Presenter

Nicole Werner, PhD is an associate professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her research merges disciplines through a human-centered design approach to engage clinicians, patients, and care partners in co-designing interventions that address a range of patient-centered outcomes. With funding from the NIH, NSF, PCORI, HSRA, and AHRQ, her research has co-produced innovative but realistic health technology and care process interventions to improve the quality and safety of healthcare within and across healthcare settings and in
the home. She is the recipient of the Gerontological Society of America Baltes Foundation Award, which acknowledges outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology and of the American Psychological Association Division 21 Earl Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement. Her publications have received the American Medical Informatics Association Consumer Health Paper of the Year award and the Applied Ergonomics Best Paper award. She has served as the American Psychological Association Division 21 President and on the AHRQ Quality Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative Trust and Patient- Centeredness Workgroup.