Sara J. Knight

Sara J. Knight, PhD

Languages spoken: French, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Epidemiology

Education History

Undergraduate University of Maryland
 BA
Graduate Training Southern Illinois University Carbondale
 MA
Doctoral Training Southern Illinois University Carbondale
 PhD
Internship Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
 Intern

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Horowitz CR, Orlando LA, Slavotinek AM, Peterson J, Angelo F, Biesecker B, Bonham VL, Cameron LD, Fullerton SM, Gelb BD, Goddard KAB, Hailu B, Hart R, Hindorff LA, Jarvik GP, Kaufman D, Kenny EE, Knight SJ, Koenig BA, Korf BR, Madden E, McGuire AL, Ou J, Wasserstein MP, Robinson M, Leventhal H, Sanderson SC (2019). The Genomic Medicine Integrative Research Framework: A Conceptual Framework for Conducting Genomic Medicine Research. Am J Hum Genet, 104(6), 1088-1096.
  2. Amendola LM, Berg JS, Horowitz CR, Angelo F, Bensen JT, Biesecker BB, Biesecker LG, Cooper GM, East K, Filipski K, Fullerton SM, Gelb BD, Goddard KAB, Hailu B, Hart R, Hassmiller-Lich K, Joseph G, Kenny EE, Koenig BA, Knight S, Kwok PY, Lewis KL, McGuire AL, Norton ME, Ou J, Parsons DW, Powell BC, Risch N, Robinson M, Rini C, Scollon S, Slavotinek AM, Veenstra DL, Wasserstein MP, Wilfond BS, Hindorff LA, CSER consortium., Plon SE, Jarvik GP (2018). The Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research Consortium: Integrating Genomic Sequencing in Diverse and Medically Underserved Populations. Am J Hum Genet, 103(3), 319-327.
  3. Smith HS, Brothers KB, Knight SJ, Ackerman SL, Rini C, Veenstra DL, McGuire AL, Wilfond BS, Malek J (2021). Conceptualization of utility in translational clinical genomics research. Am J Hum Genet, 108(11), 2027-2036.
  4. Balentine CJ, Kenzik K, Chu DI, Morris MS, Knight SJ, Brown CJ, Bhatia (2018). Planning post-discharge destination for gastrointestinal surgery patients: Room for improvement?. American journal of surgery, 216(5), 912-918.
  5. Smith AK, Cenzer IS, Knight SJ, Puntillo KA, Widera E, Williams BA, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky K (2010). The epidemiology of pain during the last 2 years of life. Annals of internal medicine, 153(9), 563-9.
  6. Wahl TS, Goss LE, Morris MS, Gullick AA, Richman JS, Kennedy GD, Cannon JA, Vickers SM, Knight SJ, Simmons JW, Chu D (2018). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Eliminates Racial Disparities in Postoperative Length of Stay After Colorectal Surgery. Annals of surgery, 268(6), 1026-1035.
  7. Balentine CJ, Morris M, Knight SJ, Turan JM, Flood KL, Gutierrez-Meza D, Macdonald CL, Bhatia S, Brown C (2020). An Implementation Assessment of the Virtual Acute Care for Elders Program From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders. Annals of surgery, 275(6), e752-e758.
  8. Hull O, Niranjan SJ, Wallace AS, Williams BR, Turkman YE, Ingram SA, Williams CP, Smith T, Knight SJ, Bhatia S, Rocque G (2020). Should we be talking about guidelines with patients? A qualitative analysis in metastatic breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment, 184(1), 115-121.
  9. Niranjan SJ, Wallace A, Williams BR, Turkman Y, Williams CP, Bhatia S, Knight S, Rocque G (2020). Trust but Verify: Exploring the Role of Treatment-Related Information and Patient-Physician Trust in Shared Decision Making Among Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Journal of cancer education, 35(5), 885-892.
  10. Lin GA, Aaronson DS, Knight SJ, Carroll PR, Dudley R (2009). Patient decision aids for prostate cancer treatment: a systematic review of the literature. CA, 59(6), 379-90.
  11. Dos Santos Marques IC, Herbey II, Theiss LM, Hollis RH, Knight SJ, Davis TC, Fouad M, Chu D (2020). Understanding the Surgical Experience for African-Americans and Caucasians With Enhanced Recovery. The Journal of surgical research, 250, 12-22.
