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Michael Kattan, Ph.D., Chairman, is the editor of a recently published two volume Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making. The book with over 100 international contributors, reveals how medical and healthcare decisions are actually made and constrained and how physician, healthcare management, and patient decision making can be improved to optimize health outcomes. Read more...

Gerald Beck, PhD, Quantitative Health Sciences, was awarded supplemental grants for two Data Coordinating Centers. He received $528,558 in supplemental funding over 2 years for "Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Consortium Data Coordinating Center" funded by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Dr. Beck also was awarded $262,236 in supplemental funding for "Frequent Hemodialysis Network Data Coordinating Center" funded by the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH.

Amy Nowacki, Ph.D. completed the Distinguished Educator Level I Certificate Program – Essentials of Clinical and Classroom Teaching and Assessment offered through the Cleveland Clinic Education Institute.