Alan J. Card, PhD, MPH, DFASHRM

Background

Dr. Card is an Assistant Professor at the San Diego State University School of Public Health. He earned his PhD from the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge, where he studied in the Healthcare Design research group. He also holds an MPH from the University of South Florida. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and holds professional certifications in healthcare quality (CPHQ) and healthcare risk management (CPHRM).

Research Interests

My research includes both empirical and theoretical advances to participatory systems improvement / intervention design for health and healthcare services.

I am particularly interested in patient safety and healthcare worker safety (including psychosocial safety), healthcare quality, risk management, and the intersection of healthcare and population health. My mixed methods empirical work applies insights from design research, systems thinking, safety and improvement science, and public health to help diagnose and address the systemic causes of poor outcomes in these areas. And, Just as importantly, my work aims to improve the theories, frameworks, tools, and techniques that support research and practice in the field.

This is a rich and exciting research area that applies to problems ranging from patient safety risk management to preparedness planning, and from value-based care to the design of the built environment. I am always interested in hearing from potential collaborators at: acard [at] sdsu.edu.

You can learn more about my work by clicking on Publications or by visiting my pages at

ResearchGate (researchgate.net/profile/Alan_Card) or

Academia.edu (cambridge.academia.edu/AlanCard).

For tools and templates based on my research, click on Tools and Templates.

Social Media

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Bluesky: AlanJCard@bsky.social

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ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Alan-Card