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Designing
for Quality: eHealth Development Workshop
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/Advanced
Technology Program, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National
Library of Medicine (NLM), and the Veterans Health Administration
(VHA)
NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
June 24-25, 2003
David
K. Ahern, Ph.D.
David
K. Ahern, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychology (Psychiatry)
at Harvard Medical School and on the staff of Brigham and Women's
Hospital. Dr. Ahern has had a distinguished career in clinical research.
He has published over 60 original articles in the areas of chronic
pain, psychosocial aspects of musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular
behavioral medicine, and eHealth research. He has held investigator
roles on numerous research grants and contracts funded by multiple
agencies including the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research,
the National Cancer Institute, and the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute. Dr. Ahern has been actively involved in the development
of Integrated Voice Response (IVR) and Internet-based technologies
for health care applications. Currently, Dr. Ahern serves as the
National Program Director of the Health e-Technologies Initiative,
a national program office of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Ahern also holds the position of Chief Science Officer for Abacus
Management Technologies based in Rhode
Island.
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Date created:
April 28, 2003
Last updated:
April 12, 2005
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