Deborah Wingard

Deborah Wingard, PhD, is Professor of Public Health and Professor of Epidemiology in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at the University of California, San Diego. She serves as Faculty Director for Program Evaluation in the Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs, overseeing the quantitative data collection and analysis of all office programs and climate surveys. Wingard is the co-founding director of the UC San Diego National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM) program, supporting faculty development and leadership in academic medicine. Her career at UCSD includes prior affiliation with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine.

Her research interests include faculty development, equity and diversity in academic medicine, mentoring, institutional climate, and health outcomes such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, vitamin D and cancer, PTSD, and complementary therapies. She investigates the interaction of behaviors and biology on health, particularly heart disease and diabetes, utilizing cohort studies like the Rancho Bernardo Study and military cohorts. Key publications encompass 'Assessing Recruitment Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Tenure Track Faculty in Health Sciences: A Cohort Study' (Health Sci Rep, 2025), 'A system-wide health sciences faculty mentor training program is associated with improved effective mentoring and institutional climate' (J Clin Transl Sci, 2022), 'Faculty Equity, Diversity, Culture and Climate Change in Academic Medicine: A Longitudinal Study' (J Natl Med Assoc, 2019), 'Acupuncture Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in an American Indian Community' (J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 2017), 'The differential associations of preexisting conditions with trauma-related outcomes' (Injury, 2016), 'Association of breastfeeding with postmenopausal visceral adiposity' (Obesity, 2015), and 'Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and breast cancer in the military' (Cancer Causes Control, 2013). These contributions advance strategies for faculty success, inclusive recruitment, mentor training, and epidemiological insights into chronic diseases.

Professional Email: dwingard@health.ucsd.edu