Mary Dixon-Woods is Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Leicester. Her world-leading programme of research focuses on patient safety and healthcare improvement, ethics, and methodological innovation and she has a huge international profile. Mary’s exceptional achievements have been recognised by prizes and prestigious fellowships throughout her career, including election to fellowship of the Academy of Social Science and a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award in the Medical Humanities. Her outstanding record of attracting support from major funding bodies is matched by an equally impressive set of highly-cited outputs, published in top journals across both medicine and the social sciences.
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Job Title
The Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies
Institution
University of Cambridge
Year elected
2015
Interests
SpecialitiesQuality in healthcare Mixed methods evaluation Social science Patient safety Ethics, governance, regulation
Section committee elected byPrimary care, health services research, health informatics, health improvement, social sciences, humanities, law, policy, communication or leadership as applied to health or biomedical science
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