Tune in to hear our hosts Nicki Shorr and Jessie Swain talk with Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS about how executive leadership attention and strategic communication strategies can help support evidence-based infection prevention practices.
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Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS
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Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS
Sarah R. MacEwan, PhD
Megan Gregory, PhD
Lindsey Sova, MPH
Courtney Hebert, MD, MS
Alice A Gaughan, MS
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is Associate Dean for Health Services Research, Distinguished Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and Executive Director of CATALYST, the Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research in the College of Medicine (COM) at The Ohio State University (OSU). She also holds appointments in the College of Public Health and the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics in COM at OSU. She has over 30 years of health services research experience during which she has been actively involved in both performing research and disseminating research results to academic and practitioner audiences. Dr. McAlearney is internationally known for her expertise in both qualitative and mixed methods analyses, and has been continuously funded for over 20 years. She has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, 11 books/edited books and more than 100 book chapters. Dr. McAlearney has served as a grant reviewer for 18 years including for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. McAlearney currently leads a major research project focused on applying management practices to prevent transmission of healthcare-associated infections, as well as co-leading the NIH-funded Center to Stop-COVID at OSU. Her additional ongoing research focuses on addressing care disparities, information technology innovations in health care, population health management, quality improvement and organizational development. Dr. McAlearney received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Ann.McAlearney@osumc.edu
Phone: (614) 293-8973