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Kathleen E. Walsh is Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of both the Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship and Patient Safety Research Program. Based at Boston Children's Hospital Division of General Pediatrics, her work focuses on pediatric patient safety and implementation science.
Education:
- MD, Georgetown Medical School
- MSc in Epidemiology, Boston University
- BA, Cornell University
Research examines:
- Medication safety across healthcare settings
- Health IT interventions to prevent adverse drug events
- Implementation strategies for quality improvement
- Home medication management for chronic conditions
Her recent publications demonstrate innovations in detecting and preventing pediatric medication errors, with multisite studies of home medication safety for children with cancer, sickle cell disease, and epilepsy. She develops electronic tools to support safe medication use and leads research on EHR-based quality measurement.
She mentors junior faculty in health services research and leads federally-funded projects to translate safety interventions into practice across healthcare systems.
