ISQua News

The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) is pleased to announce Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite as the new President, taking over from Wendy Nicklin on 29 October 2020.

Professor Braithwaite is Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, and has previously held the role of ISQua President-Elect.

“Over the next three years during my term, I hope to build on the platform of success that Wendy Nicklin laid as President. She in turn benefited from the wisdom of her Past President, Cliff Hughes, and he in turn reaped the reward of following many other committed individuals reaching into the past. Looking ahead to the next few years, we are aiming to extend our organisation and our global footprint – from extending our networks, to developing new strategic opportunities, to continuing to support low-, middle- and high-income countries in need of our expertise,” Professor Braithwaite said.

We intend to consolidate our position, spread our expertise far and wide, and respond to the impact of climate change, pollution and population growth on the health of communities. Together we will strive for better, safer, higher quality healthcare for all.  

Professor Braithwaite will be a keynote speaker at the ISQua Virtual Conference “Leading for Quality” on 25 November 2020. Registrations are open now.

ISQua is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of quality improvement in healthcare worldwide. Membership includes 70 countries across 6 continents.

About the President

Jeffrey Braithwaite is the Founding Director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science; and Professor of Health Systems Research, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is President of the International Society for Quality in Health Care and a member of multiple groups of the World Health Organisation and the OECD as well as holding visiting professorships and international senior fellowships in six other Universities and think tanks in Europe and Japan.