Faculty and Staff Profile

Windsor Westbrook Sherrill

Educational Background

Ph.D. Health Policy
Brandeis University 2000

M.B.A.
University of Alabama at Birmingham 1989

M.H.A.
University of Alabama at Birmingham 1989

B.S. Biology
Wake Forest University 1987

Courses Taught

Introduction to HealthCare Systems
Managing Health Services Organizations
Introduction to Health Economics
Principles of Healthcare Operations Management and Research
Finance and Budgeting for Healthcare Organizations
Special Topics in Public Health
Research and Evaluation Strategies for Public Health
Selected Topics in Health
Independent Study
Health Internship for Health Sciences
Health Internship for Health Architecture
Health Care Finance and Management
Special Problems
Seminar in Healthcare Administration and Leadership
Health Administration Field Project
Topics in Health Administration
Collaborative Management in Health Care, Collaborative Learning Project
Creative Inquiry
Honors Thesis Sequence, Public Health Sciences
Health Economics
Introduction to Public and Private Health Care Systems
Politics and Policy of Healthcare Reform
Health Quality Improvement

Profile

Windsor Westbrook Sherrill is a Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences and Clemson's Associate Vice President for Health Research. She also served as Chief Science Officer for Prisma Health for 10 years from 2014 to 2024. Dr. Sherrill’s research spans diverse disciplines, including medical and health management education, health finance and policy, and the evaluation of health services and health education programs for underserved groups. Her research initiatives and collaborations have garnered more than $19 million in external funding and have been published in journals such as Academic Medicine, Medical Education, and the Journal of Health Administration Education. She has taught courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level in topics such as health care management, health care systems, and health care finance. She is the 2012 recipient of the Class of ’39 Award for Excellence and has served as the Faculty Representative to the Clemson University Board of Trustees. Dr. Sherrill is a SC Liberty Fellow and serves on the board of the SC Institute of Medicine and Public Health.

Research Interests

Health Finance and Policy, Health Outreach and Evaluation, Health Disparities, Diabetes, Health Administration, Population Health

Research Publications

Sherrill, W.W., Hall L., Fredendall, L, Evatt, J.H. (2025). Bridging research and practice in a learning health system: Developing and refining an embedded scholars program through insights from scholars
and clinical mentors. Learn Health Sys. e10481. doi:10.1002/lrh2.10481

Tahsin, F., Henderson, W., Dickes, L., Holcomb, L. A., Charron, E., Mayo, R., Sherrill, W., &
Hudson, J. (2025). How Social Media Stigmatizes Substance Use: A Trend Analysis Examining
a Politicized Visit to a Pediatric Hospital Unit. Journal of Drug Issues, 0(0).
doi:10.1177/00220426241311005

Kanny, S., Cummings, W., Carbajales, P., Evatt, J., Sherrill, W.W. (2024). Geospatial Analysis of the Social Determinants of Health Participants of a Diabetes Management Program to Evaluate Geospatial Analysis of the Social Determinants of Health of Participants of a Diabetes Management Program to Evaluate Enrollment of Vulnerable Populations. Prev Chronic Dis;21:240068.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd21.240068

Holcomb, L., Koob, C., Mayo, R., Charron, E., Dickes, L., Sherrill, W. W., & Hudson, J.
(2023). “It’s a proactive intervention instead of a reactive one”: Measuring facilitators and
barriers regarding readiness to implement a treatment program for infants with neonatal opioid
withdrawal syndrome. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 754.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09734-8

Parisi, M., McFall, D., Ankomah, S., Dietz, C. J., Kanny, S., Jones, K. G., Stancil, M., &
Sherrill, W. W. (2022). Know diabetes by heart: Education about the linkage between
cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Health Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969221143218

Dietz, C. J., Sherrill, W. W., Ankomah, S., Rennert, L., Parisi, M., & Stancil, M. (2022). Impact
of a community-based diabetes self-management support program on adult self-care
behaviors. Health Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyac034

Dietz, C.J., Sherrill, W.W., Stancil, M, Rennert, L, Parisi, M, McFall, D. (2022). Health
Extension for Diabetes: Impact of a Community-Based Diabetes Self-Management Support
Program on Older Adults’ Activation. Diabetes Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds21-0054

Parisi, M., Lane, E., Dye, C. J., Matthews, R., McFall, D., Bain, E., & Sherrill, W. W. (2022).
Traditional and Virtual Hypertension Self-Management Health Education Program Delivered
Through Cooperative Extension. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 10(3), 10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1435

Nolan, M. S., Daguise, V., Davis, M., Duwve, J. M., Sherrill, W. W., Heo, M., Litwin, A. H.,
Kanyangarara, M., Self, S., Huang, R., Eberth, J. M., Gual-Gonzalez, L., Lynn, M. K., Korte, J.,
& SC STRONG Project Team (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Viral Incidence, Antibody Point
Prevalence, Associated Population Characteristics, and Vaccine Attitudes, South Carolina,
February 2021. Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C.: 1974), 137(3), 457–462.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549221081128

