Sara J. Knight PhD

Dr. Sara Knight's research aims to help veterans who come to the VA health care system make the best possible decisions about their health care and medical treatments. One goal of this work is to improve physician understanding of veterans' needs, goals, and values when they are cared for in the VA. Her work has special relevance to the health care experiences of people who are poor and those who are from ethnic minority groups. Dr. Knight has developed and tested a program to help doctors provide better care for dying persons of different cultures. She is among the first scientists to develop and evaluate practical and clinically useful measures of men's preferences for prostate cancer treatment, validated for use with both black and white veterans and those of limited educational and economic resources.