Team-wide Awards and Honors
- 2016 Veterans Affairs HSR&D Health Systems Impact Award for significant policy and practice impact on patient safety and electronic health records-related work in the VA primary care setting.
Individual Team Member Honors and Awards
Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H.
- The 20th John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award by the Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Individual Lifetime Achievement
- 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Barack Obama
- Academy Health 2012 Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award
- Executive Committee member, The Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare 2023 - Current
- Nominated member, National Academy of Medicine Board on Health Care Services 2020 - Current
- Department of Veterans Affairs Representative to the National Academy of Medicine’s Climate Collaborative 2022 - Current
- Department of Veterans Affairs Representative to the Federal Health Systems Learning Network for Climate Action 2023 - Current
- Work cited in PCAST Presidential Report “A Transformational Effort on Patient Safety”
- Member of Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure
- Invited Expert. Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. Montreux, Switzerland
- Invited Expert for the Drafting and Review Task Force, Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030, World Health Organization (WHO). Released and adopted by the WHO
- Invited Task Force Member, VA Sustainability Task Force (STF)
- Patient Safety Expert of the Year 2017 – Texas award, Corporate Vision Magazine
- 2016 VA Health Systems Impact Award for significant policy and practice impact of patient safety and electronic health records-related work in the VA primary care setting
- 2016 IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) Yearbook of Medical Informatics selected the BMJ Quality and Safety paper, “Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: The Health IT Safety Framework,” as one of the best articles from the literature in Human Factors and Organization Issues’ subfield of medical informatics published in the past year.
- Fulbright & Jaworski L. L. P. Faculty Excellence Award (Teaching and Evaluation), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2005.
- Member, Baylor College of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Educators, Houston, Texas, 2005-present.
- Outstanding Faculty Educator, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2004−2005
- Outstanding Faculty Educator, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2003−2004
Dean Sittig, Ph.D.
- 2022 Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) Award for Excellence, Outstanding Achievement and Special Recognition in Applied Medical InformaticsÐ
- 2023 American Medical Association (AMIA) Don Eugene Detmer Signature Award for Health Policy Contributions in Informatics
- 2013 International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook: Best Papers in Clinical Research Informatics for: A survey of informatics platforms that enable distributed comparative effectiveness research using multi-institutional heterogeneous clinical data.
- Health Information Management and Systems Society – 2012 Book of the Year for Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer’s Guide, Second Edition
- 2012 Above & Beyond Award, The Monarch Institute, Houston, Texas
- 2011, Elected to Fellowship in Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society
- 2010 John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Houston Veteran’s Affairs Hospital: 2009 Outstanding Performance Improvement Activity Award – Second Place: ‘New Multidisciplinary Solutions to Address Follow-Up of Fecal Occult Blood Test Results’ – Patient Safety Center of Inquiry.
- Health Information Management and Systems Society – 2009 Book of the Year for Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Distinguished Paper Award at 2009 American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium for: Persistent Paper: The Myth of “Going Paperless”
- Distinguished Paper Award at 2008 American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium for: A rapid assessment process for clinical informatics interventions
- Second Prize – Best Paper Competition MedInfo – 2007 Brisbane, Australia for Exploring the Unintended Consequences of Computerized Physician Order Entry
- Health Information Management and Systems Society – 2005 Book of the Year for Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer’s Guide
Traber Giardina, Ph.D., M.S.W
- Graduate Fellowship, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, 2003-2005
- National Academies of Medicine Scholar in Diagnostic Excellence, 2021-2022
- Health System Impact Award, 2016
- Best Poster Presentation - "Learning from Patient Experiences Related to Diagnostic Errors Is Essential for Improving Patient Safety." 11th International Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference, 2018
Ashley N.D. Meyer, Ph.D.
- 2nd Annual Early Career IQuESt Faculty Research Award, 2019
- Psychology Department Research Travel Award, Rice University, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Graduate Fellowship, Rice University, 2006-2011
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award in Educational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, 2021
Emporia State University
- Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship, 2005-2006
Daniel R. Murphy, M.D., M.B.A
- Recipient of "That's the Way" Award for patient satisfaction, 2018Comment from a patient I care for acknowledged as part of Patient Connect Patient Satisfaction program, 2019
- Star Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care, 2020
- Barry Goodfriend Outpatient Healer Award, General Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 2021
- VA National Health System Impact Award, Houston VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry Team, November 2016
- Best Oral Presentation. BCM Patient Quality & Safety Conference. May 15, 2014
- Paul C. Boyle Award for Excellence in Student Research, University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics, May 2011
- First ever recipient of Patient Safety Innovations in Medical Residency Award, Jackson Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine Residency, June 2008
- Academic Excellence Award, University of Miami School of Business, 2006
- 3rd Place Teaching Radiology Exhibit, Association of University Radiologists Annual Mtg., 2004