National Patient Safety Foundation Research Program Committee Members
Committee ChairRobert L. Wears, MD, MS *Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Florida Health Center
Immediate Past Chair
Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
Director
Biomedical Engineering
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Board Member, NPSF
Suzanne Beyea, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director of Nursing Research
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
George Blike, MD *
Professor of Anesthesiology
Dartmouth College of Medicine
Medical Director, Office of Patient Safety
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Bruce Lambert, PhD *
Associate Professor
Dept. of Pharmacy Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bryan A. Liang, MD, PhD, JD
Executive Director and Professor
Institute of Health Law Studies
California Western School of Law
Co-Director and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
San Diego Center for Patient Safety
UCSD School of Medicine
Matthew M. Rice, MD, JD, FACPE
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Northwest Emergency Physicians of TeamHealth
Board Member, NPSF
Karlene Roberts, PhD
Professor of Business Administration
University of California, Berkeley
Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD
Founder and President
Volunteers for the Homebound and Family Caregivers, Inc.
Albert Wertheimer, PhD
Director
Center for Pharmaceutical Health Service Research
School of Pharmacy, Temple University
* Subsequent to receiving their awards these individuals were invited to serve on the NPSF Research Program Committee
