IOTAS July 2008

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded the K Award to Jason Etchegaray. The K Award is an independent scientist award focused on linking characteristics of high-performance work systems of hospitals to patient safety and quality.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Transitions, Appointments, and New Affiliations

Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) is pleased to announce that Amy Christie (Queens University) will join OB/HRM in the School of Business & Economics in the fall. She joins current faculty, including Laurie Barclay, Greg Irving, Lisa Keeping, Richard Martell, Chet Robie, Lorne Sulsky, and Simon Taggar. OB/HRM is working to build new, research-focused master’s and doctoral programs at WLU.

Towson University announces that Bill Rothenbach has joined the graduate school as an adjunct faculty member teaching in the Human Resources Development Department; he is also senior vice president-Human Resources for Old Mutual Financial Network.

Jason Etchegaray is now assistant professor at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School in the Department of Internal Medicine.

Morehead, the human capital research firm, opened an office in the San Francisco Bay Area with Leo Brajkovich as president of the western region. Brajkovich will focus on west-coast based clients, including the University of California Hospital System and Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Formerly he was director and executive consultant with Kenexa.

The Singapore government appointed David Chan as chairman of the International Advisory Panel (IAP) to the National Addictions Management Center and the National Council on Problem Gambling. The IAP consists of experts in gambling and addictions research from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand.

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