Research Activities

TWU faculty and students engage in research and discovery that to document program development and evaluation, demonstrate IPE outcomes, and share andragogy excellence. Our objectives for IPE research are guided by our values innovation, excellence in education, and excellence in evaluation. Our students are prepared to engage in interprofessional research and scholarly dissemination.

Publications:

Adams, C., Fogg, N., & Kelly, L. (2026, April 6). Emotional safety as a system: Outcomes from paired interprofessional pediatric simulations supporting agile team practice [Lightning talk]. Texas IPE Consortium, Tyler, TX, United States.

Rice, A., Scheller, S., Wilson, P., McDaniel, K., Dice, J., & Bickley, C. (2026, April 6). Empowering mobility: An interprofessional collaboration between nursing, OT, PT, and EnMed students through the Go Baby Go program [Lightning talk]. Texas IPE Consortium, Tyler, TX, United States.

Servin, J., Adams, C., McCarroll, H., & Ko, C. (2026, April 6). Move it safely! Cultivating agility in IPE through peer-led mobility training [Lightning talk]. Texas IPE Consortium, Tyler, TX, United States.

Price, M., & Brockway, K. (2026, April 6). From muscle to movement: Designing an embodied applied anatomy interprofessional experience across health and performing arts programs [Workshop]. Texas IPE Consortium, Tyler, TX, United States.

Litton, K., McCarroll, H., Jimenez, B., Bennett-Baker, H., & Mory, K. (2026, April 6). S’more teamwork, please! Cultivating agility through IPE summer camps [Workshop]. Texas IPE Consortium, Tyler, TX, United States.

McDaniel, K., Rice, A., Ramirez, A., Baudler, B., Garcia, L., Poland, R., Lavacca, V., & Palumbos, Z. (2025, September 18–19). Interprofessional acute care simulation: Enhancing professionalism and collaborative practice among nursing, dietetic, occupational therapy, and physical therapy health sciences students [Conference presentation]. 47th TSAHP Conference, Brownsville, TX, United States.

Barnett, L., Johnson, G., Berkowitz, E., & Aaron-Brija, L. (2025, September 18–19). Interprofessional collaboration and artificial intelligence: A new approach for the next generation of health professions [Conference presentation]. 47th TSAHP Conference, Brownsville, TX, United States.

Yousef, M. G., Martin, J., Woods, A., Johnson, M. L., Pickens, N., & Hart, T. (2025, September). Enhancing community fall prevention through interprofessional student collaboration [Lightning talk]. NEXUS Summit, Virtual.

Pickens, N., & Kysar, E. (2025, September 18–19). IPEC Institute outcome: Creating learner-level activities [Conference presentation]. 47th Annual TSAHP Conference, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, United States.

Adams, C., & Fogg, N. (2024). Enhancing pediatric emotional safety through interprofessional simulation: Evaluating nursing and child life specialist students in pediatric and family-centered scenarios [Virtual poster]. IPEC Virtual Poster Fair.

McCarroll, H., Litton, K., & Sears Leach, T. (2024). Enhancing clinical outcomes: OT and SLP student collaboration at preschool language camp [Virtual poster]. IPEC Virtual Poster Fair.

Presentations:

Wambach, K., & Spencer, B. (Eds.). (2025). Breastfeeding and human lactation (Seventh edition.). Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.

Benner, W. (2025). LISTENING FOR ADVOCACY: PREPARING UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL INTERPRETING SPANISH STUDENTS FOR BILINGUAL NURSING SIMULATIONS. Sociological Imagination.

McCarroll, H., Sears Leach, T., & Litton, K. (2025). Camp chronicles: The power of IPE collaboration between occupational therapy and speech-language pathology students. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 41, 100792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2025.100792

Yousef, M. G., Martin, J., Woods, A., Johnson, M. L., & Pickens, N. (2025). Stroke boot camp: A collaborative interprofessional educational activity for nursing, occupational, physical, and speech therapy students. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 41, 100775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2025.100775

Wainscott, S. D. (2024). Building Inclusive Dispositions Within Interdisciplinary Training for Teachers of the Deaf and Speech-Language Pathologists. Communication Disorders Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/152574012312228

Wainscott, S. D., & Spurgin, K. (2024). Differentiating language for students who are deaf or hard of hearing: a practice-informed framework for auditory and visual supports. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 55(2), 473-494. doi.org/10.1044/2023_LSHSS-22-00088