Gretchen LeFever

USA

Dr. Gretchen LeFever has been described as a visionary thinker who sees solutions before others can articulate the problem to be solved. She is passionate about improving patient and personnel safety. As a popular speaker with a strong media presence, Dr. LeFever has appeared on national TV and radio programs such as CNN and the National Public Radio Diane Rehm Show. She has won millions of federal, state, and non-profit grant dollars to conduct epidemiologic and translational research and led an award-winning patient safety and performance excellence initiative for Sentara Healthcare. Results of her studies appear in a range of professional publications such as American Journal of Public Health, Critical Care Medicine, Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, Family and Community Health, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Educational Research, and Psychology in the Schools. Her work has also been discussed in popular magazines such as Psychology Today, Science, Popular Science,