Margaret Elizabeth Kruk | |
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| Born | Poland |
| Nationality | American and Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Public health expert, physician and health systems researcher |
| Spouse | Sandro Galea |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA., Arts and Science, McMaster University MD., McMaster University MPH., Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Harvard University Columbia University University of Michigan |
Margaret Elizabeth Kruk is a public health expert, physician, and health systems researcher. She is Professor of Health Systems at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health[1] and Director of the Quality of Evidence for Health Transformation (QuEST) Centers and Network.[2] She is slated to become Distinguished Professor of Health Systems and Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis in January 2025.[3]
Kruk is most known for her work on measuring health system quality and its impact on healthcare demand, health outcomes, and trust, using observational studies, implementation science and econometric methods.[4] She has published more than 200 research articles and book chapters. In 2018, she chaired the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems.[5] She co-edited the third edition of the Disease Control Priorities book series and served on the Lancet Commissions on Investing in Health I and III, and the Institute of Medicine Committee on Health System Strengthening, among others.[6] She also served as co-lead for the Bulletin of the World Health Organization Special Issue on Health Care Quality in the SDG Era.[7]
Kruk has received awards such as the 2010 University of Michigan William J. McNerney Research Award, along with the 2018 Alice Hamilton Award[8] and the 2021 Marianne Wessling Resnick Memorial Mentoring Award, both from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[9] She was also named in the Canadian Women in Global Health List by the Canadian Society for International Health in 2018.[10]
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