Additional Roles
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, College of Medicine
Director, Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention
Director, Arkansas Center for Women’s Health (a Prevention Research Center)
Investigator, Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Investigator, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Education
Ph.D. – Epidemiology, University of Texas at Houston, School of Public Health
M.P.H. – International and Family Health, University of Texas at Houston, School of Public Health
B.A. – Biology/Pre-Medicine, Wesleyan College
Areas of Expertise
Birth Defects
Fetal and Infant Mortality
Health Disparities
Maternal and Child Health
Pediatric Cancer
Introduction
Dr. Wendy Nembhard is a tenured professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health and a tenured professor in the College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.
Credentials, Accreditations and Awards
2024-2025, President-Elect, SER
2021 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
2014-2015 Fulbright Senior Scholar
Fellow, Health Innovators Fellowship, Aspen Institute
Fellow, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
Fellow, American College of Epidemiology
Fellow, AHA
Teaching Focus
Dr. Nembhard teaches courses focused on epidemiology methods, chronic diseases and maternal and child health.
Research Overview
Her research interests include the etiology and epidemiology of birth defects, stillbirth, infant and maternal mortality as well as health disparities associated with these outcomes; pediatric cancer, and fetal origin of adult chronic disease.
Recent Books or Publications
Please view Dr. Nembhard’s publications at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1F9Hema875Rke/bibliography/40077447/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending