Lauren Clack holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Zurich and an MSc in Applied Ergonomics from the University of Nottingham.

She began working as a behavioral scientist in the field of hospital infection prevention at the University Hospital Geneva (2011-2012), where she was involved in international research projects that sought to define the core components of infection prevention programs and explore the factors influencing implementation of infection prevention practices in European hospitals.

From 2012 until 2021, she worked as a researcher and project leader at the University Hospital Zürich Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, where she specialized in the application of implementation science and user-centered design to improve the systematic integration of evidence-based infection prevention practices into care delivery.

On December 7, 2020, she was appointed Assistant Professor for Implementation Science in Health Care with tenure track at the University of Zurich.

Link  to the inaugural lecture on 7 May 2022: "Implementation science in health care: the Science and the Practice"

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Selected publications

• Kouroupetroglou, Georgios; Maglogiannis, Ilias; Stentoumis, Christos; Kaimakamis, Evangelos; Orphanoudakis, Triantafillos (2021). Experiential Training of Hand Hygiene Using Virtual Reality. Recent Advances in Technologies for Inclusive Well-Being. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 196. Springer.
• Schultes, Marie-Therese; Albers, Bianca; Caci, Laura; Nyantakyi, Emanuela; Clack, Lauren (2022). A Modified Implementation Mapping Methodology for Evaluating and Learning From Existing Implementation. Frontiers in Public Health, 10:836552.
• Albers, Bianca; Schultes, Marie-Therese; Brauchli, Peter; Naef, Rahel; Von Wyl, Viktor; Clack, Lauren (2022). Implementation science in Switzerland: It’s time to seize the opportunity. Swiss Medical Weekly, 152:40021.
• Wolfensberger, Aline; Clack, Lauren; von Felten, Stefanie; Faes Hesse, Mirjam; Saleschus, Dirk; Meier, Marie-Theres; Kusejko, Katharina; Kouyos, Roger; Held, Leonhard; Sax, Hugo (2023). Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23(7):836-846.
• Ryf, Corina; Hofstetter, Léonie; Clack, Lauren; Hincapié, Cesar A (2024). Involving patients and clinicians in the development of a randomised clinical trial protocol to assess spinal manual therapy versus nerve root injection for patients with lumbar radiculopathy: a patient and public involvement project to inform the SALuBRITY trial design. Research involvement and engagement, 10(1):8.

• Best Paper 2023 from Swiss Society for Hospital Hygiene for "Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial"
• Pfizer Research Prize 2024 for "Prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia in Switzerland: a type 2 hybrid effectiveness–implementation trial"