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Ashley M Hughes

Assistant Professor

Biomedical and Health Information Sciences

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Building & Room:

255 AHSB

Address:

1919 W. Taylor St.

Office Phone:

312.355.5150

About

Dr. Ashley M. Hughes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she directs the Systems-based Approach For Enhancing Teamwork (SAFE-T) in healthcare lab. Her research leverages human factors approaches to identify and address needs of people within healthcare systems with the end goal of improving coordination, care quality, and safety.

Selected Grants

Veteran Health Affairs Health Service Research & Development, Improving veteran health by increasing dental stewardship of antibiotics and opioids, Co-Investigator

Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) implementation in specialized population, Principal Investigator

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Impact of team configuration and stability on primary care quality, Site PI/Co-Investigator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Non-invasive ventilation strategies for patients with exacerbated COPD, Site PI/Co-Investigator

Selected Publications

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Service to Community

Faculty judge in 2018 AHS Health Tech Jam

Faculty facilitator in 2018 Interprofessional Education Day

Faculty judge in 2019 UIC Research and Impact Day

Professional Leadership

Co-founder & Chair, Human Factors and Ergonomics Women's Organization for Mentorship and Networking (WOMAN)

Chair, Health Care Technical Group division of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Notable Honors

2018, Schmidt and Hunter Meta-Analysis Award, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

2019-2020, Social Networks and Health Workshop Fellow, Duke University, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

2019, Bentzi Karsh Early-Career Service Award, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Education

Ph.D., Applied Experimental Human Factors Psychology, University of Central Florida, 2016
M.S., Modeling and Simulation, University of Central Florida, 2013
B.S., Psychology, Honors in the major, University of Central Florida, 2010

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