Position:
Senior Associate at Positive Deviance Initiative, Senior Associate at Positive Deviance Initiative
Work:
Positive Deviance Initiative
since 2009
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Senior Associate
Positive Deviance Initiative
- Positive Deviance Initiative, Tufts University, Boston, MA since Oct 2007
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Senior Associate
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Jul 2004 - Oct 2007
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CDC, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Coordinator, SW PA MRSA Prevention Collaborative
VA Pittsburgh, CDC
Jun 2004 - Jun 2007
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SW PA Coordinator MRSA Prevention
Education:
University of Utah 1962 - 1968
Honors B.A., M.D., Comparative Literature. Medicine
Interests:
Promote the use of a social/behavior change approach (Positive Deviance), to seemingly intractable problems in healthcare and public health and safety e.g. healthcare acquired infections, life expectancy disparity in people with serious mental illness, teen violence etc.
Honor & Awards:
APIC 2007 International Infection Prevention Week: Recognition of vision, leadership and commitment to infection prevention