Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH has achieved the distinction of “Exceptional Reviewer” for the journal Medical Care. This honor is bestowed upon the top 5% of all Medical Care peer reviewers. Top reviewers were chosen on the basis of quality, timeliness, and number of reviews performed, and the full list of Exceptional Reviewers will be published in the June 2009 issue of Medical Care. Medical Care is one of North America’s leading outlets for peer-reviewed health services research. Since 2000, it has been ranked by the Institute of Scientific Information as one of the top five journals in the Health Care Sciences and Services category, a category that includes over 50 different peer-reviewed journals. The journal’s excellence is attributable to the scientists who elect to submit their best work for publication and to their peer scientists who generously and collegially share their time and expertise in reviewing and improving submitted work.
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 will receive 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.
Dr. Ruchi Gupta was recently interviewed by Chicago Tonight regarding Chicago Neighborhood Asthma Prevalence. You can watch her interview via Youtube.
