Rate My Professor SarahAnn McFaden

McFadden’s research specializations include vaccine acceptance and policy, public health, COVID-19, health equity, nursing education, competency-based education, and pediatric nursing. She has produced numerous peer-reviewed publications in leading journals, serving as lead facilitator and substantial writer for the Lancet Commission on Vaccine Refusal, Acceptance, and Demand in the USA (2021), co-authoring "Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US" (EClinicalMedicine, 2020), "Perceptions of the adult US population regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak" (PLoS One, 2020), COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021), and in the United Arab Emirates (IJID Regions, 2021), as well as reviews on strategies promoting equity in COVID-19 vaccine uptake for Black, Hispanic, and undocumented communities (Journal of Urban Health and Journal of Community Health, 2022). At PLU, she has received the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence and DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty (both 2025), was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar (2016-2019), and holds membership in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She contributes to committees including the School of Nursing Curriculum & Instruction Committee, Research Day Committee, and Long Range Planning Committee.