Naomi Bardach, MD

Dr. Bardach is a Professor of Pediatrics and Policy in the Department of Pediatrics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco. She is Vice Chair of Health Services Research in the Department of Pediatrics. In recognition of her passion and capacity for mentoring, she received the UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Mentoring Award for Associate Professors in 2020. Her research program is focused on improving the quality and equity of inpatient and outpatient pediatric care, with a foundation in implementation and dissemination science. She was co-investigator on two of the AHRQ-funded U18 Pediatric Quality Measurement Program (PQMP) grants to support development and testing of pediatric quality measures in asthma, sickle cell and mental health. As PI of an NICHD-funded R01, she is collecting reports on inpatient safety events from family and patients using a mobile phone interfaec, and making those reports rapidly available for safety improvements. Specific areas of interest for Dr. Bardach are: quality measurement; health equity in measurement and payment; and leveraging technology to integrate patient and caregiver voices into care.