Ingrid M. Nembhard

Ingrid M. Nembhard is the Fishman Family President’s Distinguished Professor of Health Care Management and Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A Harvard-trained organizational scholar, she leads a multi-method research programme examining how health-care organisations, leaders and teams learn, implement innovations and improve quality.

Education

• PhD in Health Policy & Management (Organizational Behaviour), Harvard University ‑ joint programme of Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
• MS in Health Policy & Management, Harvard School of Public Health
• BA in Ethics, Politics & Economics and Psychology, Yale University

Research Interests

Professor Nembhard studies organizational behaviour and learning in health-care settings. She investigates how intra- and inter-organisational relationships, leadership behaviours, team-learning strategies and project-management practices shape implementation of quality-improvement initiatives, patient-care experiences and clinical outcomes. Her work integrates organisational theory, health-services research and implementation science, employing both qualitative and quantitative methods to address provider- and patient-centred questions.

Across more than 80 peer-reviewed articles she has documented the influence of psychological safety, network affiliation, narrative feedback and leader framing on adoption of evidence-based practices, from delivery-room resuscitation protocols to geriatric co-management models. Recent projects explore patient-driven innovation, crisis leadership communication, and consequences of private-equity ownership on hospital performance.

Executive Education Leadership

She currently co-directs two open-enrolment programmes:

• Health Care Leadership and Management: Leading Through Change – equipping senior executives with decision-making tools to navigate technological, economic and policy shifts.
• Women’s Executive Leadership: Business Strategies for Success – fostering advancement of women leaders through evidence-based management and work-life integration strategies.

Grants & Advising

While specific grant details are not listed in the source, her extensive empirical output indicates continuous extramural funding. No individual advisee names are disclosed publicly.