Erin Barry, MS

Erin S. Barry, M.S., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Uniformed Services University (USU) with secondary appointments in the Departments of Military & Emergency Medicine and Health Professions Education.

She is a health professions educator who develops and delivers curriculum and education assessments. She teaches in the following areas: building trust, coach-like leaders, effective communication, effective team building, emotional intelligence, self-assessment & peer feedback, and values. She also conducts research and scholarship related to leadership and followership, focusing on teams and how they can be most effective for themselves and, ultimately, patient care. In addition, she helps to mentor faculty and graduate and medical students with regard to research activities. Additionally, she is a certified Leadership Coach and works with faculty, staff, and learners to develop their own goals and find what works best for them. She also co-authored the books, Innovative Leadership for Health Care and Innovative Leadership & Followership in the age of AI: A Handbook for Creating you Future as Leader, Follower, and AI Ally.

Her formal education includes a bachelors of engineering in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and a masters of science in Biomedical Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington with a focus on Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. She is currently completing her PhD in Health Professions Education focusing on leadership and followership within healthcare teams at Maastricht University.

In addition to her professional roles, she loves to travel after growing up abroad in Australia and traveling back and forth to visit family. Her husband, Dave, and kids, Bradley & Savannah, have caught the travel bug too and love finding new adventures locally and around the world. She also enjoys cooking and baking and visiting all the vineyards around Virginia.