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Overview

Deborah L. Wingard is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and social sciences, with significant contributions focused on public health, gender studies, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist has authored several papers across these domains, including:

  • "A system-wide health sciences faculty mentor training program is associated with improved effective mentoring and institutional climate" (2021, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science)
  • "The Association of Cortisol with Prevalent and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Older Community-Dwelling Adults" (2022, Global Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health)
  • "Assessing Recruitment Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Tenure Track Faculty in Health Sciences: A Cohort Study" (2025, Health Science Reports)

The research topics covered by Wingard include diversity and career development in medicine, medical education and admissions, mentoring and academic development, hormonal regulation and hypertension, stress responses linked to cortisol, diet and metabolism studies, and innovations in medical education.

Frequent collaborators in their work involve:

  • JoAnn Trejo
  • Virginia Hazen
  • Vivian Reznik
  • Alexandra Bortnick
  • Karen Van Hoesen

Their work is commonly published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • Global Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health
  • Health Science Reports

Wingard's main fields of study include medicine and social sciences. Subfields where their publications are concentrated include public health, environmental and occupational health, gender studies, social psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and behavioral neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Mortality Associated With Sleep Duration and Insomnia

    Daniel F. Kripke;Lawrence Garfinkel;Deborah L. Wingard;Melville R. Klauber

  • Why Is Diabetes Mellitus a Stronger Risk Factor for Fatal Ischemic Heart Disease in Women Than in Men?: The Rancho Bernardo Study

    Elizabeth L. Barrett-Connor;Barbara A. Cohn;Deborah L. Wingard;Sharon L. Edelstein

  • New onset and persistent symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder self reported after deployment and combat exposures: prospective population based US military cohort study

    Tyler C Smith;Margaret A K Ryan;Deborah L Wingard;Donald J Slymen

  • Endogenous Sex Hormones and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Men and Women: the Rancho Bernardo Study

    Jee-Young Oh;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Nicole M. Wedick;Deborah L. Wingard

  • Does childhood personality predict longevity

    Howard S. Friedman;Joan S. Tucker;Carol Tomlinson-Keasey;Joseph E. Schwartz

  • Mortality risk associated with sleeping patterns among adults.

    Deborah L. Wingard;Lisa F. Berkman

  • Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in ages 40-64 years: a population-based survey.

    D. F. Kripke;S. Ancoli-Israel;S. Ancoli-Israel;M. R. Klauber;D. L. Wingard

  • Psychosocial and behavioral predictors of longevity: The aging and death of the "Termites."

    Howard S. Friedman;Joan S. Tucker;Joseph E. Schwartz;Carol Tomlinson-Keasey

  • Childhood conscientiousness and longevity: Health behaviors and cause of death.

    Howard S. Friedman;Joan S. Tucker;Joseph E. Schwartz;Leslie R. Martin

  • SEX DIFFERENTIAL IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE MORTALITY IN DIABETICS: A PROSPECTIVE POPULATION-BASED STUDY

    Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Deborah L. Wingard

  • Suspected Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Mortality Risk in a Population-based Cohort Study

    Winston Dunn;Ronghui Xu;Deborah L. Wingard;Christopher Rogers

  • Sarcopenia in elderly men and women: the Rancho Bernardo study.

    Edward M Castillo;Deborah Goodman-Gruen;Donna Kritz-Silverstein;Deborah J Morton

  • Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone Levels, and the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Jared P. Reis;Denise von Mühlen;Donna Kritz-Silverstein;Deborah L. Wingard

  • Depressive symptoms in overweight and obese older adults: a test of the "jolly fat" hypothesis.

    Lawrence A. Palinkas;Deborah L. Wingard;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

  • Postmenopausal estrogen use and heart disease risk factors in the 1980s. Rancho Bernardo, Calif, revisited.

    Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Deborah L. Wingard;Michael H. Criqui

  • THE SEX DIFFERENTIAL IN MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

    Deborah L. Wingard;Lucina Suarez;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

  • Progression of peripheral arterial disease predicts cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality.

    Michael H. Criqui;John K. Ninomiya;Deborah L. Wingard;Ming Ji

  • A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH-RELATED PRACTICES A NINE-YEAR MORTALITY FOLLOW-UP OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY STUDY

    Deborah L. Wingard;Lisa F. Berkman;Richard J. Brand

  • A prospective population-based study of alcohol use and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Troy L. Holbrook;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Deborah L. Wingard

  • Plasma Cholesterol and Depressive Symptoms in Older Men

    R B Morgan;L A Palinkas;E L Barret-Connor;D L Wingard

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor University of California, San Diego
Michael H. Criqui
Michael H. Criqui University of California, San Diego
Caroline A. Macera
Caroline A. Macera San Diego State University
Howard S. Friedman
Howard S. Friedman University of California, Riverside
Joseph E. Schwartz
Joseph E. Schwartz Stony Brook University
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Lawrence A. Palinkas University of California, San Diego
Joan S. Tucker
Joan S. Tucker RAND Corporation
Robert M. Kaplan
Robert M. Kaplan Stanford University
Melville R. Klauber
Melville R. Klauber University of California, San Diego
Daniel F. Kripke
Daniel F. Kripke University of California, San Diego

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