Sarah M. Greene, MPH
Research Associate
206-287-2989
greene.sm@ghc.org
Recent publications
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Research interests and experience
- Health communication: health literacy; patient/provider interaction
- Cancer control: survivorship; quality of care; biobehavioral; health outcomes
- Behavior change: cancer screening promotion/participation; self management support
- Partnerships and collaboration: capacity building; streamlining multi-site research; evaluation
Sarah Greene is passionate about effective communication and collaboration. Making research as easy, expedient, and engaging as possible—for both study participants and research scientists—is the primary focus of her work.
Since joining Group Health Research Institute (GHRI) in 1998, Ms. Greene has excelled at finding new ways to streamline the conduct of research, especially the research review process. As a key member of several large collaborative projects conducted by the HMO Research Network, she has identified strategies that support successful collaboration and ease the burden of multi-site research review. Her decade of work with the HMO Cancer Research Network (CRN) compelled her to examine how multi-site research review can be improved, and she also co-led the development of an alternative model for collaborative Institutional Review Board (IRB) review of data-only studies. Her ongoing involvement in the CRN is in the areas of cancer survivorship and optimizing clinical trial recruitment.
Many of Ms. Greene's current projects examine health communication and how it influences behavior, including the role of health literacy (written and oral) in cancer prevention. She is also exploring ways to apply social marketing strategies to improve research-related communication. Her goal is to find ways to ensure that research design, implementation, and dissemination are all participant centered, which will further inform a conceptual model of engagement. In addition, she continues to study strategies for facilitating the research process, from streamlining research review to promoting successful collaboration.
Recent publications
Ubel PA, Smith DM, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Derry HA, McClure J, Stark A, Wiese C, Greene S, Jankovic A, Fagerlin A. Testing whether decision aids introduce cognitive biases: results of a randomized trial. Patient Educ Couns. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Greene SM, Mazor KM, Gallagher TH. Participating in biomedical research. JAMA. 2009;302(20):2200. PubMed
Fagerlin A, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Smith DM, Nair V, Derry HA, McClure JB, Greene S, Stark A, Alford SH, Lantz P, Hayes DF, Wiese C, Zweig SC, Pitsch R, Jankovic A, Ubel PA. Women's decisions regarding tamoxifen for breast cancer prevention: responses to a tailored decision aid. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2009 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Greene SM. Health literacy and health researchers: connecting the dots NPHIC News. 2009;20(5):4.
Ridpath JR, Wiese CJ, Greene SM. Looking at research consent forms through a participant-centered lens: the PRISM readability toolkit. Am J Health Promot. 2009 Jul-Aug;23(6):371-5. PubMed
Tolsma D, Calvi J, Davis RE, Alexander G, Greene SM, Wiese C, Anderson J, Resnicow K. Challenges in researching racially sensitive topics in HMOs. Health Psychol. 2009 Jul;28(4):389-90. PubMed
Williams RL, Johnson SB, Greene SM, Larson EB, Green LA, Morris A, Confer D, Reaman G, Madigan R, Kahn J. Signposts along the NIH roadmap for reengineering clinical research: lessons from the Clinical Research Networks initiative. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(17):1919-25. PubMed
Strecher VJ, McClure JB, Alexander GL, Chakraborty B, Nair VN, Konkel JM, Greene SM, Collins LM, Carlier CC, Wiese CJ, Little RJ, Pomerleau CS, Pomerleau OF. Web-based smoking-cessation programs: results of a randomized trial. Am J Prev Med. 2008;34(5):373-81. PubMed
Geiger AM, Buist DS, Greene SM, Altschuler A, Field TS. Survivorship research based in integrated healthcare delivery systems: the Cancer Research Network. Cancer. 2008;112(11 Suppl):2617-26. Epub 2008 Apr 21. PubMed
Aiello Bowles EJ, Tuzzio L, Wiese CJ, Kirlin B, Greene SM, Clauser SB, Wagner EH. Understanding high-quality cancer care: a summary of expert perspectives. Cancer. 2008;112(4):934-42. Epub 2008 Jan 7. PubMed
Strecher VJ, McClure J, Alexander G, Chakraborty B, Nair V, Konkel J, Greene S, Couper M, Carlier C, Wiese C, Little R, Pomerleau C, Pomerleau O. The role of engagement in a tailored web-based smoking cessation program: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2008;10(5):e36. PubMed
To view more publications, please see Ms. Greene's CV.