Sarah has over 10 years of experience conducting qualitative and mixed methods research and evaluation to support a variety of implementation science and outcome evaluations. She is also an experienced project manager with a large portfolio of projects for which she provides technical assistance and capacity building support to a range of organization types and teams.

Sarah has conducted research and analysis on public health topics including falls risk in older adults; HIV health outcomes and care delivery; HIV stigma; COVID-19 prevention and vaccination behaviors; mental and behavioral health needs for farm and ranch families in rural communities; primary, secondary, and tertiary opioid misuse prevention; and death scene investigation during natural disasters. 

As the current project director for a HRSA Special Projects of National Significance (Ryan White Part F) Initiative, Sarah manages multisite evaluation and dissemination technical assistance activities for ten demonstration sites implementing services to support older adults aging with HIV, including people living with dementia. For a previous Ryan White Part F Initiative, she managed and led technical assistance efforts for eight demonstration sites implementing behavioral health models of care to improve HIV health outcomes for Black men who have sex with men. 

In addition to this work, she has served as the operations team lead for two NIH-funded grants that sought to understand the factors associated with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality , and separately, evaluating a program to improve employment and health outcomes for people with a history of criminal legal involvement.  Her role on these projects includes providing technical assistance and support to data collection sites, including training, ad-hoc capacity building support, and implementation support for three randomized clinical trialsand an associated implementation science evaluation.

Prior to joining NORC, Sarah worked in health communications and policy for the vector-borne diseases research group at CDC and conducted policy research on tuberculosis for the World Health Organization.