Teresa O’Brien is an Adjunct Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.
Teresa is the Director of Quality Improvement at Community of Hope, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Homelessness Services provider in Washington, DC. Teresa received her Masters in Public Health, with a concentration in Community Health Sciences and Maternal Child Health in 2016 from the Boston University School of Public Health. Since graduation, Teresa has been working in the FQHC setting, starting as the Director of Quality Improvement at Harvard St. Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, where she helped achieve “Patient Centered Medical Home” recognition, and supported improvements in quality care related to chronic disease management. Teresa has been with Community of Hope since 2020, where she has helped grow the Quality Improvement team and enhance the culture of quality improvement. Community of Hope has been recognized as a quality leader, with continuously improving outcomes such including chronic disease management, preventive cancer screening, depression and HIV screening, and more. Teresa is particularly interested in maternal and child health, including work on improving vaccination rates. Teresa is an advocate for data-driven, evidence based, team-based care and has helped Community of Hope implement a population health software which has enhanced care teams’ ability to identify patient needs and collaborate effectively.