Education

Smith College, BA, 06/1987, Psychology
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MPH, 06/2000, Health Behavior and Health Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, PhD, 06/2009, Medical Anthropology

Honors & Awards

  • 2014
    Department of Medicine's Quality and Safety Innovation Challenge Award, UCSF
  • 2013
    Diana Forsythe Award, American Medical Informatics Association
  • 2000
    Kathryn J. Kerr Memorial Award for Community Activism, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health
  • 1999
    Lucy S. Morgan Award for Leadership, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Public Health

Selected Publications

  1. Hessler D, Marino M, Kaufmann J, Gold R, King A, Wing H, Donovan J, Pisciotta M, Ackerman S, Goldberg B, Gottlieb LM. The Combined and Comparative Impacts of Financial Incentives Versus Practice Facilitation Implementation Support for Social Risk Screening in Community Health Centers. Health Serv Res. 2025 Feb 10; e14448.  View on PubMed
  2. Biesecker BB, Ackerman SL, Brothers KB, East KM, Katherine M Foreman A, Hindorff LA, Horowitz CR, Jarvik GP, Knight SJ, Leo MC, Patrick DL, Rini C, Robinson JO, Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Slavotinek A, Suckiel SA, Veenstra DL, Zinberg RE, Hunter JE. Genomic sequencing in diverse and underserved pediatric populations: parent perspectives on understanding, uncertainty, psychosocial impact, and personal utility of results. Genet Med. 2025 Jan 19; 101363.  View on PubMed
  3. Swanson K, Norton ME, Ackerman SL, Lianoglou BR, Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Sparks TN. Patient understanding of prenatal exome sequencing. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2024 Nov; 6(11):101490.  View on PubMed
  4. Bell J, Gottlieb LM, Lyles CR, Nguyen OK, Ackerman SL, De Marchis EH. Provision of digital devices and internet connectivity to improve synchronous telemedicine access in the U.S.: a systematic scoping review. Front Digit Health. 2024; 6:1408170.  View on PubMed
  5. Outram SM, Brown JEH, Norstad M, Zamora AN, Ackerman SL. Experts' Views on Children's Access to Community-Based Therapeutic and Education Services After Genomic Sequencing Results. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 45(5):e456-e462.  View on PubMed
  6. Mavura Y, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Hodoglugil U, Kvale M, Martin PM, Van Ziffle J, Devine WP, Ackerman SL, Koenig BA, Kwok PY, Norton ME, Slavotinek A, Risch N. Genetic ancestry and diagnostic yield of exome sequencing in a diverse population. NPJ Genom Med. 2024 Jan 03; 9(1):1.  View on PubMed
  7. Astrid N. Zamora, Julia E.H. Brown, Simon Outram, Sara L. Ackerman. Using visual storytelling to share aggregate findings with families participating in clinical genomics research. Genetics in Medicine Open. 2024 Jan 1; 2:101844.  View on PubMed
  8. Wadhwani SI, Alvarado A, Shifman HP, Bautista B, Yalung J, Squires JE, Campbell K, Ebel NH, Hsu E, Vittorio J, Zielsdorf S, Desai DM, Bucuvalas JC, Gottlieb L, Kotagal U, Lyles CR, Ackerman SL, Lai JC. Caregivers' and providers' perspectives of social and medical care after pediatric liver transplant: Results from the multicenter SOCIAL-Tx study. Liver Transpl. 2024 Jul 01; 30(7):717-727.  View on PubMed
  9. Wilkerson K, De Marchis E, Rudd N, Williams JC, Pantell M, Ackerman SL, Amerson EH, Chang AY. Patient Perspectives on Social Risk Screening and Documentation in a Dermatology Clinic. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 12 01; 159(12):1346-1358.  View on PubMed
