Sarah Schrauben, MD, MSCE is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the impact of health behaviors and modifiable risk factors in the development and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications, and addresses implementation gaps of evidence-based care in CKD. She aims to improve the understanding of the optimal preventative and management strategies for kidney disease and its complications, particularly for those who have been underrepresented in research including older adults and those with multiple chronic conditions.
She utilizes quantitative research methods that focus on observational studies and clinical trials, and qualitative research methods to provide in-depth understanding of patient-related and context-specific issues. Her research also develops behavioral interventions informed by behavioral economic principles and tests them in clinical trials. She is currently principal investigator of a K23 Career Development Award that implemented a mixed methods approach to identify facilitators and barriers to self-management behaviors in CKD and she developed and tested a smartphone-based support program, SMART-HABITS, to optimize step count and home blood pressure monitoring in people with CKD and hypertension that leveraged wearable devices. She is also PI of a recently funded R01 study examining the longitudinal trajectory of physical function over time among a cohort of people living with CKD and how this relates to clinical outcomes, as well as developing a clinical monitoring tool for physical function among this population.
Dr. Schrauben received her medical degree from the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. She completed internal medicine residency training and a fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Pennsylvania. She also received a Master’s of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania.
