About Me

My name is Brent Reed and I’m a doctoral student in Organizational Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

My journey to this field was shaped in part by a previous career in health care. Originally trained as a pharmacist, I spent nearly a decade working alongside an interdisciplinary team of health professionals, caring for patients with heart failure.

The turning point for me came as I witnessed so many of my peers experiencing burnout—an overwhelming sense of exhaustion and disillusionment towards the work they had dedicated their lives to. Many left their jobs, and some even exited the field entirely. These observations led me to pursue a master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology, where I learned that health professionals were not alone in these experiences. This sparked a new set of questions, such as why are so many people feeling this way and what can we do to address it?

Driven by a desire to contribute solutions, I returned to school as a full-time doctoral student in the fall of 2021. 

For more information about my background, please see my CV, or explore my research or teaching experiences.