  10. Slavotinek A, Rego S, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Kvale M, Lianoglou B, Yip T, Hoban H, Outram S, Anguiano B, Chen F, Michelson J, Cilio RM, Curry C, Gallagher RC, Gardner M, Kuperman R, Mendelsohn B, Sherr E, Shieh J, Strober J, Tam A, Tenney J, Weiss W, Whittle A, Chin G, Faubel A, Prasad H, Mavura Y, Van Ziffle J, Devine WP, Hodoglugil U, Martin PM, Sparks TN, Koenig B, Ackerman S, Risch N, Kwok PY, Norton ME. Author Correction: Diagnostic yield of pediatric and prenatal exome sequencing in a diverse population. NPJ Genom Med. 2023 Oct 23; 8(1):34.  View on PubMed
  11. Sahin-Hodoglugil NN, Lianoglou BR, Ackerman S, Sparks TN, Norton ME. Access to prenatal exome sequencing for fetal malformations: A qualitative landscape analysis in the US. Prenat Diagn. 2023 10; 43(11):1394-1405.  View on PubMed
  12. Outram SM, Rego S, Norstad M, Ackerman S. The Need to Standardize the Reanalysis of Genomic Sequencing Results: Findings from Interviews with Underserved Families in Genomic Research. J Bioeth Inq. 2024 03; 21(1):95-104.  View on PubMed
  13. Ge J, Fontil V, Ackerman S, Pletcher MJ, Lai JC. Clinical decision support and electronic interventions to improve care quality in chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2023 Aug 23.  View on PubMed
  14. Lopez JM, Wing H, Ackerman SL, Hessler D, Gottlieb LM. Community Health Center Staff Perspectives on Financial Payments for Social Care. Milbank Q. 2023 12; 101(4):1304-1326.  View on PubMed
  15. Sara L. Ackerman, Holly Wing, Benjamín Aceves, Maura Pisciotta, Danielle Hessler, Laura M. Gottlieb. “We were trying to do quality versus quantity”: Challenges and opportunities at the intersection of standardized and personalized social care in community health centers. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 2023 Jun 1; 3:100267.  View on PubMed
  16. Slavotinek A, Rego S, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Kvale M, Lianoglou B, Yip T, Hoban H, Outram S, Anguiano B, Chen F, Michelson J, Cilio RM, Curry C, Gallagher RC, Gardner M, Kuperman R, Mendelsohn B, Sherr E, Shieh J, Strober J, Tam A, Tenney J, Weiss W, Whittle A, Chin G, Faubel A, Prasad H, Mavura Y, Van Ziffle J, Devine WP, Hodoglugil U, Martin PM, Sparks TN, Koenig B, Ackerman S, Risch N, Kwok PY, Norton ME. Diagnostic yield of pediatric and prenatal exome sequencing in a diverse population. NPJ Genom Med. 2023 May 26; 8(1):10.  View on PubMed
  17. Mavura Y, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Hodoglugil U, Kvale M, Martin PM, Van Ziffle J, Devine WP, Ackerman SL, Koenig BA, Kwok PY, Norton ME, Slavotinek A, Risch N. Diagnostic Yield of Exome Sequencing in a Diverse Pediatric and Prenatal Population is not Associated with Genetic Ancestry. medRxiv. 2023 May 24.  View on PubMed
  18. Ackerman SL, Brown JEH, Zamora A, Outram S. "I Have Fought for so Many Things": Disadvantaged families' Efforts to Obtain Community-Based Services for Their Child after Genomic Sequencing. AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2023; 14(4):208-217.  View on PubMed
  19. Mary Norton, Billie Lianoglou, Matthew Shear, Sara Ackerman, Nuriye Sahin-Holodlugil, Mark Kvale, Jessica Van Ziffle, W. Patrick Devine, Ugur Hodoglugil, Pierre-Marie Martin, Barbara Koenig, Neil Risch, Pui-Yan Kwok, Anne Slavotinek, Teresa Sparks. O40: Clinical utility of prenatal exome sequencing in a diverse cohort*. . 2023 Jan 1; 1(1):100647.  View on PubMed
  20. Teresa Sparks, Billie Lianoglou, Nuriye Sahin-Holodlugil, Mark Kvale, Jessica Van Ziffle, W. Patrick Devine, Ugur Hodoglugil, Pierre-Marie Martin, Barbara Koenig, Pui-Yan Kwok, Sara Ackerman, Anne Slavotinek, Neil Risch, Mary Norton. O41: Genes associated with disease in fetuses compared to children: Exome sequencing in a large pediatric and prenatal cohort. . 2023 Jan 1; 1(1):100648.  View on PubMed

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