Sarah L Cutrona

Sarah L Cutrona is a Professor at UMass Chan Medical School, affiliated with the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She specializes in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and the Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science.

Education:

• BA in English from Yale University
• MPH in Clinical Effectiveness from Harvard University School of Public Health
• MD from Columbia University

Research Interests: Cutrona focuses on health informatics, implementation science, and medical informatics. Her work examines electronic health record (EHR) transitions, digital health interventions, tobacco cessation support tools, and health services research within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). She investigates clinician-patient communication, implementation fidelity, and health equity in technology adoption.

Scientific Contributions: Her 15 most recent publications (2023-2025) cover EHR implementation challenges, digital divide risk scores, cancer survivorship programs, and tobacco cessation monitoring. Key themes include health informatics, internal medicine, and implementation science with subfields like EHR usability, clinician burnout, patient engagement, and health equity.

Collaborations: Cutrona works extensively with institutions including the Veterans Health Administration, Harvard, and Columbia. Her research spans clinical trials, mixed methods studies, and qualitative analyses of healthcare technology adoption.