SHARON LAING
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and
Healthcare Leadership,
University of Washington Tacoma
ABOUT SHARON
Dr. Sharon Laing is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership at the University of Washington, Tacoma (UWT), Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, and Associate Faculty at Harborview Injury and Prevention Research Center (HIPRC).
She is the recipient of several awards and honors including awards from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Medical Research program and the American Psychological Association Science Directorate for her doctoral work in healthcare decision-making and mammography utilization. She also received an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Minority Scholar award for this work.
Dr. Laing engages in health services and healthcare systems research targeting minoritized communities.