Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

College of Applied Health Sciences

Research Program

Cancer Prevention And Control (CPC)

Phone: 937-672-2588

Email: elp@uic.edu

Dr. Papautsky holds a PhD in human factors psychology and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at University of Illinois at Chicago and a member of the University of Illinois Cancer Center. After working as a government contractor studying decision making in complex real-world environments (military, intelligence analysis, healthcare) for 10 years, she transitioned to academia to focus her research on patient-centered topics. Her primary research focus is on understanding patient cognitive and behavioral work across the breast cancer care continuum to inform human-centered support solutions. In her work she uses mixed-methods approaches that include Cognitive Task Analysis, naturalistic observations, surveys, and usability.

Education

PhD, Wright State University

Disease Focus

Breast

Research Keywords

Human Factors; Patient-centered; Cognition; Patient-provider Communication; Cancer Care Continuum; Qualitative; Patient Safety

Additional Language(s)

Russian

Published Research

PubMed Search

Other Link(s)

Department Webpage

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