Wendy Balliet

Wendy Balliet is an Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), affiliated with the College of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She earned her PhD in counseling psychology with a health psychology concentration from Virginia Commonwealth University, completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Florida Health Science Center (Medical Psychology rotation), and a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral medicine at MUSC.

• Key Roles: Associate Co-Director of Clinical Operations for the Division of Bio-behavioral Medicine
• Supervisor for interns in the Behavioral Medicine Clinic (Charleston Consortium Psychology Internship Program)
• Researcher and clinical provider in psycho-oncology and transplant behavioral health

Her research focuses on behavioral medicine, psycho-oncology, and transplant/living donation psychology. She investigates body image distress in cancer survivors, mental health in transplant populations, and telemedicine-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Her work includes the BRIGHT trial for tele-CBT in head and neck cancer survivors and studies on caregiver burden, peer mentoring programs (TRIO), and psychosocial factors in organ transplantation.

Her clinical efforts span patient care, committee service (Grand Rounds, hospital-wide initiatives), and training for postdoctoral fellows and medical students. She emphasizes integrating psychosocial interventions with medical outcomes, particularly in cancer and transplant settings, and has developed educational resources like the Organ Transplant Caregiver Toolkit.