient-reported outcome dashboards within the electronic health record to support shared decision-making in serious chronic illness
Perry, L. M., Mohindra, N. A., Coughlin, A., Bedjeti, K., Barnard, C., Garcia, S. F., Peipert, D., Kircher, S. M., Aggarwal, V., Linder, J., Weitzel, M., Morken, V., Patten, E., Torres, J., O'Connor, M., Metzger, S., O'Daniel, A., Chmiel, R., Modi, R. & Munroe, M. & 6 others, , Jan 11 2025, In: BMJ Open Quality. 14, 1, e002837.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Risk of significant functional impairment across cancer diagnosis and care continuum
Flores, A. M., Shah, M., Bedjeti, K., Franklin, P. D., Peipert, J. D., Garcia, S. F., Lancki, N., Webster, K. A., O’Connor, M. & Cella, D., Jan 1 2025, In: cancer. 131, 1, e35571.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Speaking of survival: oncologists’ approaches to risk behavior conversations with cancer survivors
Kerstiens, S., Scherr, C. L., Cousins, M., Carroll, A. J., Jayeoba, M., Daly, E. R., Phillips, S. M., Hitsman, B., Garcia, S. F. & Spring, B. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Cancer Survivorship.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Web-Based Cancer Symptom Self-Management System: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Cella, D., Lancki, N., Kuharic, M., Yanez, B., Bass, M., Garcia, M. G., Webster, K. A., Smith, J. D., O'Connor, M., Coughlin, A., Cahue, S., Kircher, S., Flores, A. M., Penedo, F. J., Jensen, R. E., Wilder Smith, A., Richardson, K., Barnard, C., George, C. M. & Tsarwhas, D. G. & 2 others, , 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: JAMA network open. e258353.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Adverse COVID-19 experiences and health-related quality of life in cancer survivors: indirect effects of COVID-19-related depression and financial burden
Perry, L. M. (Creator), Peipert, J. D. (Creator), Kircher, S. M. (Creator), Penedo, F. J. (Creator) & Garcia, S. F. (Creator), figshare, 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6746651.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Adverse_COVID-19_experiences_and_health-related_quality_of_life_in_cancer_survivors_indirect_effects_of_COVID-19-related_depression_and_financial_burden/6746651/1
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