EXPERIENCE
Lacy Fabian, PhD
Human Services Psychologist
Program Strategist | Making Programs Matter
20+ years of human services research experience in universities and with state and federal clients to improve human services programs.
*Solution-focused, fixer, blending evidence and story-telling to yield quality and impact
Healthcare quality (patient safety, prevention, inpatient, pediatrics, healthcare-associated infections), as well as numerous other human services research areas including psychoneuroimmunology, pain, resilience in youth, tobacco cessation, substance abuse, HIV prevention, education, and community programs.
Roles
Program Manager (2010-2025) Improving healthcare programs with strategy and technology The MITRE Corporation Oversee multiple federal clients human services research portfolios to advance healthcare quality by applying the latest technology to measures, clinical decision support, and implementation workflows Develop and execute strategies to advance client missions and grow the research portfolios impact Prepare briefs and written reports to share impact and facilitate strategic decision-making to achieve impact at a national scale Lead multi-year Internal Research and Development project to prototype a tool leveraging Large Language Modeling to streamline healthcare measurement
Research Scientist (2010-2015) Improving healthcare and smoking cessation programs with evidence Battelle Memorial Institute Conduct quality measure research in patient safety, prevention, inpatient, pediatrics, and healthcare-associated infections, and chronic disease Lead customer technical assistance and data analysis to improve responses Lead communication and outreach, including user assessment surveys, to enhance customer use of the evidence-based quality measure resources
Research Associate (2008-2010) Improving chronic disease, substance abuse, and community resilience programs with summative and formative evaluations Carson Research Consulting, 2008-2010 Associate evaluator of public health projects using qualitative and quantitative research methods
Publications
Evaluation & Healthcare Measurement van Leeuwen, D., Mittleman, M., Fabian, L.A., and Lomotan, E. Nothing for Me or About Me, Without Me: Codesign of Clinical Decision Support. Applied Clinical Informatics, 2022. Standards Committee: Scientific Methods collaborative Publication. The NQF Scientific Methods Panel: Enhancing the Review and Endorsement Process for Performance Measures. American Journal of Medical Quality Volume, 2020. Standards Committee: Scientific Methods collaborative Publication. NQF Guidelines for Evaluating the Scientific Acceptablity of Risk-adjusted Clinical Outcome Measures: A Report From the National Quality Forum Scientific Methods Panel. Annals of Surgery, 2019. Fabian LA. Waiting for Data, American Evaluation Association 365 Blog, April 2016. Fabian, LA. Knowledge Focus: What’s In a Measure? Care Cost and Quality Newsletter, MITRE, February/March 2015. Fabian LA. AEA Values Walking the Talk with Lacy Fabian. Newsletter article for the American Evaluation Association, 2015, available at: http://www.eval.org/blog/aea-newsletter-january-2015?source=1
Psychoneuroimmunology & Pain Fabian L., McGuire L, Goodin B and Edwards RR. Ethnicity, catastrophizing, and qualities of the pain experience. Pain Medicine 2011;12:314-321. Bento SP, Goodin BR, Fabian LA, Page GG, Quinn NB, and McGuire L. Perceived control moderates the influence of active coping on salivary cortisol response to acute pain among women but not men. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010; 6:944-948. Goodin BR, McGuire LM, Stapleton L, Quinn NB, Fabian LA, Haythornthwaite J, and Edwards RR. Pain catastrophizing mediates the relation between strenuous-exercise involvement and pain experience: The moderating role of anxiety sensitivity. Psychosomatic Medicine 2009; 71:1018-1025. Goodin B, McGuire L, Allshouse M, Stapleton L, Haythornthwaite J, Burns N, Mayes L, and Edwards RR. Associations between catastrophizing and endogenous pain-inhibitory processes: Sex differences. Journal of Pain 2009;10:180–190. Fabian L, McGuire L, Page G, Goodin BR, Edwards R, and Haythornthwaite J. The association of the cortisol awakening response with experimental pain ratings. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2009;34:1247–1251.
Smoking Cessation Fabian LA, Canlas L, Malson J, and Pickworth WB. Laboratory smoking of little cigars and cigarettes. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 2012;14:368-371.
Pediatrics Ackerman JP, Llorente AM, Black MM, Ackerman CS, Mayes L, and Nair P. Sustained visual attention: Associations with prenatal drug exposure and placement in non-maternal care. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 2008;29:467–474.
Professional Appointments
Scientific Methods Panelist 2017-2021 National Quality Forum
Board Member 2010-2016 Eastern Evaluation Research Society, American Evaluation Association Affiliate
Clinical Adjunct Professor 2014-2015 University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy
Clinical Adjunct Professor 2012-2015 Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy (2012-2015)
Speaking
Project Management and Healthcare Quality Measurement Instructor 2018-2025 The MITRE Corporation
Healthcare Podcast Interview Communities Advancing Equity through Shared Measurement (aired 8/15/21) Health Hats, the Podcast
Healthcare Measurement Talk Acheiving Meaningful Measures with Practical Alignment--An Automated Approach National Quality Forum Annual Conference, 2018