Sally A. Shumaker, PhD
- Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy

Sally A. Shumaker, PhD
- Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
Research Interests
- Women's Health (Cognition and Dementia, CVD, Aging)
- Psychosocial Factors in Chronic Diseases
- Adherence and Maintenance of Healthy Behavior Change
- Conflict Resolution
- Mediation
- Negotiation and Leadership Development
- Education
- BA, Wayne State University, 1973
- MA, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1975
- PhD, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 1979
- Memberships
- American Gerontological Society
- Cell Kinetics Society
- American Psychological Association
- Canadian Society For Immunology
- American Public Health Association
- Acoustical Society of America
- Cincinnati Pediatric Society
- Positions
- Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Professor, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Departments and Affiliations
- Social Sciences and Health Policy
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention
Research
- Design and baseline characteristics of the cocoa supplement and multivitamin outcomes study for the Mind: COSMOS-Mind. Baker LD, Rapp SR, Shumaker SA, Manson JE, Sesso HD, Gaussoin SA, Harris D, Caudle B, Pleasants D, Espeland MA. . 2019 08; 83:57-63.
- A descriptive pilot study of structural and functional social network ties among women in the women's health initiative (WHI) study. Cené CW, Frerichs L, Evans JK, Kroenke CH, Dilworth-Anderson P, Corbie-Smith G, Snively B, Naughton MJ, Shumaker S. J Women Aging. ; 33(1):1-29.
- Dementia outcomes after addition of proxy-based assessments for deceased or proxy-dependent participants. Gaussoin SA, Espeland MA, Beavers DP, Casanova R, Garcia KR, Snively BM, Shumaker SA, Wallace RB, Rapp SR. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 10; 34(10):1403-1411.
- General and domain-specific cognitive reserve, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia risk in older women. Petkus AJ, Resnick SM, Rapp SR, Espeland MA, Gatz M, Widaman KF, Wang X, Younan D, Casanova R, Chui H, Barnard RT, Gaussoin S, Goveas JS, Hayden KM, Henderson VW, Sachs BC, Saldana S, Shadyab AH, Shumaker SA, Chen JC. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2019; 5:118-128.
- Perspectives of pain in patients with type 2 diabetes. Kirk JK, Hunter JC, Mihalko SL, Danhauer SC, Shumaker SA. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2019 05; 14(3):215-219.