|
Faculty Directory of the
AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality
|
| |
|
Baillargeon, Jacques G.
|
Associate Professor
Preventative Medicine and Community Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics
UT Medical Branch at Galveston
|
Email
409-747-2642
Website
|
|
Health services research, infectious disease epidemiology, epidemiologic methods, correctional health care, cancer epidemiology
|
|
Bartholomew, L. Kay
|
Associate Dean for Educational Programs & Associate Professor
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
UT School of Public Health
|
Email
713-500-9630
Website
|
|
Intervention mapping, developing and evaluating theory- and evidence-based program for health education and health promotion, health education planning
|
|
Bernstam, Elmer V.
|
Associate Professor of Health Informatics
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3927
Website
|
|
Shareable executable clinical practice guidelines; consumer health informatics; MEDLINE searching (Medline Query-By-Example), informatics in clinical and translational research
|
|
Byrne, Michael D.
|
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Rice University
|
Email
713-348-3770
Website
|
|
Human error, models of human cognition and performance, usability, judgment and decision-making
|
|
Cantor, Scott B.
|
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
|
Email
713-745-5984
Website
|
|
Decision making, costs and cost analysis, decision support techniques
|
|
Delattre, Veronique F.
|
Associate Professor & Director of Quality Assurance
Department of Restorative Dentistry
UT Dental Branch at Houston
|
Email
713-500-4284
|
|
Clinical quality assurance, dental education, forensic science, forensic dentistry
|
|
Dunn, Kim
|
Assistant Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3913
Website
|
|
Telehealth, E-health, outcomes, quality
|
|
Elting, Linda S.
|
Professor
Department of Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
|
Email
713-563-4305
Website
|
|
Health services research, cost-effectiveness, quality of cancer care
|
|
Ethun, Karen
|
Executive Director, Keck Center
GCC/Keck Center
Gulf Coast Consortia
|
Email
713-348-4753
|
|
GCC/Keck Center Programs
|
|
Fernandez, Maria E.
|
Assistant Professor & Director of Diversity Programs
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
UT School of Public Health
|
Email
713-500-9626
Website
|
|
Informed decision-making, health promotion planning and evaluation, health informatics, health communications, Hispanic populations
|
|
Frieden, Lex
|
Professor & Senior VP of the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR)
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3900
Website
|
|
Disability informatics; health care access, effectiveness and costs; independent living and community-based service systems; disability policy; disability rights and consumer empowerment; rehabilitation technology and robotics
|
|
Hanneman, Sandra K.
|
Associate Dean for Research & Professor
Center for Nursing Research
UT School of Nursing at Houston
|
Email
713-500-2030
|
|
Translational research in critical care, efficacy and safety of critical care interventions, circadian rhythm response to stress
|
|
Jackson, Amy
|
Assistant Director, Grant Programs
Keck Center
Gulf Coast Consortia
|
Email
713-348-4752
|
|
Amy manages the following GCC/Keck Center Training Programs: AHRQ Patient Safety, Biomedical Discovery Training Program, HAMBP, Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Training Program, NSF REU.
|
|
Johnson, Todd R.
|
Associate Dean for Academics & Associate Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3921
Website
|
|
Patient safety, human factors engineering for medical devices and software, decision making and decision support, computational models of human cognition
|
|
Kortum, Philip T.
|
Professor in the Practice & Faculty Fellow
Department of Psychology
Rice University
|
Email
713-348-4813
Website
|
|
Telecommunications human factors, E-health, visual perception, usability
|
|
Kuo, Grace M.
|
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
UC San Diego School of Pharmacy
|
Email
1-858-822-7751
Website
|
|
Patient safety, health services, the effect of electronic medical records on medication safety
|
|
Murphy, Robert E.
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor & Medical Director, Information Systems, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3900
|
|
Computerized physician order entry, clinical decision support, physician IT adoption and physician change management
|
|
Parcel, Guy S.
|
Dean & John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion & David Low Chair in Public Health
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
UT School of Public Health
|
Email
713-500-9052
Website
|
|
Health promotion, health prevention, effective school-based health-promotion programs for children and youth
|
|
Peterson, Laura A.
|
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
|
Email
Website
|
|
Quality of health care, health care safety, health care financing, health policy
|
|
Shabot, M. Michael
|
Adjunct Professor & VP and Chief Quality Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3900
|
|
Quality, patient safety, outcomes, research
|
|
Shegog, Ross
|
Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
UT School of Public Health
|
Email
713-500-9677
Website
|
|
Application of behavioral theory and methods in the development, implementation, and evaluation of technology-based health promotion and disease-prevention programs; primarily targeting adolescent populations
|
|
Singh, Hardeep
|
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
|
Email
Website
|
|
Diagnostic errors, information technology, communication, ambulatory care
|
|
Sittig, Dean F.
|
Associate Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-7977
Website
|
|
Clinical information systems (CISs): Design and development of new features and functions within CISs; Implementation methods and strategies for CISs; Evaluation and monitoring of existing CISs implementations
|
|
Smith, Jack W.
|
Dean & Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3925
Website
|
|
Artificial intelligence, modeling problem-solving in healthcare, implementation of decision support and tutoring systems, modeling complex human problem-solving, application of cognitive science to understanding, human-computer interaction
|
|
Suarez-Almazor, Maria E.
|
Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
|
Email
Website
|
|
Outcomes research, medical decision-making, musculoskeletal diseases, cancer
|
|
Thomas, Eric J.
|
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
UT Houston Medical School
|
Email
713-500-6702
Website
|
|
Patient safety, healthcare quality
|
|
Turley, James P.
|
Associate Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3924
Website
|
|
Patient health records, electronic health records, knowledge modeling, data display
|
|
Vogler, Robert W.
|
Associate Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3940
Website
|
|
Lifestyle modification, hypertension, reactivity, learning technology
|
|
Walji, Muhammad F.
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor & Assitant Professor, Diagnostic Sciences, UT Dental Branch
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-4420
Website
|
|
Adoption of evidence-based practice, point-of-care reminders, persuasive communications, dental informatics
|
|
Zhang, Jiajie
|
Associate Dean for Research & Professor
School of Health Information Sciences
UT Health Science Center at Houston
|
Email
713-500-3922
Website
|
|
Biomedical informatics, electronic health records, human-centered computing, cognitive science in medicine, information display and visualization, medical error, decision making
|
| |
| |
|
