Dr. Howell has served on national quality- and safety-related advisory panels for the CDC, Society of Critical Care Medicine, CMS, and others. An active healthcare delivery scientist, he has published more than 100 research articles, editorials, and book chapters on topics related to quality, safety, patient-centeredness, and critical care. Dr. Howell’s research has focused on novel uses of electronically derived healthcare data to create insight that improve patient care with particular attention to safety, healthcare quality and operations, and diseased of the acutely ill. Cited more than 7000 times and incorporated into national guidelines, his research has also held an interest for the public and has been covered in the New York Times, by CNN, and by Consumer Reports. His forthcoming book, Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science, focuses on the intersection of real-world improvement and research-quality methods in the complex environment of healthcare.