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Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Megan McHugh, PhD, is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. McHugh is a health services researcher, educator, and evaluator with expertise in conducting complex, multi-site evaluations of quality improvement programs and health policies. Dr. McHugh also directs Northwestern’s MS in Health Services and Outcomes Research and a research program in Manufacturing and Health, which aims to generate evidence to improve the health of manufacturing employees and communities, and improve the value of health spending for companies. Her work has been continuously funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and several other private and public supporters of public health and health services research. Previously, Dr. McHugh was Research Director at the Health Research & Educational Trust of the American Hospital Association and Senior Program Officer at the Institute of Medicine.