Sarah Tom
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Maryland
United States of America
Biography
Sarah Tom is an epidemiologist and demographer who studies women’s health and aging from a life course perspective. Sarah completed her BA in economics, PhD and MA in demography, and MPH at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and National Survey for Health and Development (London, United Kingdom), the National Institute on Aging Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry (Bethesda, MD) and the Group Health Research Institute (Seattle, WA). Prior to joining the PHSR faculty, Sarah was an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX), where she was also a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Scholar.
Research Interest
Her research focuses on modifiable risk factors for health outcomes, including insomnia medication use and Medicare Part D policy.
