Shoshanna Sofaer, Dr.P.H., is the Robert P. Luciano Professor of Health Care Policy at the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College. She previously held academic positions at George Washington University Medical Center and the UCLA School of Public Health. She completed her M.P.H. and Dr.P.H. degrees at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr. Sofaer conducts research on topics including: the development of quality measures that resonate with consumers and patients; the design and dissemination of public reports on comparative health care quality; and the development of state and local partnerships to pursue community health and health care improvement objectives. She also conducts evaluations of both individual programs and groups, or clusters of programs in a particular area. Her current and recent research addresses the development and/or dissemination of public reports on hospitals, physician practices, nursing homes and hospices; the development and testing of measures of hospital nursing quality; the development of strategies to increase the extent to which addiction treatment programs are client- and family-centered and use evidence based practices; the adequacy of information provided to members of “consumer driven” health plans; and the response of the public to the use of cost-effectiveness information in making resource allocation decisions. In addition, Dr. Sofaer is currently conducting a cluster evaluation of over 30 projects funded by Atlantic Philanthropies designed to improve the care provided to older people by various health professionals and to increase the engagement of patients and family members as members of the health care team. She is also evaluating efforts to improve the reach and effectiveness of State Health Insurance Information Programs that serve people with Medicare, and assessing the effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative designed to reduce hospital readmissions among patients of home health care agencies.