Northwestern Quality Improvement, Research & Education in Surgery

NQUIRES is a collaborative and multidisciplinary community that supports faculty, staff and trainees in carrying out research to improve surgical care delivery, quality and outcomes.”

Salva Balbale, PhD and Anne Stey, MD

Core Programs

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NQUIRES Student Research Program

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NQUIRES Research Fellowship

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Our Team

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New NQUIRES Research

Recent Publications

Characterization of Newborn Circumcision Revision and Complication Rates among Privately Insured Boys in the United States between 2010 and 2022.
Kim DD, Hyman MJ, Modi PK, Johnson EK.
Urology. 2025 Feb 17:S0090-4295(25)00180-3. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.02.017. Online ahead of print.
If We Build It, Why They Do Not Come? An American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Collaborative to Understand Barriers to Completion of Cancer Treatment.
Janczewski LM, Yang AD, Reilly E, Chan K, Coates T, Scarlett S, Hedlund S, Snyder RA, Haffty B, Shelton C, Kirstein LJ.
JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Feb 10:OP2400745. doi: 10.1200/OP-24-00745. Online ahead of print.
Insomnia in pregnancy and obstetric outcomes.
Friedlander R, et al. Among authors: chung j.
Sleep. 2025 Feb 10;48(2):zsae288. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae288.