HMS Faculty Singh Hardeep

Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH

Chief, Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Director, Houston DISCovery (Diagnosis Improvement Safety Center)

Dr. Hardeep Singh is a general internist and Chief of Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety based at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He leads a portfolio of VA and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded patient safety research in improving the use of health information technology and reducing diagnostic errors in health care. In 2012, he received the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award for high impact research and in 2014, received the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama for pioneering work in the field. His multidisciplinary team’s work recently received the VA Health System Impact Award, which honors VA-funded research that significantly impacts clinical practice or policy.