In 1998, Dr. Lisa I. Iezzoni became the first woman appointed professor in the department of medicine at Beth Israel Hospital. Throughout much of her career, she has focused her research agenda on the health concerns of people living with disabilities.

Iezzoni earned a master’s degree in health policy from the Harvard School of Public Health in the 1970s, and went on to receive her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1984. During her first year of medical school, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Because of the lack of accommodations available at the time for people with disabilities, as well as the lack of acceptance within medicine, she opted to follow a research track rather than complete an internship and become licensed as a medical doctor.

With her background in health policy, this was a natural fit. Her research has largely focused on measuring quality of care and improving fairness of payment. Additionally, she has researched disability, including health policy issues, health disparities, and the implications of disabling conditions on daily life.

In recent years, she has gotten involved in the #DocsWithDisabilities movement, calling for the profession to be more open and less ableist in order to improve healthcare.

Info and photo source: https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_161.html

The first session in our fall webinar series is coming up this Wednesday. Please join us for this lunch & learn session to be held on Zoom.

• Systematic Reviews 101
  With Rachel Helbing
  Wed 9/22, 12 – 1 pm
  Recording

After this session, you will be able to identify and understand the steps in a systematic review, from formulating a research question to synthesizing results.

This session will be recorded and archived in the UH Institutional Repository.

Please contact Rachel Helbing at rrhelbin@central.uh.edu with any questions.

We hope you can join us for our fall webinar series. Please save the dates for the three lunch & learn sessions to be held on Zoom on Wednesdays in September, October, and November.

• Systematic Reviews 101
  With Rachel Helbing
  Wed 9/22, 12 – 1 pm
  Recording
• EndNote 101
  With Stefanie Lapka
  Wed 10/20, 12 – 1 pm
  Recording
• Copyright 101
  With Dave Fagundes
  Wed 11/17, 12 – 1 pm
  Recording

More details are forthcoming. Sessions will be recorded and archived in the UH Institutional Repository.

Please contact Rachel Helbing at rrhelbin@central.uh.edu with any questions.