  12. Knight SJ, Chmiel JS, Kuzel T, Sharp L, Albers M, Fine R, Moran EM, Nadler RB, Sharifi R, Bennett C (1998). Quality of life in metastatic prostate cancer among men of lower socioeconomic status: feasibility and criterion related validity of 3 measures. The Journal of urology, 160(5), 1765-9.
  13. All of Us Research Program Investigators., Denny JC, Rutter JL, Goldstein DB, Philippakis A, Smoller JW, Jenkins G, Dishman (2019). The "All of Us" Research Program. The New England journal of medicine, 381(7), 668-676.
  14. Ejem D, Dionne-Odom JN, Turkman Y, Knight SJ, Willis D, Kaufman PA, Bakitas (2018). Incongruence between women's survey- and interview-determined decision control preferences: A mixed methods study of decision-making in metastatic breast cancer. Psycho-oncology, 27(8), 1950-1957.
  15. Maguen S, Metzler TJ, Bosch J, Marmar CR, Knight SJ, Neylan T (2012). Killing in combat may be independently associated with suicidal ideation. Depression and anxiety, 29(11), 918-23.
  16. Rocque GB, Rasool A, Williams BR, Wallace AS, Niranjan SJ, Halilova KI, Turkman YE, Ingram SA, Williams CP, Forero-Torres A, Smith T, Bhatia S, Knight S (2019). What Is Important When Making Treatment Decisions in Metastatic Breast Cancer? A Qualitative Analysis of Decision-Making in Patients and Oncologists. The oncologist, 24(10), 1313-1321.
  17. Scheuner MT, Russell MM, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Peredo J, Yano EM, Hamilton AB, Lerner B, Provenzale D, Knight SJ, Voils C (2019). Stakeholders' views on the value of outcomes from clinical genetic and genomic interventions. Genetics in medicine, 21(6), 1371-1380.
  18. Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Peredo J, Russell MM, Yano EM, Hamilton AB, Lerner B, Provenzale D, Knight SJ, Voils CI, Scheuner M (2019). A logic model for precision medicine implementation informed by stakeholder views and implementation science. Genetics in medicine, 21(5), 1139-1154.
  19. Ahluwalia S, Reddy NK, Johnson R, Emanuel L, Knight S (2020). Dyadic Model of Adaptation to Life-Limiting Illness. Journal of palliative medicine, 23(9), 1177-1183.
  20. Niranjan SJ, Turkman Y, Williams BR, Williams CP, Halilova KI, Smith T, Knight SJ, Bhatia S, Rocque G (2020). "I'd Want to Know, Because a Year's Not a Long Time to Prepare for a Death": Role of Prognostic Information in Shared Decision Making among Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Journal of palliative medicine, 23(7), 937-943.
  21. Dionne-Odom JN, Ejem D, Azuero A, Taylor RA, Rocque GB, Turkman Y, Thompson MA, Knight SJ, Martin MY, Bakitas M (2018). Factors Associated with Family Caregivers' Confidence in Future Surrogate Decision Making for Persons with Cancer. Journal of palliative medicine, 21(12), 1705-1712.
  22. Fagerlin A, Holmes-Rovner M, Hofer TP, Rovner D, Alexander SC, Knight SJ, Ling BS, A Tulsky J, Wei JT, Hafez K, Kahn VC, Connochie D, Gingrich J, Ubel P (2021). Head to head randomized trial of two decision aids for prostate cancer. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 21(1), 154.
  23. Shimada SL, Zocchi MS, Hogan TP, Kertesz SG, Rotondi AJ, Butler JM, Knight SJ, DeLaughter K, Kleinberg F, Nicklas J, Nazi KM, Houston T (2020). Impact of Patient-Clinical Team Secure Messaging on Communication Patterns and Patient Experience: Randomized Encouragement Design Trial. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(11), e22307.
  24. May T, Cannon A, Moss IP, Nakano-Okuno M, Hardy S, Miskell EL, Kelley WV, Curry W, East KM, Acemgil A, Schach J, Sodeke SO, Fouad MN, Johnson RD, Cimino J, Richards JL, Knight SJ, Korf (2020). Recruiting diversity where it exists: The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative. Journal of genetic counseling, 29(3), 471-478.
  25. Graham LA, Malone EB, Richman JS, Carson AP, Affuso O, Knight SJ, Levitan E (2020). Association of Food Access, Recreational Opportunities, and Natural Amenities with Engagement in the Veterans MOVE! Weight Management Program. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 28(1), 55-64.
