Hays Lab

Dr. Hays holding award with two other researchers at ISOQOL in Ireland.

Ron D. Hays Lab

Specializing in patient experience and health-related quality of life.

Specializing in Healthcare Survey Research 

As a Distinguished Professor in the UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Dr. Ronald D. Hays specializes in patient-reported outcomes measurement (PROM) development. He evaluates patient experience with health care and health-related quality of life (QAL). 

Dr. Hays has been acknowledged as one of the most highly cited and influential scientific minds by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics since 2015. 

In his work, Dr. Hays seeks to enhance understanding and use of high-quality psychometric analyses of patient-reported outcome and health services survey research data. Grant development services and analyses of data are available. He also provides input on survey design and selection of patient-reported outcome measures, analyses to evaluate multi-item scales (classical and item response theory methods), and psychometric computer programming (SAS, STATA, IRTPRO, EQS-IRT, LAVAAN, FlexMIRT).

Please contact him at drhays@ucla.edu to schedule an appointment. 

Through the Years

  • Dr. Hays sitting outside talking with other researchers outside at HSR symposium in 2017.
  • Ron Hays sitting at a table in blue shirt at 2018 Research Symposium.
  • Group of researchers receiving awards at 2018 ISOQOL meeting.
  • Dr. Ron Hays smiling with Dr. Loretta Jones.
  • Dr. Hays talking with researchers in suits at 2017 HSR Symposium.
  • Dr. Hays sitting outside talking with other researchers outside at HSR symposium in 2017.
  • Ron Hays sitting at a table in blue shirt at 2018 Research Symposium.
  • Group of researchers receiving awards at 2018 ISOQOL meeting.
  • Dr. Ron Hays smiling with Dr. Loretta Jones.
  • Dr. Hays talking with researchers in suits at 2017 HSR Symposium.