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UNC Surgical Health Services Research Center (USHER)

What We Envision

The center will be the nation’s premier place to conduct research and develop a career at the intersection of surgical quality improvement, surgical coaching, decision sciences, and implementation science.

Venn diagram of circles NC Collaborative, Health Policy, Research, Training. With USHER at the intersection. Icon of a justice building. Inform health policy at institutional and state levels through community partner-driven research and partnerships. Icon of dollar bills. Acquire and sustain extramural grant funding and philanthropy to support high-impact research. Icon of North Carolina outline. Develop and advance a statewide quality collaborative for improving the delivery of surgical care. Icon of a person presenting. Establish a robust and inclusive surgical health services research training program for early career faculty, fellows, and residents.

Our Mission

To improve the delivery of surgical care by conducting high-impact research and cultivating the next generation of surgeon-scientists.

Five Year Goals

  1. Develop and advance a statewide quality collaborative for improving the delivery of surgical care.
  2. Establish a robust and inclusive surgical health services research training program for early career faculty, fellows, and residents.​
  3. Acquire and sustain extramural grant funding and philanthropy to support high-impact research.
  4. Inform health policy at institutional and state levels through community partner-driven research and partnerships.

Our Leadership

Headshot of Dr. Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson, PhD, MSPH

Research Professor of
Surgical Oncology
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Associate Director, USHER
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Associate Chair of Quality,
Department of Surgery
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Director of Quality & Implementation,
NC Surgical Quality Collaborative

Headshot of Dr. Clara Lee

Clara Lee, MD, MPP

Professor of Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery
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Director, USHER

Dr. Katharine McGinigle

Katharine McGinigle, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of
Vascular Surgery
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Surgical Director, ERAS

Headshot of Dr. Gita Mody

Gita Mody, MD, MPH 

Associate Professor of
Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Director, Thoracic Surgical
Oncology

Headshot of Dr. Jessica Schumacher

Jessica Schumacher, PhD     

Research Associate Professor
of Surgical Oncology
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Associate Director, USHER
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Scientific Director, NC Surgical
Quality Collaborative

Carter Sherman, MSW
Research Program Manager

 

 

CONTACT US
USHER@med.unc.edu