Assistant Professor
Primary Department
Clinical Research & Leadership
Affiliation
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Interests
Dr. Ward is an expert in advancing anti-racism efforts within health sciences education and in designing curricula to enable student and faculty to competently promote health equity in practice. Her research focuses on stakeholder-engaged community-focused studies in youth and among health science career trainees. She is skilled in the application of participatory action research methods. She has experience engaging youth in research that promotes positive self-identity such as a youth-led mural on preserving D.C's legacy.
Keywords
Health equity, health justice, medical education, Global health, Women's health, Intimate partner violence, Community educator, Curriculum developer, Service-learning, Equity, Youth development, medical education,
Research Level
T3: Translation to Practice
T4: Translation to Population Health
Research Method(s)
- Promoting Wellness and Healthy Living
- Translating Knowledge to Action
- Participatory action research
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