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Susan
M.
Hannum
,
PhD

Associate Research Professor

Susan Hannum, PhD, MA, is a gerontologist conducting research in cancer survivorship across the life course and chronic illnesses in later life.

Contact Info

624 N. Broadway, Hampton House 727
Baltimore
Maryland
21205
US        

Research Interests

Aging and Health; Cancer; Chronic Disease in Later Life; Illness Experiences; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative Research

Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2013
MA
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
2005
Overview

Dr. Susan Hannum (she/her) is an interdisciplinary gerontologist whose broad research agenda focuses on chronic illness among aging populations. Dr. Hannum's primary interests surround socio-cultural aspects of cancer and cancer survivorship; she is interested in chronic illness management, care implementation, and patient-reported outcomes. Dr. Hannum is deeply committed to research that will inform and influence the future of care for those with cancer and other chronic conditions, while increasing quality of life and reducing the burden of illness among aging populations.

Select Publications

Recent publications:

  • Hatef, E., Wilson, R.F., Zhang, A., Hannum, S.M., Kharrazi, H., Davis, S.A., Foroughmand, I., Weiner, J.P., & Robinson, K.A. (2024). Effectiveness of telehealth versus in-person care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Npj Digital Medicine, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01152-2

  • Schoenborn, N.L., Hannum, S.M., Gollust, S.E., Nagler, R.H., Schonberg, M.A., Pollack, C.E., Boyd, C.M., Xue, Q.L., Beach, M.C. (2024). Older women’s perspectives on the ethics of persuasion in doctor-patient communication. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Accepted, In Press.

  • Young, D.L., Hannum, S.M., Engels, R., Colantuoni, E., Friedman, L.A., & Hoyer, E.H. (2024). Dynamic Prediction of Post-Acute Care Needs for Hospitalized Medicine Patients. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(7), 104939.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2024.01.008

  • Hannum, S.M., Oladapo-Shittu, O., Salinas, A.B., Weems, K., Marsteller, J., Gurses, A.P., Shpitser, I., Klein, E., Cosgrove, S.E., & Keller, S.C. (2023). Controlling the chaos: Information management in home-infusion central-line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.134

  • Snyder, C., Hannum, S.M., White, S., Montanari, A., Ikejiani, D., Smith, B., Blackford, A., Thorner, E., Smith, K.C., Carducci, M.A., Stearns, V., & Smith, K.L. (2022). A PRO-cision medicine intervention to personalize cancer care using patient-reported outcomes: intervention development and feasibility-testing. Quality of Life Research, 31(8), 2341–2355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-022-03093-3

  • Hannum, S.M., Abebe, E., Xiao, Y., Brown, R., Peña, I.M., & Gurses, A.P. (2021). Engineering care transitions: Clinician perceptions of barriers to safe medication management during transitions of patient care. Applied Ergonomics, 91, 103299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103299

  • Hannum, S.M., Dy, S.M., Smith, K.C., & Kamal, A.H. (2019). Proposed criteria for systematic evaluation of qualitative oncology research. Journal of Oncology Practice. (Invited Manuscript), DOI: JOP.19.00125

Projects
Humanizing Language in Electronic Health Records to Promote Health Equity (Saha, S. (P.I.))
Home Infusion Collaborative to Eliminate Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) (Keller, S. (P.I.))
Reducing overuse of respiratory cultures and antibiotic use in mechanically ventilated children across a national pediatricritical care collaborative (Sick-Samuels, A. (P.I.))
Bright Horizons: Designing and Evaluating a Brief Intervention to Address Alcohol, Opioid, and other Substance Use among At-Risk Apaches (Cwik, M. (P.I.))