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# Mary Dixon-Woods appointed Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies

#### Mary Dixon-Woods appointed Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies

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**Mary Dixon-Woods FAcSS FMedSci FRCP (Hon) has been named the Health Foundation Professor of Healthcare Improvement Studies at University of Cambridge.**

This new professorship is supported by the Health Foundation’s grant for THIS Institute, which Professor Dixon-Woods directs.

Professor Dixon-Woods said: “I’m thrilled to have been appointed to this position. It is a very fitting recognition of the highly productive partnership between THIS Institute and the Health Foundation as we deliver our mission: to create an unparalleled scientific asset for the NHS by strengthening the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare.”

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