Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety M.S. Students, Class of 2009
Awards & Achievements
Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH has been elected by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) to their Board of Directors for a 3-year term. The ASBH promotes the exchange of ideas and fosters multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and interprofessional scholarship, research, teaching, and policy development, among people engaged in endeavors related to clinical and academic bioethics and the health-related humanities.
Muriel Jean-Jacques, MD received the Milton W. Hamolsky Junior Faculty Award for her presentation titled "Changes in Healthcare Disparities Following the Implementation of a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Initiative" at the 32nd annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine held in Miami Beach, Florida from May 13 - May 16, 2009. The Hamolsky Award is given to individuals who are in their first two years of a junior faculty appointment "for outstanding scientific presentation at the Annual Meeting." Co-authors were: Stephen Persell, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Jason Thompson, and David Baker.
Michael Wolf, PhD, MPH has been awarded the Pfizer Health Literacy in Advancing Patient Safety Award from the National Patient Safety Foundation at this year’s Annual Patient Safety Congress in Washington, DC in recognition of his significant strides in improving the health literacy of constituents and community in order to improve patient safety and quality of care. His success in bringing the issues of health literacy and patient safety to the forefront of research and policy, most particularly in the area of medication safety, was highlighted in his nomination.
