Professor of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; USA

Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH, Co-Chief, Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

Hardeep Singh, MD MPH is a Professor of Medicine at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He leads a portfolio of multidisciplinary patient safety research related to measurement and reduction of diagnostic errors, improving the use health information technology and health system transformation. His research has informed several national and international patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the National Academies, CDC, OECD and the WHO. His contributions include co-developing the “”ONC SAFER Guides”” that provide all US hospitals with recommendations for safe electronic health record use, co-chairing or participating on several national and international panels and workgroups on measuring or improving safety, and developing pragmatic tools and resources to promote patient safety and diagnostic excellence in clinical practice. His more recent contributions include system strategies and policy-level approaches for accelerating climate action and environmental sustainability in healthcare. He has received several prestigious awards for his pioneering work, including the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award in 2012, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama in 2014, the VA Health System Impact Award in 2016 and the 2021 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for Individual Lifetime Achievement.