About
Thomas Britt is a Professor of Psychology at Clemson University and the Prisma Health Sciences Research Director for Clemson. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Florida in 1994 before entering active duty as a research psychologist in the U.S. Army. He came to Clemson University in 2000, where he was promoted to Full Professor in 2007. He has published numerous articles on resilience and stress, as well as a book with Steve Jex titled “Thriving Under Stressful Work: Harnessing Work Demands.” His current research interests include meaningful work, burnout, and wellbeing among emergency medicine personnel, and the determinants of mental health treatment seeking among employees in high risk occupations. His research has been funded by the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and NASA.
For more information, see his College Profile.
How their research is transforming health care
I have been involved in health-related research for over 20 years, including research on the health and well-being of military personnel and other employees in high-risk occupations. Over the past five years, I have begun a program of research on stress, fatigue, and burnout among healthcare professionals, with a focus on emergency physicians. I have been the lead author on multiple publications with emergency medicine professionals, including publications examining COVID-19 demands as predictors of mental health strain among emergency physicians, shift demands as predictors of objective indicators of stress, the state of fatigue among emergency physicians, stress and fertility among emergency physicians. Additional research interests include the determinants of employee resilience and whether employees receive needed mental health treatment following their exposure to stressors in the workplace. I plan to continue my research in this area by focusing on interventions to reduce demands and enhance meaningful work for healthcare professionals.
Health Research Expertise Keywords
Faculty Scholar, Burnout, Emergency Medicine, Wellbeing, Meaningful Work, Treatment Seeking
