Carmit McMullen, PhD, is a medical anthropologist who studies health care delivery, cancer survivorship, and aging. She provides expertise in qualitative and ethnographic research methods, such as focus groups, interviews, and fieldwork (participant-observation), for studies in diverse subject areas. She also facilitates patient engagement in research by training patient advocates and integrating them into the research process.
Dr. McMullen has established a research program on treatment-related disability, quality of life and cancer survivorship among patients with a history of bladder or colorectal cancer. Her cancer research also explores personalized, preference-based treatment options for bladder cancer patients, including a comparative effectiveness study of urinary diversion options after cystectomy. As a Cancer Research Network Scholar, she completed an 18-month training program for promising early-career investigators at HMO-affiliated research centers nationwide and she now represents the Center for Health Research in the Cancer Research network.