Elizabeth Hahn is a medical sociologist and biostatistician with expertise in the design, implementation, coordination and statistical analysis of clinical trials, survey research studies, instrument development and validation projects, and other health services research studies. She has expertise in the application and interpretation of probabilistic measurement models (item response theory) as well as statistical models based on classical test theory. She participates in workshops and symposia to discuss research design, measurement and statistical analysis issues related to self-report data, and provides consultation to international researchers in the design and analysis of clinical trials. She is Associate Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. She is also Director of the Outcomes Measurement and Survey Core, a shared resource of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University (RHLCCC).Research InterestsHer research is focused on health literacy and health disparities, and methodological issues in the measurement and analysis of patient-reported outcomes in patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses. She is the principal investigator on several grants targeted to underserved populations (AHRQ R01-HS10333 and R18-HS01730; ACS #TURSG-02-069-01-PBP; NHLBI R01-HL081485). She received the American Cancer Society Trish Greene Quality of Life Manuscript Award in 2005 and the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) Outstanding Article of the Year Award in 2008. |
