Professor Jane O’Hara joins THIS Institute as Director of Research
Professor Jane O’Hara has been appointed Director of Research at THIS Institute, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge.
An internationally regarded researcher, Jane will lead on collaborative research on how to improve quality and safety in healthcare. Building on her previous achievements, her work with THIS will use innovative co-design methodologies, with stakeholders engaged throughout the research lifecycle to produce highly relevant, actionable findings.
Jane has particular expertise in how to engage patients and families to ensure safe care and support quality and safety improvement. Her interests also include the measurement and monitoring of patient safety and how safety theory can be applied to improve the quality and safety of care.
Jane is currently leading large grants funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, the Trondheim Foundation and Research Council of Norway, and the NIHR programme grants for applied health research. She also leads the Safer Systems, Cultures and Practices theme within the NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration.
She joins THIS Institute from the University of Leeds, where she was Professor of Healthcare Quality and Safety at the School of Healthcare and Deputy Director of the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group. Jane holds Visiting Professor positions at the SHARE Centre for Resilience in Healthcare at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and the School of Healthcare at the University of Leeds.
I am thrilled to join THIS Institute as Director of Research. The role will provide a unique opportunity to lead ground-breaking research into quality and safety in healthcare.
Professor Jane O’Hara
Jane said: “I am thrilled to join THIS Institute as Director of Research. The role will provide a unique opportunity to lead ground-breaking research into quality and safety in healthcare. I am particularly excited to lead the Institute in its aim of ensuring that co-design and co-production with NHS patients, staff, academics, and the public is at the heart of all its research.”
Mary Dixon-Woods, Director of THIS Institute, said: “We are delighted to welcome Jane to THIS Institute. Her unswerving commitment to authentic engagement and to scientific rigour is exactly what we were looking for. Jane has been involved with the Institute since the very beginning, playing an invaluable role as a member of our Engagement and Involvement Advisory Committee. I’m thrilled that she will be joining us as our second Director of Research, working alongside Graham Martin. Jane’s outstanding track record in patient safety research and her wealth of knowledge and academic leadership experience will be a huge asset in achieving THIS Institute’s mission generate the evidence to improve care.”