Janice Sabin

Dr. Janice A. Sabin is a Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, at the University of Washington. Dr. Sabin's area of expertise is racial/ethnic health care disparities with an emphasis on understanding mechanisms and pathways that lead to unequal treatment in health care.. Dr. Sabin is one of a few investigators in the nation who have expertise in applying the science of unconscious bias to health care disparities research. She has designed and implemented original research as principal investigator or co-investigator in academic medicine, the Indian Health Service, the Washington State community mental health system, and with national samples. Her research includes examining patient provider communication in real-world clinic visits with African American patients in Baltimore, pediatricians’ racial bias/discrimination in treatment decisions for African American and white patients, and community based participatory research with African American and American Indian/Alaska Native people to develop health education materials. She has developed interactive, web-based health disparities education materials for physicians. Dr. Sabin is faculty on an interdisciplinary graduate level clinical and leadership training grant, the Pediatric Pulmonary Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Sabin's research is published in top academic journals and has received national and international recognition.

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