OTS - UMIT Professor Uwe Siebert receives SMDM Award and becomes SMDM President
2017. November 14. 09:01
Hall/Tirol, 14 November, 2017 (APA/OTS) - At the 39th Annual
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) Conference in
Pittsburgh, PA, Professor Uwe Siebert received the SMDM Award for
Distinguished Service and was inaugurated as 2017-2018 SMDM
President.
SMDM seeks to improve the health of individuals and populations
through systematic and integrated approaches to clinical decision
making and health care policy formulation by connecting and
educating researchers, providers, policy-makers and the public.
Professor John B. Wong (Tufts University, Boston), the Chair of
the Awards Committee, presented the Distinguished Service Award to
Uwe Siebert recognizing his exceptional efforts and leadership in
advancing the scientific and educational activities of the Society.
During his acceptance speech, Professor Siebert said: "I am
truly humbled and honored to receive this prestigious award. I see
this award also as recognition for the many societal members who
have influenced my path and helped shape my research and
educational efforts."
During the same conference, outgoing President Angie Fagerlin
(University of Utah, Salt Lake City) handed over the symbolic SMDM
gavel to Uwe Siebert, as he becomes the 39th President of SMDM.
Speaking of his plans for SMDM during his presidency, he said:
"I would like to combine our Society's expertise in analytical
evaluation methods and patient-shared decision making to facilitate
the translation of our research into useful information for
patients, providers and policy makers."
To further pursue SMDM's goal to foster and promote
international exchange and synergies between health care decision
making scholars from different countries, he added: "Having lived
and worked in South America, West Africa, Europe and North America,
I also find it very important to expand our existing educational
efforts by developing mobile and web-based educational programs to
reach and meet those who are unable to attend our conferences and
to learn from their experience."
UMIT Rector Professor Sabine Schindler expressed her
congratulations: "This award recognizes Uwe Siebert's outstanding
contribution to health decision science through his research,
teaching and leadership service. We are proud that he will serve as
President of SMDM and continue interdisciplinary activities to
promote rational and evidence-based medical decision making."
Photos: https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20171114_OTS0015
Contact: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert, MPH, MSc, Head of the
Department for Public Health, Health Services Research and HTA,
public-health@umit.at, +4350-8648-673930
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