Dr. Albert W. Wu

"Albert W. Wu is Professor of Health Policy and Management and Medicine, with joint appointments in Epidemiology, International Health, Medicine and Surgery. He received BA and MD degrees from Cornell University, and completed an Internal Medicine residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital and UC San Diego. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCSF and received an MPH from UC Berkeley. His research and teaching focus on patient outcomes and quality of care. He was the first to measure the quality of life impact of antiretroviral therapy in HIV clinical trials. He developed the MOS-HIV health survey, and other questionnaires to measure quality of life, adherence, satisfaction, attitudes and behaviors for people with chronic disease. He was co-founder and director of the outcomes research committee of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group of the NIH, and President of the International Society for Quality of Life. He advises many US and international organizations on PRO methods. He is director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, He has studied the handling of medical errors since 1988, was a member of the Institute of Medicine committee on identifying and preventing medication errors, and was Senior Adviser for Patient Safety to WHO in Geneva. His current research is on incorporating PROs into the electronic health record, PRO-performance measures for primary care, supporting healthcare workers after adverse events, and creating a network community based organizations. He has authored over 400 peer review publications. and is co-author of the recent book ""New Horizons in Patient Safety, Understanding Communication. He leads the PhD program in health services research, the Masters of Applied Science in Patient Safety & Healthcare Quality, and the Certificate program in Quality, Patient Safety and Outcomes Research in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He maintains a clinical practice in general internal medicine.".

His clinical expertise encompasses Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, and Sepsis.

Dr. Wu is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 240 peer reviewed articles.