Helen Plass
August 16, 2021
|By Sam Simpson
Helen is a contractor with Convergence, supporting state and regional partners in implementing HQIC in rural and critical access hospitals. She has extensive experience in quality-of-life at end-of-life issues, preventing CLABSI/CAUTI, the CDC’s States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) initiative, the ARHQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI, and the AHRQ Safety Program for Acute Care: CAUTI.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Senior Program Manager, American Hospital Association
- Research and Administrative Manager, Sunnybrook Cancer Center
- University Health Network Ethics Board, Toronto
- MS, Bioethics, University of Toronto
- MA, Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University
- Post-graduate diploma, Corporate Communications and Public Relations, Fanshawe College
- BA, Philosophy, Western University, Canada
EDUCATION:
- Masters Degree, Buddhist Studies – Fo Guang University (佛光大學), Taiwan, China
- Masters Degree, Bioethics and Religion – University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Post Graduate Degree, Corporate Communications and Public Relations – Fanshawe College, Ontario, Canada
- Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy – University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
PAST WORK:
- Independent Contractor
- Senior Program Manager, American Hospital Association, Health Research and Educational Trust
- Research and Administrative Manager – Sunnybrook Hospital Odette Cancer Center
- Ethics Coordinator, Oncology Board – University Health Network, Research Ethics Board