Sara Singer

Sara Singer is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University, holding concurrent appointments in the School of Medicine (Primary Care & Population Health), the Graduate School of Business (Organizational Behavior), and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. She specializes in healthcare leadership, organizational behavior, and patient safety, with a focus on improving healthcare systems through interdisciplinary collaboration. Her work integrates insights from management science, sociology, and public health to address challenges in health policy and delivery.

Education: Ph.D. in Health Policy/Management (Harvard University, 2007), MBA in Public Management (Stanford University, 1993), A.B. in English (Princeton University, 1986).

Research interests include nurse burnout’s impact on patient outcomes, employer accountability in health benefits administration, and the sociotechnical challenges of healthcare technology. She leads the Health Leadership, Innovation, and Organizations (HELIO) Labs, which emphasizes leadership development, team dynamics, and systems engineering in healthcare.

Recent publications highlight her focus on employer health benefits oversight, family reporting interventions for patient safety, and the effects of nurse burnout on care quality. She advises graduate and postdoctoral scholars on health policy and organizational behavior.