Neal, C., Shuffler, M., Pegram, R., Floyd, S.B., Kennedy, A.B., Britt, T., Albano, A., Sherrill,
W.W., Wiper, D., Kelly, D. (2021). Enhancing the practice of medicine with embedded multi-
disciplinary researchers in a model of change. Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and
Innovation, 8(1), 100492. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2020.100492

Hudson, J., Charron, E., Bedi, J.S., Dickes, L., Mayo, R.M., Sherrill, W.W. (2020). Managing
Abstinence in Newborns (MAiN): Redesigning NAS care for the mother/baby unit. Healthcare:
The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation, 8(1), 100404. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2019.100404

Sherrill, W.W., Lawson, K., Bednar, H. (2020). The Act of Listening Well: Improving
Communication Skills through Bibliotherapy. Health Communication. doi:10.1080/10410236.2019.1223584

Bedi, J.S., Mayo, R.M., Chen, L., Dickes, L., Sherrill, W.W., Jones, K. (2020). Factors
associated with longer endocrine therapy use by South Carolina Medicaid-insured breast cancer
survivors. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, 27(1), 1-7. doi:10.1177/1078155219835297

Dietz, C., Tilkemeier, P., Sherrill, W.W., McFall, D., Stancil, M., Parisi, M., Beauchamp, C.,
White, H. (2019). 705- P Health Extension: A better way to manage diabetes. Diabetes, 68
(Supplement_1): 705–P. https://doi.org/10.2337/db19-705-P

Bedi, J.S., Mayo, R.M., Truong, K., Chen, L., Dickes, L., Sherrill, W.W., Jones, K. (2018).
Endocrine therapy use in the twenty-first century: Usage rates and temporal trends illustrate
opportunities for improvement for South Carolina Medicaid women. Breast Cancer Research
and Treatment, 171(3), 759-765. doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-4866-z

Summey, J., Chen, L., Mayo, R, Charron, E., Hudson, J., Sherrill W.W., Dickes. L. (2018).
Early treatment innovation for opioid-dependent newborns:  A retrospective comparison of
outcomes, utilization, quality and safety, 2006-2014. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality
and Patient Safety, 44(6), 312-320. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2017.12.004

Parisi, M. A., Northcutt, J. K., McKendry, J. E., Sherrill, W. W., Dye, C. J. Snow, J. Z. (2018).
Cooperative Extension Service: The backbone organization in statewide population health
management. Journal of Extension, 56. https://archives.joe.org/joe/2018april/iw1.php

Hudson, J.A., Mayo, R., Dickes, L., Chen, L., Sherrill, W.W., Summey, J., Dalton, B.,
Dankovich, K., (2017). Early Treatment for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Palliative
Approach. American Journal of Perinatology, 34(6), 576-584. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1596054

Dickes, L., Summey, J., Mayo, R.M., Hudson, J.A., Sherrill, W.W., & Chen, L. (2017).
Potential for Medicaid Savings: A State and National Comparison of an Innovative Neonatal
Abstinence Syndrome Treatment Model. Population Health Management, 20(6), 458-464.
doi:10.1089/pop.2016.0158

Gimbel, R., Shi, L., Williams, J.E., Dye, C.J., Chen, L., Crawford, P., Shry, E.A., Griffin, S.F.,
Jones, K.O., Sherrill, W.W., Truong, K.D., Little, J.R., Edwards, K.W., Hing, M., & Moss, J.B.
(2017). Enhancing mHealth technology in the Patient-Centered Medical Home environment to
activate patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A multisite feasibility study protocol. JMIR Research
Protocols, 6(3), e38. doi: 10.2196/resprot.6993

Hudson, J.A., Dalton, B., Chen, S., Dickes, L., Mayo, R.M., Sherrill, W.W., & Dankovich, K.
(2016). Early Treatment for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Analysis of Safety, Outcomes, and
Costs Associated with a Palliative Approach to Newborn Opioid Withdrawal. Pediatrics,
137(Supplement 3), 181a. doi: 10.1542/peds.137.supplement_3.181a

Sherrill, W.W., Mayo, R.M., Truong, K.D., Pribonic, A.P., & Schalkoff, C.A. (2016). Assessing
Medical Student Cultural Competence: What Really Matters? International Journal of Medical
Education, 7, 248-254. doi: 10.5116/ijme.578b.687

Mayo, R.M., Parker, V.G., Sherrill, W.W., Coltman, K., Hudson, M.F., Nichols, C.M., Yates,
A.M., & Pribonic, A.P. (2016). Cutting Corners: Provider Perceptions of Interpretation Services and Factors Related to Use of an Ad Hoc Interpreter. Hispanic Health Care International, 14(2),
73-80. doi: 10.1177/1540415316646097

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