Director of Clinical Research
University of Utah
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr. Valerie Vaughn is a tenured Associate Professor, the Bertram H. and Janet M. Schaap Presidential Endowed Chair, and Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. A national leader in hospital medicine research, Dr. Vaughn envisions a world where patient care is rapidly and iteratively improved by generating and implementing high quality, high value evidence across diverse context with teams that are collaborative and transformational. Dr. Vaughn’s research focuses on reducing diagnostic error and curbing antibiotic overuse, especially for infectious diseases like pneumonia which are commonly treated by hospitalists. Currently, she serves as the hospitalist lead for the Antimicrobial Use Initiative in the Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium, as co-chair of the Diagnostic Stewardship pre-course for ID Week, and as Chair for the Research Committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine.