Barret Michalec (PhD) is the Director of the Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (CAIPER), and an Associate Professor in the Edson College of Nursing & Health Innovation.  A Sociologist by training, Dr. Michalec’s research examines socialization and professionalization processes and mechanisms nested within health professions education and practice – most notably those impacting socio-emotional and team-based skills and attributes.  His work also explores disparities in health, healthcare, and within the health professions, with a focus on how structural design of pre-professional pathways may perpetuate the lack of diversity of the healthcare workforce.