Monika Haugstetter is a master’s prepared nurse with a Master of Health Administration from Quinnipiac University and a Master of Science in Nursing from Yale University School of Nursing. Her professional focus has been on directing quality improvement projects, managing variety of domestic and international public health and health research programs, facilitating and overseeing patient safety initiatives, development, implementation and monitoring of domestic and international training and education clinical programs, and teaching graduate level nurses. She currently serves as a Health Scientist Administrator at Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, in the General Patient Safety (GPS) Division. Prior to AHRQ, her positions included a Chief of Clinical Education, US Peace Corps, Office of Health Services, an Adjunct Professor, University of Hartford, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions teaching graduate level nurses, a Healthcare Quality Improvement Projects Manager, Qualidigm, and a Research Compliance Auditor/Health Advocate, Human Subject Protections Office, University of Connecticut Health Center, among others.