Heather Limper, PhD

Dr. Limper’s primary research interests lie in implementation science, specifically focusing on technical and operational methods of behavioral intervention to improve patient safety and quality in the healthcare environment. She has particularly focused on cognitive factors affecting the uptake of interventions among healthcare providers. Her dissertation research focused on the accuracy, uptake, and impact of electronic monitoring technology as a method for measuring hand hygiene behavior among healthcare personnel in an inpatient hospital setting. While at the University of Chicago, Dr. Limper helped launch the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation as the inaugural epidemiologist. She created the first offering of a health analytics course as part of the Master of Science in Analytics at the University of Chicago where she also served as a member of the Biological Sciences Division Institutional Review Board and developed a pathway for oversight of quality improvement projects deemed non-human subjects research.