Dr. Robert Brook, Co-Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA, was awarded the 2007 The David E. Rogers Award. The award honors David E. Rogers, M.D., a former president of the foundation and an exemplar of academic medicine's commitment to meeting the health care needs of our nation. The award recognizes a medical school faculty member who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people. Without question, say his colleagues, Dr. Brook invented the field of quality measurement and outcomes of care, shifting focus from what care patients receive, to how they fare as a result. In so doing, he not only pioneered a new way of looking at health care, but also promoted greater recognition of the (then) emerging field of health services research. Additionally, he led the way at RAND for studies focusing on the health status and outcomes of vulnerable populations (the frail elderly, HIV-positive individuals, children with special health needs, the mentally ill) for whom standard measures are often inappropriate. At the national level, Dr. Brook's work has virtually transformed the U.S. health care landscape, putting quality measurement and improvement high atop the agendas of public and private decision-makers, the medical profession and the public. He has frequently testified before Congress regarding health care quality and provided legislative staff with technical assistance drafting legislation and report language.
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