Dr. Sofia F. Garcia is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medical Social Sciences and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, and a licensed clinical psychologist. She is the Director of the Cancer Survivorship Institute of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (RHLCCC). She received a BA from New York University in 1997. She obtained an MA and a PhD from Loyola University in 2000 and 2004, respectively.  Her research has focused on developing and implementing patient-reported outcome measures and evaluating patient-centered care initiatives, including those that incorporate health information technology and are tailored to populations who experience health disparities.