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'''Mary Dixon-Woods''' is a Irish academic in the field of [[Public health|Public Health]]. She is RAND Professor of Health Services Research and Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies at the [[University of Cambridge]]. She is also Director of [[The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute]] (THIS Institute), and a Fellow of [[Homerton College, Cambridge|Homerton College, Cambridge.]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/people/mary-dixon-woods/|title=Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Director - THIS Institute|website=THIS Institute - The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>
Professor Mary Dixon-Woods is a social scientist who researches quality and safety in healthcare. The Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care in the University of Cambridge, she is Director of The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute), and a Fellow of Homerton College, Cambridge.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/people/mary-dixon-woods/|title=Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Director - THIS Institute|website=THIS Institute - The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref> She is Co-editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality and Safety.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Dixon-Woods has described how she was "very lucky to attend a very forward-thinking secondary school in the middle of Ireland: it was so far ahead of the game that is introduced computers to the curriculum in 1979, and insisted that girls could do anything they put their minds to - at a time when many schools limited girls' ambitions."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/making-things-better-in-healthcare-organisation-and-delivery-professor-mary-dixon-woods-arrives-at-the-primary-care-unit/|title=Mary Dixon-Woods talks about her career pathway|date=2016-05-23|website=Primary Care Unit|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>
Professor Dixon-Woods has described how she was "very lucky to attend a very forward-thinking secondary school in the middle of Ireland."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/pcu/making-things-better-in-healthcare-organisation-and-delivery-professor-mary-dixon-woods-arrives-at-the-primary-care-unit/|title=Mary Dixon-Woods talks about her career pathway|date=2016-05-23|website=Primary Care Unit|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>


She spent four years working as a civil servant in Dublin. It was during this time that Dixon-Woods became very interested in how to communicate research and make it useful.
After leaving school Dixon-Woods worked for a year as a library assistant in a very socially deprived area of Dublin.<ref name=":2" /> She spent four years works as a civil servant, working on energy policy including safety and security of energy supply, as well as working on developing education software.


Dixon-Woods then studied for a postgraduate MSc in social research and social policy followed by a DPhil in social studies at the [[University of Oxford]]: she has stated that it was during this period she was inspired to work in Health.<ref name=":2" />
Dixon-Woods studied for a postgraduate MSc in Social Research and Social Policy followed by a DPhil in Social Studies at the [[University of Oxford]]: she has stated that it was during this period she was inspired to work in Health.<ref name=":2" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Professor Dixon-Woods has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences. She was awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/professor-mary-dixon-woods-elected-honorary-fellow-royal-college-physicians|title=Professor Mary Dixon-Woods elected as honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|last=Doyle|first=Danielle|website=blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref>
Dixon-Woods is a fellow of the [[Academy of Social Sciences]], as well as the [[Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom|Academy of Medical Sciences]]. As Co-Director of the [[Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research]], she leads research aimed at improving patient safety and healthcare improvement, healthcare ethics, and methodological innovation in healthcare studies.<ref name=":1" />


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For 22 years (1994-2016) she was based at the University of Leicester, latterly (2007-2016) as Professor of Medical Sociology and Director of the SAPPHIRE group in the Department of Health Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/institution/womenatleicester/iwd/2016/iwd2015-1/gallery/professor-mary-dixon-woods|title=Professor Mary Dixon-Woods — University of Leicester|last=aj157|website=www2.le.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>
She also acts as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of healthcare journal ''[[BMJ Quality & Safety|BMJ Quality and Safety]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/pages/editorial-board/|title=Editorial Board|website=BMJ Quality & Safety|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>


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In 2012 she became one of the first recipients of a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award to study 'Ethics of Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare'. The Wellcome Trust's Investigator Awards in Humanities and Social Science are intended to enable scholars to pursue individual, bold visions with greater flexibility.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wellcome.ac.uk/press-release/outstanding-scholars-receive-inaugural-wellcome-trust-investigator-awards-medical|title=Outstanding scholars receive inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards in Medical Humanities {{!}} Wellcome|website=wellcome.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>
Dixon-Woods also holds roles as an honorary professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at [[Johns Hopkins University]], as well as bring a visiting professor at the [[University of Leicester]], and a visiting adjunct professor at [[Dartmouth College]].


In 2016 Professor Dixon-Woods was appointed the RAND Professor of Health Services Research at University of Cambridge.<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, she became Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies.
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For 20 years she was professor of medical sociology and Director of the SAPPHIRE group in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/institution/womenatleicester/iwd/2016/iwd2015-1/gallery/professor-mary-dixon-woods|title=Professor Mary Dixon-Woods — University of Leicester|last=aj157|website=www2.le.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-18}}</ref>


Professor Dixon Woods served on the National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, which produced the Berwick report in 2013.
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In 2012 she became one of the first recipients of a [[Wellcome Trust]] Senior Investigator Award to study 'Ethics of Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wellcome.ac.uk/press-release/outstanding-scholars-receive-inaugural-wellcome-trust-investigator-awards-medical|title=Outstanding scholars receive inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards in Medical Humanities {{!}} Wellcome|website=wellcome.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>


Dixon-Woods served on the National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, which produced the [[Berwick report]] in 2013. She also served on the review of information technology in the NHS led by [[Bob Wachter]], which reported in 2016.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/academicstaff/marydixonwoods|title=Mary Dixon-Woods {{!}} Homerton College|website=www.homerton.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>
She also served on the review of information technology in the NHS led by Professor Bob Wachter, which reported in 2016.


