Research Methodology

BIOGRAPHY

Ralph I Horwitz M.D

Academic positions:
- Arthur Bloomfield Professor, Stanford University (2007-present)
- Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University (2007-present)
- Dean and Vice president for medical affairs of the School of Medicine, Case Western University (2003-2006)
- Director of the Case Research Institute (2003-2006)
- Former president of the American Board of Internal Medicine and member of the Council of the AAP

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Horwitz is internationally known for his pioneering research that helped to establish the field of clinical investigation and outcomes research; for his distinguished leadership in reinvigorating the Department of Medicine at Yale; for his innovative programs in the education of physicians and the training of physician scientists; and his visionary renewal of the social contract linking the practice of medicine to the civic responsibility of the profession of medicine.

As a general internist and clinical epidemiologist, his major research emphasis is studying the strategies of clinical care. Much of Dr Horwitz's research program is devoted to developing methodologic techniques that can ensure valid and generalizable answers to relevant clinical questions.

Any other information:
- Dr Horwitz is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Epidemiology.
- Elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation
- Elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
- Elected member of the Association of American Physicians (AAP).
- Fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale
- Awarded Robert J. Glaser Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM, 2005)