Member Kudos

After 25 years at the Boston University School of Medicine, Arlene Ash has a new job! As of this fall, she is Professor and Chief of the Division of Biostatistics and Health Services Research in the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. (http://www.umassmed.edu/qhs). Her e-dress is: Arlene.Ash@umassmed.edu.

Drs. Catarina Kiefe and Jeroan Allison, co-editors of the Section’s esteemed journal Medical Care, are Chair and Co-Chair of the Department. Founded in the summer of 2009, the Department has three additional Divisions: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Vulnerable Populations; Health Informatics and Implementation Science; and Outcomes Measurement Science. The Department already has 10 additional faculty and expects to double by the end of 2012. The Department’s vision is to “improve population and individual health by transforming health care delivery through methodological innovation and to become a nationally and internationally recognized resource for translational research.”

Arlene still maintains an adjunct appointment and collaborations with Boston University colleagues. However, she does have a new home in Worcester on Lake Quinsigamond, a couple of miles from her campus. She hopes to host lovely parties with friends and colleagues there this coming summer.

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Linda Simoni-Wastila, BSPharm, PhD, was promoted to Full Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Pharmacy. She also fills the position of Vice Chair of Research for her Department.