Her research interests include behavioral interventions, especially focusing on adherence, biobehavioral outcomes in cancer, and dissemination of interventions via mobile technologies. She has been PI of four NIH grants, including an R01 testing an adherence intervention in head and neck cancer patients to reduce rates of late-term dysphagia. Dr. Shinn is collaborating with a DOD Consortium Development Project characterizing biobehavioral factors in long-term versus short-term ovarian cancer survivors. She is also multi-PI on a newly-funded R01 testing the efficacy of a dehydration sensor in reducing hospitalization rates for head and neck cancer patients during radiation. Finally, she is working with genomic researchers in breast cancer to investigate the interaction of adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy and tumoral sensitivity to endocrine treatment on outcomes.