  26. Odierna DH, Afable-Munsuz A, Ikediobi O, Beattie M, Knight S, Ko M, Wilson A, Ponce N (2011). Early developments in gene-expression profiling of breast tumors: potential for increasing black-white patient disparities in breast cancer outcomes?. Personalized medicine, 8(6), 669-679.
  27. Arar N, Knight SJ, Modell SM, Issa A (2011). The Genome-based Knowledge Management in Cycles model: a complex adaptive systems framework for implementation of genomic applications. Personalized medicine, 8(2), 191-205.
  28. Smith HS, Morain SR, Robinson JO, Canfield I, Malek J, Rubanovich CK, Bloss CS, Ackerman SL, Biesecker B, Brothers KB, Goytia CN, Horowitz CR, Knight SJ, Koenig B, Kraft SA, Outram S, Rini C, Shipman KJ, Waltz M, Wilfond B, McGuire A (2021). Perceived Utility of Genomic Sequencing: Qualitative Analysis and Synthesis of a Conceptual Model to Inform Patient-Centered Instrument Development. The patient, 15(3), 317-328.
  29. Haibach JP, Hoerster KD, Dorflinger L, McAndrew LM, Cassidy DG, Goodrich DE, Bormann JE, Lowery J, Asch SM, Raffa SD, Moin T, Peterson AL, Goldstein MG, Neal-Walden T, Talcott GW, Hunter CL, Knight S (2021). Research translation for military and veteran health: research, practice, policy. Translational behavioral medicine, 11(2), 631-641.
  30. Sheinfeld Gorin SN, Lee RE, Knight S (2020). Group mentoring and leadership growth in behavioral medicine. Translational behavioral medicine, 10(4), 873-876.
  31. Nugent SM, Morasco BJ, Handley R, Clayburgh D, Hooker ER, Ganzini L, Knight SJ, Chen JI, Sullivan DR, Slatore C (2021). Risk of Suicidal Self-directed Violence Among US Veteran Survivors of Head and Neck Cancer. JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery, 147(11), 981-989.
  32. Goddard KAB, Angelo FAN, Ackerman SL, Berg JS, Biesecker BB, Danila MI, East KM, Hindorff LA, Horowitz CR, Hunter JE, Joseph G, Knight SJ, McGuire A, Muessig KR, Ou J, Outram S, Rahn EJ, Ramos MA, Rini C, Robinson JO, Smith HS, Waltz M, Lee S (2020). Lessons learned about harmonizing survey measures for the CSER consortium. Journal of clinical and translational science, 4(6), 537-546.
  33. Gutierrez AM, Robinson JO, Outram SM, Smith HS, Kraft SA, Donohue KE, Biesecker BB, Brothers KB, Chen F, Hailu B, Hindorff LA, Hoban H, Hsu RL, Knight SJ, Koenig BA, Lewis KL, Lich KH, O'Daniel JM, Okuyama S, Tomlinson GE, Waltz M, Wilfond BS, Ackerman SL, Majumder M (2021). Examining access to care in clinical genomic research and medicine: Experiences from the CSER Consortium. Journal of clinical and translational science, 5(1), e193.
  34. Chang ME, Baker SJ, Dos Santos Marques IC, Liwo AN, Chung SK, Richman JS, Knight SJ, Fouad MN, Gakumo CA, Davis TC, Chu D (2020). Health Literacy in Surgery. Health literacy research and practice, 4(1), e46-e65.
  35. Bowling KM, Thompson ML, Finnila CR, Hiatt SM, Latner DR, Amaral MD, Lawlor JMJ, East KM, Cochran ME, Greve V, Kelley WV, Gray DE, Felker SA, Meddaugh H, Cannon A, Luedecke A, Jackson KE, Hendon LG, Janani HM, Johnston M, Merin LA, Deans SL, Tuura C, Williams H, Laborde K, Neu MB, Patrick-Esteve J, Hurst ACE, Kandasamy J, Carlo W, Brothers KB, Kirmse BM, Savich R, Superneau D, Spedale SB, Knight SJ, Barsh GS, Korf BR, Cooper G (2022). Genome sequencing as a first-line diagnostic test for hospitalized infants. Genetics in medicine, 24(4), 851-861.
  36. Nugent SM, Cottrell E, Knight SJ, Helfand (2022). Health Experiences Research as a Resource and Mechanism for Veteran Engagement in VA Healthcare Research and Care Delivery. Journal of general internal medicine, 37(Suppl 1), 118-122.
  37. Knight SJ, Haibach JP, Hamilton AB, Whittle J, Ono SS, Butler J, Flower M, Ray CD, Pugh MJ, Zickmund S (2022). Veteran Engagement in Health Services Research: a Conceptual Model. Journal of general internal medicine, 37(Suppl 1), 94-98.
