Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion

CHERP Core Investigator and Associate Director, Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH

Dr. Marilyn M. Schapira Receives Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award

CHERP Core Investigator and Associate Director, Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH, was named a recipient of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine’s Samuel Martin Health Evaluation Sciences Research Award.

The Martin Award was established in 1996 to honor Dr. Samuel P. Martin, III, Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Chair of the Health Care Systems Unit of the Wharton School. The award is granted to a member of the School of Medicine faculty for a body of work with an emphasis on health services research.

Dr. Schapira's research focuses on improving evidence-based, informed, and value-aligned medical decisions. She has advanced methods to promote effective risk communication and medical decision making, the adoption of evidence-based medicine, and the communication of scientific evidence. Her research is transdisciplinary drawing upon theoretical foundations in clinical medicine, cognitive and social psychology, economics, education, and biostatistics. She has content and methods expertise in the areas of health literacy, health numeracy, patient-provider communication, and value and preference assessment. Her methods expertise includes qualitative studies, survey design, consensus formation, and the development and evaluation of decision support interventions. Through her development of a validated measure of health numeracy and decision aids designed for use in the clinical setting, she has made substantial contributions to both health services research and the improvement of evidence-based and patient-centered care.