In 2016 Mary was appointed the [[RAND Corporation|RAND]] Professor of Health Services Research in the Centre for Health Services Research at [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name=":2" /> Since 2017 Mary Dixon-Woods has been a Fellow of [[Homerton College, Cambridge]].<ref name=":3" />
Since 2017 Mary Dixon-Woods has been a Fellow of [[Homerton College, Cambridge]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/academicstaff/marydixonwoods|title=Mary Dixon-Woods {{!}} Homerton College|website=www.homerton.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>


She was appointed as a [[National Institute for Health Research]] Senior Investigator in 2018.
=== THIS Institute ===
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In 2017, Dixon-Woods was awarded a grant worth £40m over 10 years from the [[Health Foundation]] to establish and run a new institute designed to work towards strengthening the evidence-base for ways to improve healthcare.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-awarded-ps40m-to-create-world-leading-health-care-improvement-research-institute|title=Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute|date=2017-03-28|website=University of Cambridge|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref> This was the single largest grant awarded by the charity to date.<ref name=":0" /> Dixon-Woods stated at the time:<blockquote>"The NHS, like health systems around the world, is faced with pressing challenges of quality and safety. Yet the science of how to make improvements has remained under-developed. This funding is a tremendous opportunity to produce new knowledge about how to improve care, experience and outcomes for patients. Together with our partners, the University of Cambridge is hugely excited at the chance to work with NHS staff, patients and carers to identify, design and text improvements."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>THIS Institute is the first organisation of its kind in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-awarded-ps40m-to-create-world-leading-health-care-improvement-research-institute|title=Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute|date=2017-03-28|website=University of Cambridge|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>

In August 2018, Dixon-Woods was appointed Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies at [[University of Cambridge]], a position funded in part by THIS Institute's Health Foundation grant. Of her new appointment she said: "I'm thrilled to have been appointed to this position. It is a very fitting recognition of the highly productive partnership between THIS Institute and the Health Foundation as we deliver our mission: to create an unparalleled scientific asset for the NHS by strengthening the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/mary-dixon-woods-appointed-health-foundation-professor-healthcare-improvement-studies/|title=Mary Dixon-Woods appointed Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies|date=2018-08-06|website=THIS Institute - The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>


=== The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute) ===
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In 2017 Professor Dixon-Woods led a successful bid from the University of Cambridge to the Health Foundation to establish and run a new institute designed to work towards strengthening the evidence-base for ways to improve healthcare. The award of over £40m was the single largest grant awarded by the charity to date.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-awarded-ps40m-to-create-world-leading-health-care-improvement-research-institute|title=Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute|date=2017-03-28|website=University of Cambridge|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref> Dixon-Woods stated at the time:<blockquote>"The NHS, like health systems around the world, is faced with pressing challenges of quality and safety. Yet the science of how to make improvements has remained under-developed. This funding is a tremendous opportunity to produce new knowledge about how to improve care, experience and outcomes for patients. Together with our partners, the University of Cambridge is hugely excited at the chance to work with NHS staff, patients and carers to identify, design and text improvements."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 15:49, 8 March 2019

Professor Mary Dixon-Woods is a social scientist who researches quality and safety in healthcare. The Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care in the University of Cambridge, she is Director of The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute), and a Fellow of Homerton College, Cambridge.[1] She is Co-editor-in-Chief of BMJ Quality and Safety.

Early life and education

Professor Dixon-Woods has described how she was "very lucky to attend a very forward-thinking secondary school in the middle of Ireland."[2]

She spent four years working as a civil servant in Dublin. It was during this time that Dixon-Woods became very interested in how to communicate research and make it useful.

Dixon-Woods studied for a postgraduate MSc in Social Research and Social Policy followed by a DPhil in Social Studies at the University of Oxford: she has stated that it was during this period she was inspired to work in Health.[2]

Career

Professor Dixon-Woods has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences. She was awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians in 2018.[3]

For 22 years (1994-2016) she was based at the University of Leicester, latterly (2007-2016) as Professor of Medical Sociology and Director of the SAPPHIRE group in the Department of Health Sciences.[4]

In 2012 she became one of the first recipients of a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award to study 'Ethics of Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare'. The Wellcome Trust's Investigator Awards in Humanities and Social Science are intended to enable scholars to pursue individual, bold visions with greater flexibility.[5]

In 2016 Professor Dixon-Woods was appointed the RAND Professor of Health Services Research at University of Cambridge.[2] In 2018, she became Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies.

Professor Dixon Woods served on the National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, which produced the Berwick report in 2013.

She also served on the review of information technology in the NHS led by Professor Bob Wachter, which reported in 2016.

Since 2017 Mary Dixon-Woods has been a Fellow of Homerton College, Cambridge.[6]

She was appointed as a National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator in 2018.

The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute)

In 2017 Professor Dixon-Woods led a successful bid from the University of Cambridge to the Health Foundation to establish and run a new institute designed to work towards strengthening the evidence-base for ways to improve healthcare. The award of over £40m was the single largest grant awarded by the charity to date.[7] Dixon-Woods stated at the time:

"The NHS, like health systems around the world, is faced with pressing challenges of quality and safety. Yet the science of how to make improvements has remained under-developed. This funding is a tremendous opportunity to produce new knowledge about how to improve care, experience and outcomes for patients. Together with our partners, the University of Cambridge is hugely excited at the chance to work with NHS staff, patients and carers to identify, design and text improvements."[7]

References

  1. ^ "Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Director - THIS Institute". THIS Institute - The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  2. ^ a b c "Mary Dixon-Woods talks about her career pathway". Primary Care Unit. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  3. ^ Doyle, Danielle. "Professor Mary Dixon-Woods elected as honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians". blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  4. ^ aj157. "Professor Mary Dixon-Woods — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Outstanding scholars receive inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards in Medical Humanities | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  6. ^ "Mary Dixon-Woods | Homerton College". www.homerton.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  7. ^ a b "Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute". University of Cambridge. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
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