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Sally A Shumaker , Ph.D.
Professor

Shumaker, Sally A

Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy
Division of Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Admin Assistant/Secretary: Sonya Ashburn
Piedmont Plaza II (PLAZ2)
Room Number: 232
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1063

Telephone: 336-716-3838
Email: sshumake@wfubmc.edu

EDUCATION:
B.A., Wayne State University, Honors Psychology, 1973
M.A., The University of Michigan, Social Psychology, 1975
Ph.D., The University of Michigan, Social Psychology, 1979
Post-doctoral Training, University of California, Irvine & Los Angeles, Environmental and Health Psychology Hedwig van Amerigen Fellow, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program for Women, 1997-1998 

RESEARCH:
Dr. Shumaker's primary areas of research include: women's health, psychosocial factors in chronic diseases, social resources, adherence/retention, health-related quality of life, aging (cognitive decline, dementia, disability) , and, hormone therapy (CVD, menopause). In addition, she conducts national training programs in conflict management, mediation and communication. She has been a Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on a number of grants and contracts with the NIH, foundations and Industry. Currently, Dr. Shumaker is: PI on the Clinical Facilitation Center for the Women's Health Initiative, and Chair of the WHI Performance Monitoring Committee; PI on the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS); PI on the Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging; PI on the Cognitive Study of Roloxafene and Tomoxifene (Co-STAR); and Co-PI on the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.

Dr. Shumaker is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Behavioral Medicine, as well as a member of a number of other professional organizations. In addition, she is past-president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and a past member of the APA Council of Representatives. She has over 150 publications in the areas of older women's health, dementia, health-related quality of life, adherence, and psychosocial factors in disease history and progression, and has given invited addresses on these topics throughout the world.
 

PUBLICATIONS (10 most recent):
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Moinpour CM;Darke AK;Donaldson GW;Thompson IM;Langley C;Ankerst DP;Patrick DL;Ware JE;Ganz PA;Shumaker SA;Lippman SM;Coltman CA;  Longitudinal analysis of sexual function reported by men in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial; J Natl Cancer Inst ; 2007 Jul 4; 99:1025-1035
Resnick SM;Maki PM;Rapp SR;Espeland MA;Brunner R;Coker LH;Granek IA;Hogan P;Ockene JK;Shumaker SA;  Effects of combination estrogen plus progestin hormone treatment on cognition and affect; J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 2006 May; 91:1802-1810
Klein KP;Foley KL;Legault C;Manuel J;Shumaker SA;  Creation of a grant support service within a Women's Health Center of Excellence: experiences and lessons learned; J Womens Health (Larchmt ); 2006 Mar; 15:127-134
Shumaker SA;Legault C;Coker LH;  Behavior-based interventions to enhance cognitive functioning and independence in older adults; JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association; 2006 Dec 20; 296:2852-2854
Foy CG;Penninx BW;Shumaker SA;Messier SP;Pahor M;  Long-term exercise therapy resolves ethnic differences in baseline health status in older adults with knee osteoarthritis; J Am Geriatr Soc ; 2005 Sep; 53:1469-1475
Naughton MJ;Jones AS;Shumaker SA;  When practices, promises, profits, and policies outpace hard evidence: the post-menopausal hormone debate; J Soc Issues; 2005 Mar; 61:159-179
Levine DW;Dailey ME;Rockhill B;Tipping D;Naughton MJ;Shumaker SA;  Validation of the Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Rating Scale in a multicenter controlled clinical trial; Psychosom Med ; 2005 Jan; 67:98-104
Espeland MA;Rapp SR;Shumaker SA;Brunner R;Manson JE;Sherwin BB;Hsia J;Margolis KL;Hogan PE;Wallace R;Dailey M;Freeman R;Hays J;  Conjugated equine estrogens and global cognitive function in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study; JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association; 2004 Jun 23; 291:2959-2968
Shumaker SA;Legault C;Kuller L;Rapp SR;Thal L;Lane DS;Fillit H;Stefanick ML;Hendrix SL;Lewis CE;Masaki K;Coker LH;  Conjugated equine estrogens and incidence of probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study; JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association; 2004 Jun 23; 291:2947-2958
Resnick SM;Coker LH;Maki PM;Rapp SR;Espeland MA;Shumaker SA;  The Women's Health Initiative Study of Cognitive Aging (WHISCA): a randomized clinical trial of the effects of hormone therapy on age-associated cognitive decline; Clin Trials; 2004; 1:440-450

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