Kimberly A. Swygert, Ph.D., is the Director, Test Development Innovations at NBME, where she brings 25+ years of expertise in psychometrics and health professions education to her role in overseeing test construction, multimedia management, and innovative item and application development. Throughout her career, Dr. Swygert has contributed to key domains of assessment research including performance assessment design and scoring, innovative use of technology in test development, and test security. More recently, Dr. Swygert has focused on applied research on the application of natural language processing and machine learning to optimize item bank management, as well as the legal, ethical, and risk implications of integrating AI technologies into assessment systems.

A long-standing leader in the Certification/Licensure practice area of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), Dr. Swygert is the 2026 Chair of the AI Technology and Assessment Committee (ATAC) and serves on ATP’s Board of Directors. She also co-chairs the Responsible AI in Assessment (RAA) Subcommittee, which has produced several key publications on the responsible use of AI and specifics of generative AI in test development. Dr. Swygert earned her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians in acknowledgment of contributions to medical education assessment.