Anping Xie, PhD, is a Human Factors Engineer and an Assistant Professor in the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. He has been conducting innovative human factors research in various healthcare settings (e.g., pediatrics, critical care, surgery) on a wide range of topics (e.g., patient- and family-centered care, HIT design and implementation, healthcare-associated infection prevention). His current research focuses on using human factors and systems engineering approaches to improve patient and family engagement and prescription opioid use in perioperative pain management.