Ron D. Hays, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Adjunct Researcher at RAND Corporation, has been selected to present the 2025 Scaletti Catalyst Lecturer on 18 April 2025 at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.

One of the most influential and highly cited scientists in his field, Dr Ron Hays has dedicated his career to improving the quality of life for patients undergoing clinical care. He co-developed the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) patient experience and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) health-related quality of life measures to help researchers and clinicians monitor health care and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Interested users can access the CAHPS measures at AHRQ and the PROMIS measures at Health Measures. CAHPS is supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and PROMIS measures were developed with funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine now supports PROMIS under a cost-recovery business model with no profit motivation.

What: “Past and Future Directions for Patient-reported Experience and Patient-reported Outcome Assessment in Ambulatory Healthcare”
Where: Fitz Hall, Room 303, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.
When: Apr 18, 2025, 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

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The Joseph V Scaletti Memorial Catalyst Lectures

Inspirational ideas in biomedical research, health education & delivery

Each year, the  Joseph V. Scaletti  Memorial  Catalyst Lecture  features an individual, institution, or idea responsible for accelerating the rate of positive change and forward progress in the areas of biomedical research, healthcare education, innovative healthcare delivery, and state-of-the-art patient care.