Research Team
The people behind our research into behavioral emergency care, workplace violence prevention, and patient-centered crisis intervention.
Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS
Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS, is a physician-scientist and Associate Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. His research focuses on teamwork, patient safety, behavioral health, and technology-based interventions, with expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods health services research. Dr. Wong develops person-centered and technology-enabled approaches to reduce workplace violence and improve behavioral emergency care. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and received over $14 million in funding from NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, YCCI, and other agencies and foundations. He also serves on the editorial boards of Annals of Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training.
Bidisha Nath, MBBS, MPH
Bidisha Nath, MBBS, MPH, is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. With training in clinical medicine, psychiatry, and public health, Dr. Nath is a health services researcher whose work focuses on understanding the drivers and impact of workplace violence in acute care settings. Her research emphasizes the development and evaluation of innovative, trauma-informed care models to improve the management of behavioral emergencies in the emergency department, enhance patient and staff safety through systems-based approaches, and reduce clinician burnout associated with workplace violence exposure through trauma-informed support for healthcare staff.
Teresa O'Leary, Ph.D.
Dr. Teresa K. O'Leary, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in emergency medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. As a human-centered design, digital health, and health services researcher, she applies a systems engineering approach, creating novel participatory design methods that bring together diverse stakeholders to collaboratively design, develop, and evaluate digital health and healthcare innovations. Dr. O'Leary's over a decade of experience in health and human services form the foundation of her research, in which she critically examines how technology and enhanced clinical practice can catalyze systems of support for people experiencing stigmatized health conditions. Her research focus encompasses mental health promotion, interpersonal health communication, health fluency, and care linkages.
Riddhi Kaushik, MSc
Bio coming soon.
Yue Hu
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