Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Susan Hannum, PhD, MA, is a gerontologist conducting research in cancer survivorship across the life course and chronic illnesses in later life.
Research Interests
Aging and Health; Cancer; Chronic Disease in Later Life; Illness Experiences; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative Research
Experiences & Accomplishments
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