Dr. Sheridan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. She received her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University and her residency training in internal medicine from Dartmouth College. She then received residency training in preventive medicine and fellowship training in primary care research from the University of North Carolina.
Dr. Sheridan's research is focused on chronic disease prevention and physician - patient communication in primary care settings. Her main areas of interest include heart disease prevention and prostate cancer screening. She has conducted research examining the role of shared decision-making in screening and chemoprevention, how well physicians and patients understand various presentations of risk, and the effects of literacy on health outcomes.
Dr. Sheridan is a member of the Cecil
Sheps Center for Health Services Research.