INVESTIGATORS

The Principal Investigator of the Center is Dr. Eric Thomas from the UT-Houston Medical School. Center Co-Principal Investigator is Dr. Robert Helmreich, an expert in aviation and healthcare safety methods from UT-Austin. Project leaders include Todd Johnson from the UT-Houston School of Health Information Sciences, Sherry Martin from UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Michal Tamuz from the University of Tennessee at Memphis. Over 30 co-investigators and consultants throughout the UT System, the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Harvard University, Columbia University, Baylor College of Medicine, and Continental Airlines also participate in the Center. Project leaders are experts in cognitive psychology, human-device interactions, medicine, epidemiology, social psychology, quality improvement, and sociology. Co-investigators and consultants add expertise in nursing, biostatistics, aviation safety/human factors, and five medical and nursing specialties (general internal medicine, neonatology, thoracic surgery, gynecology, and trauma surgery).

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