Sonnie Mayewski

LCSW (FL, #17555)
Doctoral Candidate
Sonnie Mayewski

Contact Information

smayewski@fsu.edu
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Sonnie Mayewski is a doctoral candidate and Legacy Fellow at the Florida State University College of Social Work, and a licensed clinical social worker. She is a research assistant with the Initiative for the Advancement of Pediatric Transplant Health Research, where she has assisted with numerous projects focused on enhancing mediation adherence through asynchronous video directly observed therapy with adolescent heart transplant patients. During the first year of her PhD studies, Sonnie completed a graduate certificate program in Biomedical Entrepreneurship. Sonnie’s research interests center on technology-enabled intervention in healthcare, particularly with the families of children with special healthcare needs.

AREAS OF FOCUS

  • Families of children with complex health needs
  • Family-centered healthcare
  • Technology integration in healthcare

EDUCATION

  • MSW, 2017, Florida State University; Social Work
  • BS, 2014, Florida State University; Psychology

ARTICLES

Mayewski, S. E., Yang, Z., & Killian, M. O. (2026). Mental health, non-adherence and healthcare utilization in pediatric solid organ transplantation: Evidence from a multi-state cohort. Pediatric Transplantation, 30(3), e70291.

Killian, Michael O. PhD, MSW; Little, Callie W. PhD; Mayewski, Sonnie E. MSW; Brumm, Schyler E. MSW; Hirani, Vir BS3. Growth Trajectories of Medication Adherence in Pediatric Organ Transplantation and Their Relationship to Posttransplant Health Outcomes. Transplantation Direct 12(3):p e1907, March 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001907

Killian, M. O., Mayewski, S. E., Brumm, S. E., He, Z., & Gupta, D. (2025). Psychosocial considerations in pediatric heart transplantation: Initial validation of the Pediatric Psychosocial Assessment Tool at a single center. JHLT Open, 9, Article 100319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100319

Killian, M. O., Mayewski, S. E., Brumm, S. E., Wissner, W., Davis, R. W., & Gupta, D. (2025). Inter‐Dose Variability of Immunosuppressant Medication Among Adolescent Heart Transplants During Video Directly Observed Therapy. Pediatric Transplantation., 29(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.14851

Killian, M., Little, C., Mayewski, S., & Hirani, V. (2025). Longitudinal Trajectories of Medication Adherence in Pediatric Transplant Recipients: Identifying High-Risk Groups Using Growth Mixture Modeling. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation., 44(4), S337–S338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2025.02.723

Killian, M., Brumm, S., Mayewski, S., & Gupta, D. (2025). Exploring Mobile Health Technologies to Promote Medication Adherence in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients: A Scoping Review. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation., 44(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2025.02.678

GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Legacy Fellowship, Florida State University
  • Biomedical Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate Program Scholarship, Florida State University

Sonnie Mayewski