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Polly R. Husmann

Medicine · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2009
Innovations in Medical EducationAnatomy and Medical TechnologyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentEvaluation of Teaching PracticesLearning Styles and Cognitive Differences

Publications

53

Citations

567

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
AI-generated

Polly R. Husmann studies how medical and health topics are taught and learned, from anatomy instruction to how well various subjects (such as eye health, opioid education, and celiac disease) are covered in medical school curricula. A parallel strand of the work examines school-based mental health services and educational supports for children with health-related and behavioral needs. Much of the research uses surveys and mixed-methods approaches to evaluate teaching practices and student outcomes.

Medical and anatomy educationCurriculum content evaluationSchool-based mental health servicesActive and non-didactic learningEducational supports for children with health needs

Publication activity peaked around 2018 and then settled to a steadier lower pace of roughly three to four papers per year, with a modest uptick in 2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 4,618 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 567cohort median 616
h-index: 8cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 3.6cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 87% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 13 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 11 publications11182019: 6 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 2 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 4 collaborators at the same institution2019: 2 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 1 collaborator at the same institution2024: 2 collaborators at the same institution2025: 1 collaborator at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The FASEB Journal×13
  • Medical Science Educator×7
  • Proceedings of IMPRS×7
  • Anatomical Sciences Education×5
  • HAPS Educator×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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