Key Researcher
Cory Schaffhausen, PhD
Dr. Schaffhausen is a health services researcher at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, and a human-centered design engineer at the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). His research applies human-centered design and stakeholder engagement to improve care delivery for patients with chronic diseases.
Chronic Disease Organ Transplantation
Dr. Schaffhausen’s research focuses on solid organ transplantation. He’s developed tools for collaborative decision-making between patients and clinicians to better understand the process of organ donor acceptance. He has completed mixed methods studies with 200+ patients and family members to educate them on new tools for researching transplant centers that meet their unique needs.
His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and many others. Through his work with SRTR, he works alongside patients and key stakeholders to decipher and analyze SRTR statistics and resources to better support patient and clinician decisions throughout the transplant journey.
- Hart, A., Schaffhausen, C. R., McKinney, W. T., Gonzales, K., Perugini, J., Snyder, J. J., & Ladin, K. (2024). “You don't know what you don't know”: A qualitative study of informational needs of patients, family members, and living donors to inform transplant system metrics. Clinical Transplantation, 38(1), e15240. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.15240
- McKinney, W. T., Israni, K., Schaffhausen, C. R., Schladt, D. P., Lyden, G. R., Matas, A., Wolf, J., Japuntich, S., Israni, A. K. (2024). Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a New Tool to Support Patient Decision‐making on Transplant Centers. Clinical Transplantation, 38(12), e70043. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70043
- Yilmaz, S., LeClaire, M., Begnaud, A., McKinney, W., Boehmer, K. R., Schaffhausen, C., & Linzer, M. (2024). Developing LHS scholars’ competency around reducing burnout and moral injury. Learning Health Systems, 8(1), e10378. https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.10378
- Hart, A., Patzer, R. E., Spear, J., Hirose, R., Tabatabai, A., Wood, N. L., Schaffhausen, C.R., Axelrod, D.A., Israni, A.K., Snyder, J. J. (2023). Time to discard the term “discard”. American Journal of Transplantation, 23(5), 608-610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.01.018
- Snyder JJ, Schaffhausen C.R., Hart A, Axelrod DA, Dils D, Formica Jr. RN, A. Gaber O, Hunt HR, Jones J, Mohan S, Patzer RE, Pinney SP, Ratner LE, Slaker D, Stewart D, Stewart ZA, Van Slyck S, Kasiske BL, Hirose R, Israni AK. Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Transplant Metrics: The 2022 Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients’ Consensus Conference. American Journal of Transplantation, In Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.03.012
- Hart A, Patzer RE, Spear J, Hirose R, Tabatabai A, Wood NL, Schaffhausen C.R., Axelrod DA, Israni AK, Snyder JJ. Time to discard the term “discard”. American Journal of Transplantation, Volume 23, Issue 5, 608 - 610. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.01.018
- Israni, A.K., Hirose, R., Segev, D.L., Hart, A., Schaffhausen, C.R., Axelrod, D.A., Kasiske, B.L., and Snyder, J.J. Toward continuous improvement of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients performance reporting: Advances following 2012 consensus conference and future consensus building for 2022 consensus conference. Clin Transplant. 2022 May 21:e14716. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14716
- Israni AK, Schladt D, Bruin MJ, Chu S, Snyder JJ, Hertz M, Valapour M, Kasiske B, McKinney WT, Schaffhausen C.R. Deconstructing Silos of Knowledge Around Lung Transplantation to Support Patients: a Patient-Specific Search of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Data. Transplantation: February 11, 2022 - Volume - Issue - doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0000000000004051
- Schaffhausen C.R., Bruin MJ, Chu S, McKinney WT, Lake JR, Chinnakotla S, Israni AK. Designing a Liver Transplant Patient and Family Decision Support Tool for Organ Offer Decisions. Transplant Direct. 2021 Apr 27;7(5):e695. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001140 PMID: 33937520; PMCID: PMC8081471
- Chu S, Bruin MJ, McKinney WT, Israni AK, Schaffhausen C.R. Design of a patient-centered decision support tool when selecting an organ transplant center. PLoS ONE. 2021. 16(5):e0251102. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251102
Key Researcher
Cory Schaffhausen, PhD
Dr. Schaffhausen is a health services researcher at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, and a human-centered design engineer at the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). His research applies human-centered design and stakeholder engagement to improve care delivery for patients with chronic diseases.