Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion

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Marilyn Schapira, MD, MPH is a CHERP Associate Director, Core Investigator, and Co-Director of the Mentoring, Research Ethics, and Career Development (MEC) Core. Dr. Schapira is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, General Internal Medicine.

The overarching goal of Dr. Schapira's research is to improve evidence-based, informed, and value-aligned medical decisions. Dr. Schapira 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. Her research focuses on the clinical area of cancer control. Dr. Schapira is an Associate Editor of the Medical Decision Making and Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice journals. Dr. Schapira is a Co-Director of the Masters of Science in Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania and an Associate Director for the CMCVAMC National Clinician Scholar Program (NCSP) Advanced Fellowship.