Sarah Minion, MS is a PhD candidate in the Epidemiology program at The University of Pittsburgh while also a MD candidate at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. At the University of Pittsburgh, she works under her mentor Dr. Catherine Haggerty. Her research interests include geospatial accessibility to maternal healthcare services and the impact of inadequate spatial accessibility on pre- and antenatal outcomes. Her long-term goal is to work as a physician-scientist at an academic hospital. 

Select presentations

• Minion, S., Mendez, D., Krans, E., Brooks, M. & Haggerty, C. A comparison of GIS-based measures on spatial accessibility to obstetricians and associations with adequate prenatal care utilization in Pennsylvania birth records from 2011-2015. Carver College of Medicine’s Medical Student Research Conference, Iowa City, IA 2021. 

• Minion, S., Mendez, D., Krans, E., Brooks, M. & Haggerty, C. Driving distance to delivery hospitals and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes and maternal morbidity: an analysis of Pennsylvania birth records from 2011-2015. Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting 2021. 

• Minion, S., Obr, B.,Carnahan, R., Lee, S. An educational module to improve knowledge of delirium screening in the Emergency Department. SAEM21 Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting 2021. 

Select publications 

• Minion, S., Obr, B. J., Carnahan, R. M., & Lee, S. (2021). An educational module to improve knowledge of delirium screening in the Emergency Department. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 

• Bodnar, L. M., Himes, K. P., Abrams, B., Lash, T. L., Parisi, S. M., Eckhardt, C. L., Braxter, B.J., Minion, S.& Hutcheon, J. A. (2019). Gestational Weight Gain and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Twin Pregnancies. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 134(5), 1075-1086. 

• Carnahan, R. M., Daly, J. M., Minion, S., Gryzlak, B., Weckmann, M. T., Levy, B. T., & Bay, C. P. (2019). A Needs Assessment of Family Physicians to Inform Development of Educational Resources on Antipsychotic Use in Dementia. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 10, 2150132719840113.