  38. O'Daniel JM, Ackerman S, Desrosiers LR, Rego S, Knight SJ, Mollison L, Byfield G, Anderson KP, Danila MI, Horowitz CR, Joseph G, Lamoure G, Lindberg NM, McMullen CK, Mittendorf KF, Ramos MA, Robinson M, Sillari C, Madden EB, CSER Stakeholder and Engagement Work Group (2022). Integration of stakeholder engagement from development to dissemination in genomic medicine research: Approaches and outcomes from the CSER Consortium. Genetics in medicine, 24(5), 1108-1119.
  39. Cartwright RD, Knight (1987). Silent partners: the wives of sleep apneic patients. Sleep, 10(3), 244-8.
  40. Rentas C, Baker S, Goss L, Richman J, Knight SJ, Key C, Morris (2022). Patients undergoing colorectal surgery at a Veterans Affairs Hospital do not experience racial disparity in length of stay either before or after implementing an enhanced recovery pathway. BMC surgery, 22(1), 201.
  41. Hamad R, Lyman KA, Lin F, Modrow MF, Ozluk P, Azar KMJ, Goodin A, Isasi CR, Kitzman HE, Knight SJ, Marcus GM, McMahill-Walraven CN, Meissner P, Nair V, O'Brien EC, Olgin JE, Peyser ND, Sylwestrzak G, Williams N, Pletcher MJ, Carton (2022). The U.S. COVID-19 County Policy Database: a novel resource to support pandemic-related research. BMC public health, 22(1), 1882.
  42. Lafferty M, Winchell K, Cottrell E, Knight S, Nugent S (2022). Women of the Gulf War: Understanding Their Military and Health Experiences Over 30 Years. Military medicine,
  43. Kraft SA, Russell H, Bensen JT, Bonini KE, Robinson JO, Sahin-Hodoglugil N, Renna K, Hindorff LA, Kaufman D, Horowitz CR, Waltz M, Zepp JM, Knight S (2022). Conducting clinical genomics research during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from the CSER consortium experience. American journal of medical genetics. Part A,
  44. Durstenfeld MS, Peluso MJ, Peyser ND, Lin F, Knight SJ, Djibo A, Khatib R, Kitzman H, O'Brien E, Williams N, Isasi C, Kornak J, Carton TW, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Beatty A (2023). Factors Associated With Long COVID Symptoms in an Online Cohort Study. Open forum infectious diseases, 10(2), ofad047.
  45. Kramer MD, Lightfoot AC, Knight S, Cazier CF, Olson L (2003). Classroom injuries in Utah public schools. Academic emergency medicine, 10(9), 978-84.
  46. Richards JL, Knight S (2023). Parents' Perspectives on Secondary Genetic Ancestry Findings in Pediatric Genomic Medicine. Clinical therapeutics,
  47. Lemke AA, Thompson ML, Gimpel EC, McNamara KC, Rich CA, Finnila CR, Cochran ME, Lawlor JMJ, East KM, Bowling KM, Latner DR, Hiatt SM, Amaral MD, Kelley WV, Greve V, Gray DE, Felker SA, Meddaugh H, Cannon A, Luedecke A, Jackson KE, Hendon LG, Janani HM, Johnston M, Merin LA, Deans SL, Tuura C, Hughes T, Williams H, Laborde K, Neu MB, Patrick-Esteve J, Hurst ACE, Kirmse BM, Savich R, Spedale SB, Knight SJ, Barsh GS, Korf BR, Cooper GM, Brothers K (2023). Parents' Perspectives on the Utility of Genomic Sequencing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Journal of personalized medicine, 13(7),
  48. Nugent SM, Slatore CG, Winchell K, Handley R, Clayburgh D, Chandra R, Hooker ER, Knight SJ, Morasco B (2023). Prevalence and correlates of high-dose opioid use among survivors of head and neck cancer. Head & neck, 45(8), 2058-2067.
  49. Stevens A, Meier J, Bhat A, Knight SJ, Vanness DJ, Balentine (2023). Reassessing surgical guidelines for papillary thyroid cancer impact on survival: Expanding indications for lobectomy. Surgery, 174(3), 542-548.

Review

  1. Smith HS, Morain SR, Robinson JO, Canfield I, Malek J, Rubanovich CK, Bloss CS, Ackerman SL, Biesecker B, Brothers KB, Goytia CN, Horowitz CR, Knight SJ, Koenig B, Kraft SA, Outram S, Rini C, Shipman KJ, Waltz M, Wilfond B, McGuire A (2022). Perceived Utility of Genomic Sequencing: Qualitative Analysis and Synthesis of a Conceptual Model to Inform Patient-Centered Instrument Development. The patient, 15(3), 317-328.