About
Allison Traylor, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Clemson University and the principal investigator of the Advancing Research on Teams (ART) laboratory. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Rice University and her B.S. in Political Science and Business Administration from Northeastern University. Her research focuses on teamwork, diversity, and the intersection of these topics in organizations. She has conducted research in a wide range of industries, though most of her work focuses on teams in healthcare (in collaboration with Prisma Health) and engineering. Dr. Traylor’s work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed outlets, including the American Psychologist, Small Group Research, and the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
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How their research is transforming health care
Dr. Traylor works closely with partners in healthcare to apply organizational science topics to improve outcomes for patients and providers. Though this research has largely focused on teamwork, Dr. Traylor’s work in healthcare has also integrated concepts related to training, diversity and inclusion, leadership development, and employee well-being. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Traylor published multiple works applying team science to healthcare teams. Working with Dr. Bryan Ohning at Prisma Health, Dr. Traylor is currently investigating teamwork in the NICU. These projects focus on how teams of physicians and neonatal nurse practitioners can improve collaboration with team members within the NICU (e.g., NICU nurses) as well as with patient families to improve teamwork and patient outcomes.
Health research keywords
Faculty Scholar, Psychology; teamwork; organizational effectiveness; team training; diversity and inclusion; intervention design & evaluation; translational science
