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Ingrid Nembhard, PhD, MS

Associate Professor Adjunct, Health Policy & Management
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Associate Professor Adjunct, Health Policy & Management

Biography

Ingrid M. Nembhard, Ph.D., M.S., is Associate Professor of Public Health and Management at Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Management. She also serves as the Associate Director for the Health Care Management Program at Yale. Her research focuses on how characteristics of health care organizations, their leaders, and staff contribute to their ability to implement new practices, engage in continuous organizational learning, and ultimately improve quality of care. She is currently principal investigator for a study of the implementation of evidence-based practices in U.S. hospitals and a study of the contributors to high performance in challenging work environments. She is also studying the implementation of care coordination in primary care groups. In prior work, she has combined qualitative and quantitative research methods to examine: (1) the influence of leadership, organizational climate and learning strategies on the success of improvement projects conducted in hospital units; (2) the antecedents and consequences of organizational learning in the context of quality improvement collaboratives, and (3) the impact of national quality improvement campaigns on hospital processes and patient outcomes.

Dr. Nembhard received her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management, with a concentration in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University through a joint program between Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She received her M.S. in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University School of Public Health, and her B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics and in Psychology from Yale University.

Appointments

Education & Training

PhD
Harvard University (2007)
MS
Harvard University (2001)

Research

Overview

  • Organizational Learning and Quality Improvement via Interorganizational Relationships among Health Care Delivery Organizations
  • Effects of Teamwork, Team Learning Strategies and Project Choices on Neonatal Intensive Care Units’ Performance Improvement
  • Quality Improvement Collaboratives

Medical Research Interests

Health Care; Health Services Administration; Health Services Research; Quality of Health Care

Public Health Interests

Health Care Management; Health Systems Reform

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Ingrid Nembhard's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

2012

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Innovating in health care versus other industries

  • activity

    Role of incentives in knowledge exchange in organizations

  • honor

    Best Paper Proceedings (Top 10% of submissions)

  • honor

    Best Abstract, Science of Quality Improvement

  • honor

    Runner-Up, Health Care Management Division Best Paper Award

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Health Policy & Management

PO Box 208034, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

Locations

  • 60 College Street

    Academic Office

    Ste 308

    New Haven, CT 06510