Professor
Northwestern University/Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Medicine-Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, United States
David Cella, PhD is the Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Cella developed and is continually refining the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System for outcome evaluation in patients with chronic medical conditions. He also led the development of the NIH Roadmap Initiative to build a Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS), the Neurology Quality of Life (Neuro-QoL) Measurement System, and the Emotional Health domain of the NIH Toolbox. He studies questions regarding quality-of-life measurement in clinical trials, cross-cultural equivalence of quality of life measurement, efficacy of psychosocial interventions in chronic illness, and medical outcomes research. He has published more than 1000 peer-reviewed articles, most of which focus on the unique contribution that the patient perspective has upon the evaluation of health and health care. Dr. Cella has studied quality of life as a scientific enterprise, bringing the voice of the patient into consideration of value and opportunities for improvement on the healthcare system. For this, he was awarded the NAM Gustav O. Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care in 2016.
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Quality of life - what is that and how can we optimize it?
Friday, April 21, 2023
12:17 – 12:27 GMT