Erin Barry PhD

Education

2006 - BE, Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics (minor), Vanderbilt University
2008 - MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas-Arlington
2020 - Advanced Foundations Certificate in Health Professions Education, USU
2024 - PhD, Health Professions Education, Maastricht University

Biography

Erin S. Barry is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Uniformed Services University (USU). She is a health professions education researcher who develops and delivers curriculum and education assessments, and conducts research and scholarship related to leadership, followership, and healthcare teams. She has a secondary appointment as Assistant Professor in the USU Department of Military and Emergency Medicine as well as the Center for Health Professions Education. She contributes to leadership education, development, assessment, scholarship, and online learning. Additionally, she is a Leadership Coach with certification from the Kansas Leadership Institute and the Innovative Leadership Institute.

Dr. Barry earned a B.E. (2006) in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She earned an M.S. (2008) in Biomedical Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington with a focus on Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. She completed her PhD (2024) in Health Professions Education focusing on leadership and followership within healthcare teams from Maastricht University in The Netherlands. She has worked at USU since 2010 where her research has focused on traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and leadership. She has co-authored more than 80 papers and chapters as well as the books, "Innovative Leadership for Healthcare" and "Leading Self and Others with Emotional Intelligence." She is a co-founder of the International Leadership Association's Healthcare Leadership Community. In addition, she helps to mentor faculty, staff, and students with regard to research activities and is a leadership coach.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Leadership & Followership in Healthcare Teams

Leader and Leadership Education and Development

Leader and Leadership Assessment

Representative Bibliography

Barry, E.S., Teunissen, P., Varpio, L., Vietor, R., Kiger, M. (2024). Leadership and followership dynamics in interprofessional healthcare teams: An attending physician perspective. Academic Medicine. 99(11), 1208-1214. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000005819.

Barry, E.S., Hartzell, J., Durning, S.J., Yarnell, A.M. (2024). The Military Medicine Leadership Life Cycle: A Model for Longitudinal Leadership Development in Medicine: Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education. Military Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae366.

Barry, E.S., Teunissen, P., Varpio, L. (2023). Followership in interprofessional healthcare teams: A state-of-the-art narrative review. BMJ Leader, https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2023-000773

Barry, E.S., Merkebu, J., & Varpio, L. (2022). State-of-the-Art Literature Review Methodology: A Six-Step Approach for Knowledge Synthesis. Perspectives on Medical Education. 11, 281-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40037-022-00725-9

Barry, E.S., Larsen, K.B., Meyer, H., Durning, S.J., Varpio, L. (2021). Leadership and followership in military interprofessional healthcare teams. Military Medicine. 186(S3), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab118

Barry, E.S., McManigle, J., & McManigle, J.E. (2021). A self-assessment and peer coaching tool for leader development. Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics. 18(4).

Burchard, M.A., Grunberg, N.E., & Barry, E.S. (2020). Toward understanding and building trust for practicing and emerging healthcare professionals: The ASC-DOC trust model. MedEdPublish. 9(1) 280, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000280.1

Barry, E.S., & Grunberg, N.E., (2020). A conceptual framework to guide leader and follower education, development, and assessment. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics. 17(1), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v17i1.2795

Barry, E.S., Dong, T., Durning, S.J. Schreiber-Gregory, D., Torre, D., & Grunberg, N.E. (2020). Faculty assessments in a military medical field exercise: Rater experience and gender do not appear to influence scoring. Military Medicine. E-pub. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz364

Barry, E.S., Dong, T., Durning, S.J. Schreiber-Gregory, D., Torre, D., & Grunberg, N.E. (2019). Medical student leader performance in an applied medical field practicum. Military Medicine. E-pub. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz121