鶹ƵGrantee Profiles
These profiles highlight 鶹Ƶgrantees whose work has led to significant changes in healthcare policy and influenced research and practice. 鶹Ƶsupports a range of research, conference, and career development grant programs that help emerging health services researchers better understand, improve, and share knowledge about how healthcare is delivered in the United States.
Improving the Quality of Care for Women With Urinary Incontinence
Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Urology
University of California San Diego Health
“Even when patients were very bothered by incontinence, neither they nor the provider brought it up during healthcare appointments. There is a missing link, and my AHRQ-funded study is helping to fill the gap.” More >>
Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics
Larissa Grigoryan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
“It is wonderful that 鶹Ƶoffers funding focusing on patient safety, particularly for underserved populations. With AHRQ’s help, my goal is to improve antibiotic use and minimize antimicrobial resistance.” More >>
Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research into Practice
Ralph Gonzales, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Health Policy
University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine
Chief Innovation Officer, UCSF Health
“Funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provided the basis for knowledge generation, accelerating my translational research work, and putting evidence into practice. Over time, 鶹Ƶfunding was also fundamental in supporting my efforts to develop career and scientific training programs that accelerated learning health systems research and implementation science.” More >>
Using Technology to Alert Clinicians to Potential Allergy, Drug Interactions
Li Zhou, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Lead investigator, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“I really appreciate how 鶹Ƶlooks for ways to use technology to improve patient care.” More >>
Developing and Implementing Educational Resources to Address Perinatal Mental Health
Jenn Leiferman, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
University of Colorado-Denver
“Since early in my research career, I have been focused on what we could do to ensure that every child has the best possible start in life. This led me to examine prevention and early intervention resources to promote healthy pregnancies and child outcomes.” More >>
Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity
Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Dean of Research
Stanford University School of Medicine
“Large clinical datasets contain a goldmine of information on healthcare quality and safety. With funding from AHRQ, I’ve analyzed these datasets to provide clinicians with knowledge to improve surgical outcomes and reduce harms.” More >>
Tailoring Digital Technologies To Improve Outcomes Among Minorities With Chronic Conditions
Antoinette Schoenthaler, Ed.D.
Associate Director
Center for Healthful Behavior Change
New York University Langone Health
“Funding from 鶹Ƶhas been instrumental in supporting the development of interventions to address the determinants of poor adherence to self-management behaviors.” More >>
Using Technology with a Fundamental Focus on the Patient
David H. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Professor and Researcher
University of Wisconsin–Madison
“鶹Ƶhas always been open to letting us see if we can do the impossible.” More >>
Using Digital Health Tools to Improve Patient Safety during Acute Care
Anuj Dalal, M.D.
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
“If we want to ensure safe, seamless care transitions for patients recovering from hospitalization, we need to use our IT systems and digital tools more effectively to support patients and clinicians.” More >>
Integrating Clinical Prediction Rules into EHRs to Improve Care, Reduce Waste
Thomas McGinn, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Vice President of Physician Enterprise
Common Spirit Health
“Very early on, 鶹Ƶunderstood the language and the work.” More >>
Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home
Susan Huang, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Professor, Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
"Understanding how to prevent infections in all settings of care is critical to keeping patients safe." More >>
Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare
Rollin J. Fairbanks, M.D., M.S.
Senior Vice President and Chief Quality and Safety Officer
MedStar Health
“With support from AHRQ, I’ve been able to influence the way that healthcare leaders think about safety...” More >>
Improving Healthcare Using Engineering Principles
Ayse P. Gurses, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Founding Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Care Human Factors
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
Johns Hopkins Medicine
“My career pathway would be much different if 鶹Ƶdidn’t exist....” More >>
Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance
Barbara Wells Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Baylor College of Medicine
“Without funding from agencies such as AHRQ, I could not conduct this kind of research on antibiotic stewardship. AHRQ’s focus on the delivery of healthcare is unique among funding agencies.” More >>
Protecting Patients from Drug-Drug Medication Errors
Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacotherapy
Skaggs College of Pharmacy
University of Utah
“With funding from AHRQ, I’ve helped ensure that warnings for drug-drug interactions are appropriate and useful to clinicians and pharmacists, reducing harm to patients.” More >>
Designing and Testing Novel Solutions To Make Labor and Delivery Safer for Moms and Newborns
Louis P. Halamek, M.D.
Neonatologist
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health – Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
“鶹Ƶis a unique funding agency, one that is incredibly valuable to investigators like me, who seek to address the challenging problems that we encounter every day in delivering care to our patients.” More >>
Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings
Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Director, Patient Safety Research Core
Boston Children’s Hospital
“鶹Ƶfunding enables researchers to build a body of work that advances healthcare quality and safety.” More >>
Disseminating Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Primary Care Delivery
Abel Kho, M.D., M.S.
Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
“With 鶹Ƶfunding, I have built infrastructure to provide primary care practices with effective quality improvement strategies, benefiting a greater number of patients.” More >>
Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology
Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
UNC School of Medicine
“鶹Ƶfunding enabled me and my team to develop innovative simulation-based training strategies and measure their impact.” More >>
