Jessica Wright, DrPH

Assistant Professor
Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Program Area: Healthcare Administration

Professional Preparation

• Doctorate of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Community Health Practice and Epidemiology

Profile

Dr. Jessica Wright, DrPH is an assistant professor for the TWU MHA Program. Jessica spent more than a decade in leadership roles for healthcare organizations in the Texas Medical Center, in both hospital and ambulatory care organizations. Her research focuses on interprofessional collaboration and patient outcomes with emphasis on quality improvement. Her book, Human Skills: Trust, is an evidence-based workbook for leaders and their teams on the science of how to build, repair, and sustain trust in teams. 

Representative Publications

St. John, J., Mayfield-Johnson, S., Hernandez-Gordon, W., Wright, J., (2021) Promoting the
Health of the Community: Community Health Workers Describing their Roles, Competencies
and Practice. Chapter 2 (11-35). Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-56375-2

Al-Saadi, M., Wright, J., Masud, F. (2020) Tele-ICU: A key to residents’ role in the intensive care
unit during COVID-19 pandemic. The Clinical Teacher, 17, 551-552. doi: 10.1111/tct.13254