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Sarah Davis Redman

Principal Research Scientist
Public Health
Sarah is a mixed-methods researcher and evaluator with a focus on disaster mortality and cancer prevention and management.

Sarah is a principal research scientist with 20 years of mixed-methods research and evaluation experience with a focus on qualitative methods. Over the past decade, much of her work has also involved designing, implementing, and evaluating training. Although her work has covered many topics, she is increasingly interested in the impact of natural disasters on morbidity and mortality as well as cancer prevention, screening, and management.

Sarah currently leads NORC’s disaster mortality work including a large cross-center project for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aimed at improving processes for identifying and reporting disaster-related deaths. Through evaluation and research activities, NORC designed several resource guides, a suite of supplemental materials, and a comprehensive training all publicly available on CDC’s website. This project builds on the work she led for CDC developing a toolkit and accompanying training for medicolegal death investigators to collect data after natural disaster and extreme weather events. 

Sarah has also worked with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)’s Division of Women’s Health on several cervical cancer related trainings and the American Cancer Society (ACS) on evaluating patient navigation programs and Round Table efforts. Prior to joining NORC, Sarah worked as a qualitative analyst on the Chicago Health, Environmental Exposure, and Recreation Study (CHEERS), where she examined the best ways to communicate with local Chicago waterway users about water quality and safety and an evaluation consultant with the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health.

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Expertise

Education

PhD

University of Illinois, Chicago

MPAff

University of Texas, Austin

BA

Indiana University

Project Contributions

Public Health Workforce Capacity for Disaster Response

A rapid needs assessment to understand local workforce needs for disaster response and recovery

Funder:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Improving Death Reporting Practices After Disasters

Developing training and resources to improve death reporting practices

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Cancer Society’s Efforts to Advance Health Equity

A mixed-methods evaluation of efforts to integrate health equity throughout the organization and within selected communities

Client:

American Cancer Society

COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors

Audience research to support tailored COVID-19 prevention messages and materials for people with disabilities

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HHS OMH Performance Improvement Management System

Identifying best and promising practices to improve the health of the U.S. population

Client:

DHHS Office of Minority Health

Provider Resiliency Evaluation

Rigorous evaluation of three programs addressing health care workforce burnout and mental health

Client:

Health Resources & Services Administration

HRSA Cervical Cancer Learning Series

Empowering safety-net health care settings to provide cervical cancer prevention, screening, and management

Client:

Health Resources and Services Administration

Network-Driven COVID-19 Prevention (RADx-UP)

Randomized control trials to evaluate network-based approaches to promote COVID-19 prevention

Client:

National Institute of Drug Abuse

Network-Driven COVID-19 Prevention (RADx-UP)

Randomized control trials to evaluate network-based approaches to promote COVID-19 prevention

Client:

National Institute of Drug Abuse

Publications

Research Library & Findings