Wendy L. Ward
Associate Provost for Faculty
Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2011–2023); Apple (Israel) (2022); University of Georgia (2022–2023); Augusta University (2023); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2016–2025); Gosford Hospital (2024); Pediatrics and Genetics (2018); Northwestern Medicine (2019); Centra Health (2018); Arkansas Department of Agriculture (2019); Hospital Provincial de Conxo (2022); North Dakota State University (1999); University of Maryland, College Park (2016)
Faculty Researcher
Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Wendy L. Ward's research focuses on understanding and improving educational and collaborative practices within academic health centers, with a particular emphasis on mentorship and interprofessional education. Her work investigates the dynamics of mentoring relationships, examining their nature, evolution, and implications for faculty development in academic settings.
Ward also studies interprofessional collaboration and education, particularly among psychology trainees and behavioral health providers. Her research in this area explores current educational practices, trainee perspectives on team skills, and patterns of collaboration across various clinical settings. She has also investigated issues related to diversity and inclusion within healthcare, including research on addressing structural racism and its impact on child health disparities, as well as designing educational tools for LGBTQ+ healthcare.
With an h-index of 27 and over 2,100 citations across nearly 100 publications, Ward is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Her collaborators include Kathryn K. Neill, Karen J. Dickinson, Gerald E. Crites, and M. Kathryn Allison, primarily from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 27
- Publications: 98
- Citations: 2,196
Selected Publications
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Leading academic health centers in times of uncertainty (2026)
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The Impact of Coaching on Those Who Coach in Academic Medicine (2025)
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Leadership for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (L-PAHC): Establishing a Leadership Conference Curriculum (2025)
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A Tale of Two Institutions: Implementing IPE Curricula and Assessment Tools (2025)
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Promotion and Tenure Database Creation and Utilization: A 12-Year History (2024)
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Women Faculty Career Development May Be Enhanced by Considering Mentor Program Design Elements (2023)
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An interprofessional medical malpractice mock trial: event evolution and assessment of efficacy (2023)
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Correction: Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors (2023)
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Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors (2023)
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A Scoping Review of Health Care Faculty Mentorship Programs in Academia: Implications for Program Design, Implementation, and Outcome Evaluation (2022)
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Retention and Career Success of Faculty: The Case for Building a Sense of Belonging to the Academic Medicine Community (2022)
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The Nature and Evolution of the Mentoring Relationship in Academic Health Centers (2022)
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Role Distinctions and Role Overlap Among Behavioral Health Providers (2022)
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Interprofessional Education: Psychology Trainee Experiences and Perspectives on Team Skills (2021)
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Interprofessional Education: Current State in Psychology Training (2021)
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.
- Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas NIH Co-Investigator
- Arkansas AHEC Point of Service Maintenance and Enhancement (AR-POSME) Health Resources & Services Administration Co-Investigator
- HRSA Medical Student Education (MSE) Health Resources & Services Administration Principal Investigator
- Arkansas Primary Care Training Enhancement Health Resources & Services Administration Co-Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Interprofessional Education: Current State in Psychology Training
- Patterns of Psychologists’ Interprofessional Collaboration Across Clinical Practice Settings
- Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Leadership for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (L-PAHC): Establishing a Leadership Conference Curriculum
- Interprofessionalism and Integrated Care
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Interprofessional Education: Current State in Psychology Training
- Interprofessional Education: Psychology Trainee Experiences and Perspectives on Team Skills
- Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Interprofessionalism and Integrated Care
- Correction: Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Designing an interprofessional Facebook discussion group to teach about LGBTQ healthcare disparities and inclusive practices
- An interprofessional medical malpractice mock trial: event evolution and assessment of efficacy
- A Tale of Two Institutions: Implementing IPE Curricula and Assessment Tools
- Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Interprofessionalism and Integrated Care
- Correction: Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Patterns of Psychologists’ Interprofessional Collaboration Across Clinical Practice Settings
- Role Distinctions and Role Overlap Among Behavioral Health Providers
- Interprofessional Education: Current State in Psychology Training
- Patterns of Psychologists’ Interprofessional Collaboration Across Clinical Practice Settings
- Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Correction: Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Correction: Interprofessional Education in Psychology Doctoral Programs, Internships, and Postdoctoral Training: A Survey of Training Directors
- Designing an interprofessional Facebook discussion group to teach about LGBTQ healthcare disparities and inclusive practices
- Designing an interprofessional Facebook discussion group to teach about LGBTQ healthcare disparities and inclusive practices
- Designing an interprofessional Facebook discussion group to teach about LGBTQ healthcare disparities and inclusive practices
- Designing an interprofessional Facebook discussion group to teach about LGBTQ healthcare disparities and inclusive practices
- Patterns of Psychologists’ Interprofessional Collaboration Across Clinical Practice Settings
- Patterns of Psychologists’ Interprofessional Collaboration Across Clinical Practice Settings
- Patterns of Psychologists’ Interprofessional Collaboration Across Clinical Practice Settings
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