Messages from NICHQ Leaders
NICHQ's leaders are special people. This diverse group of talented individuals is the driving force behind NICHQ's success. We invite you to read their interesting and inspiring commentaries on issues related to improving children's healthcare.
Marianne, What Are You Doing Out Here?
Marianne McPherson, PhD, MS, Director of Applied Research and Evaluation
May 2012
My Daughter's Best Fed Beginnings
Karthi Streb, MPH, Associate Project Director
April 2012
What I Learned about Physician Autonomy at the ATM Machine
Shikha Anand, MD, MPH, Director of Strategic Alliances and Initiatives & Obesity Program Director
March 2012
An Improvement Wake-Up Call
Jonathan Small, Senior Director of Communications
February 2012
Improvement Gets Personal: Parent Involvement
Meghan A. Guinnee, PhD, Project Director
January 2012
The Relationship and Patient-Centered Care
Tom Dahlborg, Vice President for Strategy and Project Director
December 2011
Being a Yardstick of Quality for Sickle Cell Care in the US
Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH, Project Director, Working to Improve Sickle Cell Healthcare
November 2011
Autism (Work) on the Rise
Charlie Homer, MD, MPH, President and CEO
October 2011
From Awareness to Action in Childhood Obesity
Priya Nair Heatherley, MHA, Associate Project Director
September 2011
Systems Thinking in a World of Quality Improvement
Rachel Sachs Steele, MEd, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Project Director
June 2011
Our National Quality Strategy
Charlie Homer, MD, MPH, President and CEO
May 2011
Managing the White Space: Quality Improvement at a New Level of Innovation and Partnership
Charlie Homer, MD, MPH, President and CEO
April 2011








