Sara Smucker Barnwell Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa

Provide in-person, online and distance telehealth training workshops/ telehealth business development consultation to health professionals and companies. Clients include University of Washington, Virtually Better, Inc., state psychological associations and others.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Leveraging evidence-based psychological principles to help clients augment leadership skills aligned with their professional aims. Deliver DISC assessment, individualized leadership consultation, and goals-focused coaching to clients in legal, technology and healthcare-related professions.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Provide evidence-based clinical care to patients for diverse behavioral health concerns.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Design and implement virtual behavioral health clinical offering for established virtual primary care telemedicine provider. Manage team of therapists and coaches to deliver behavioral healthcare. Examine business development partnerships for product development and growth.

Seattle, Wa

As a partner, I oversee operations, recruitment, and practice development for a group of over 50 independent practitioners delivering care in two Seattle locations. Seattle Psychology functions as an independent practice incubator for therapist small business owners. I mentor new practitioners in principles of business administration and leadership.

Seattle, Wa

Seattle, Wa

Advise regarding product development for telemedicine triage and referral platform.

Seattle, Wa

Co-founder of PATH service, a centralized forum that drives telehealth policy, education, and integrated clinical care delivered through telecommunication technologies (e.g, clinical video teleconferencing, telephone, web-based applications, mobile applications, others). Authors facility policies regarding telehealth infrastructure, implementation, and practice. Architected a platform to deliver unified interdisciplinary telehealth care that spans 12 hospital sites. Designs educational curricula for clinical trainees (e.g., interns, residents, fellows) and colleagues seeking to incorporate technology into clinical practice. Founded and leads regular educational forums (e.g., monthly group supervision, journal clubs, workshops, individual instruction) regarding technical, ethical, clinical and legal considerations in telehealth.

Seattle, Wa

Directed clinical video teleconferencing programming spanning 12 hospital sites within VA Puget Sound and surrounding areas. Provided thought leadership for national, regional and local telehealth policy creation. Recruited and managed team of 7 psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers. Designed and implemented program infrastructure, including technology product selection, staff training and service design. Negotiated service contracts with technical service providers, partner clinics and VA administration. Collected and analyzed performance metrics to evaluate program outcomes. Chaired VISN 20 Telemental Health Work Group

Seattle, Wa

Seattle, Wa

Counsel research team regarding telehealth empirical literature, implementation considerations and practical concerns relevant to large-scale research planning.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

One of seven appointed taskforce members convened to compose guidelines and standards to guide the profession of psychology in the use of telecommunications technology in practice. This joint task force includes membership from the American Psychological Association, The Trust (formerly APAIT), and Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). Provides the taskforce with guidance regarding technological needs, implementation details, clinical concerns and other practical considerations relevant to telehealth practitioners and patients.

Greater Seattle Area

Contribute to product development for diverse telemedicine products in behavioral health. Lead team of program evaluators, statisticians, project managers, and research assistants to conduct detailed evaluations of online smoking cessation programming. Designed and implemented internal research initiatives to assess product market penetration, outcomes effectiveness and other metrics. Generated grant applications. Advised executive board regarding: psychological intervention methods appropriate for online environments; research design; large scale data analysis; and report development. Contributed to scientific domain via publication/presentation in telehealth and smoking cessation fields.

Designed and implemented multiple long-term research projects examining topics related to technology, substance abuse and mental health. Conducted extensive data analysis, and published findings in the scientific domain. Managed laboratory environment and staff of four research assistants. Delivered mental health services to diverse South Los Angeles community, including individual cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment of depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, alcohol problems, self-injurious behaviors and adjustment disorders. Family therapy for couples and parent/child dyad. Group cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of social anxiety disorder. Designed and delivered assessment of affective disorders, neurological functioning, learning disability, and intelligence quotient.

Collaborated with research team to design assessment based on motivational interviewing principles to assess substance use and other risk behaviors in adolescents. Interviewed youth in alternative school settings regarding substance use history. Generated assessment reports regarding youth decisional balance, readiness for change measures

Seattle, Wa

Guided product development for enterprise- and SMB-level software solutions to health care research. Consulted with academic researchers regarding project technology needs, studies’ methodological design and data analysis. Collaborated with researchers to develop data collection and management strategies. Developed product prototype for sales outreach and marketing to ensure high product usability. Collaborated with marketing outreach to develop white papers and other evidence of research technology thought leadership Developed metrics to examine internal user research data. Developed internal analytics of sales processes to inform policies regarding outreach.

Analyzed large-scale data sets in SPSS, SAS and STATA. Generated reports on health impacts of public policy. Presented findings to state department officials. Trained incoming employees in statistical basics relevant to creating reports for general public (e.g. presenting means, percentages).

Designed and implemented measures of service effectiveness, cost efficiency and health outcomes for California State Department of Mental Health. Consulted with individual counties to examine specific needs for health care systems. Designed models to predict health service utilization. Analyzed large-scale data sets in SAS and SPSS, and compiled reports for public consumption. Presented findings to governmental officials.

San Francisco Bay Area

Generated educational curriculum for adolescents regarding Judaic Studies. Managed a team of 10 educators directly teaching materials. Planned and oversaw four annual weekend retreats for adolescents focused on Judaic Studies.

As one of this start-up's first twenty-five employees, supported numerous facets of new company's development, branding, and establishment in market. Designed usability measures relevant to emerging technology products. Conducted focus groups and usability evaluations to examine product. Assisted new users in the testing of the product via in-house demonstrations. Collaborated with development teams to incorporate findings into product design. Generated reports for corporate board members.

Collaborated with Wellesley Stone Center toward women’s health advocacy and policy promotion via policy briefs and presentations to governmental organization. Analyzed qualitative data on experience with health providers.

Designed survey measures for longitudinal study of motivational development and decision making among low income families. Authored qualitative analysis strategy for data collection. Analyzed outcomes in SPSS. Generated reports for academic presentations.

Ed.M., Risk And Prevention

Activities and Societies: Student Government, Vice President of AcademicsResearch: Statistical models for predicting women’s use.

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

Ma, Clinical Psychology

B.A., Psychology, Judaic Studies

Activities and Societies: Honors: graduation magna cum laude, accelerated graduationAreas of Concentration: Statistics, cognitive.

Judaic Studies