About
Dr. Elinor Schoenfeld is currently Research Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine. She received her MS and PhD from the Roswell Park Division of the University at Buffalo with a concentration in epidemiology. She maintains a research program in community engaged research, technology development/testing, and building research collaborations across academic disciplines/tech start-up companies.
She has served as PI, Co-PI, or Co-I on over 40 NIH, NSF, HRSA, state, and private foundation funded research projects developing and testing new technologies for aging in place, conducting intervention studies, and determining risk factors for a number of conditions, including various types of cancers, diabetes, leading causes of visual impairment, periodontal disease, cardiac arrest, osteoporosis/falls prevention, obesity, and COVID-19. Her current NSF funded multidisciplinary research focuses on developing contactless room-based sensors and data analytics tools to capture physiologic and movement measurements and analyze them for changes in health for older adults, those with chronic conditions, and onset of new health conditions. For each funded study, she led the development and management of protocols for optimal data collection and processing, the design and development of data collection tools and data management systems, and QA/QI procedures to ensure high-quality data and study success.
As a research facilitator, she brings together researchers from diverse backgrounds to collaborate on new research projects, helps identify and connect researchers with IT resources, and works closely with the Honest Broker to ensure accurate data de-identification before sharing. During her career she has mentored 85 students, from high school through junior faculty, in research, career selection, and development, and she continues to mentor students and faculty who pursue research in their careers. Many have gone on to successful careers in medicine and public health, incorporating research into their positions.
She is course director for a doctoral course in Data Management and Informatics for Clinical Scientists. Dr. Schoenfeld mentors students and junior faculty interested in clinical and translational research and is a guest speaker on clinical research methods and good clinical practice related to data management. Dr. Schoenfeld holds voluntary appointments in the Stony Brook University School of Nursing and Program in Public Health, and as Affiliated Faculty in the Renaissance School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics.
Academic Interests: Community Engaged Research; Aging in Place; Sensor Data Use for Health; Technology development and testing; Addressing Health Disparities; Screening and Early Detection of Disease; Cancer Epidemiology; Cancer Prevention; Diabetes Epidemiology; Data management and informatics.
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