Patience A. Osei
Quality and Innovation Project Manager (Human Factors) @Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute For Patient Safety And Quality
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WORK HISTORY
Quality and Innovation Project Manager (Human Factors) @Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute For Patient Safety And Quality
I manage multiple projects within the Center for Health Care Human Factors to improve patient safety practices within Johns Hopkins Medicine. The Center applies Human Factors Engineering (HFE) to healthcare to (re)design processes, systems and devices to support the work of caregivers at Johns Hopkins to create efficient and safe care process, mitigate risk of patient safety, and improve patient outcomes.Role:• Oversight of all current research activities and projects in Center for Health Care Human Factors.• Manage the administrative and scientific implementation of a transdisciplinary and applied research studies aimed at improving infection prevention and control in health care settings.• Manage the hiring and onboarding process of new Research Assistants and other staff. • Mentor, supervise and evaluate undergraduate and graduate Research Assistants.• Manage collaborative work between core HF team and interdisciplinary study team members to ensure that study deliverables and report schedules are met as required by the granting agencies; track completion of assigned tasks; and any other duties as needed.• Manage and execute various activities to complete grants and external consulting projects.
EDUCATION
The Johns Hopkins University
Master's Degree, Bioengineering Innovation and Design
Bucknell University
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Legae Academy
IGCSE and A-Levels, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT PATIENCE A. OSEI
Human factors Project Manager at the Center for Health Care Human Factors at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. My background combines biomedical engineering innovation and design with human factors engineering aimed at improving patient safety in various healthcare settings. I am passionate about patient safety, global health and the development of high-quality, low-cost medical devices and processes for different healthcare settings. My research interests include the application of human factors engineering to infection prevention and control and medication safety. I am a Johnson and Johnson One Young World Scholar (2017), Devex Fellow (2018) and TEDx speaker (2019).Patents:• US 20•••••••83 A1 • US 20•••••••73 A1 Relevant Publications (see google scholar for full list of publications- & hl=en):Glancey M et al. Design improvements for personal protective equipment used in Ebola and other epidemic outbreaks. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2017.Xie A, et al. Using a participatory ergonomics approach to improve patient room cleaning practices and prevent hospital associated infections. Odam, 2017.Rock C, et al, for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Evaluation of Environmental Cleaning of Patient Rooms: Impact of Different Fluorescent Gel Markers. Accepted Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018.Garibaldi BT et al. A novel personal protective equipment coverall was rated higher than standard Ebola virus personal protective equipment in terms of comfort, mobility and perception of safety when tested by health care workers in Liberia and in a United States biocontainment unit. American Journal of Infection Control. 2018.Xie, A et al. Improving Daily Patient Room Cleaning: An Observational Study Using a Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 11•••18.Gurses AP et al. CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. Human factors–based risk analysis to improve the safety of doffing enhanced personal protective equipment. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
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