Daniel Jurich, PhD

Daniel Jurich serves as associate vice president, USMLE®. In this role, he leads and supports various validity, equity, and security initiatives that enhance the quality of USMLE for students, medical educators, clinicians and licensing authority members. In previous roles since joining the NBME in 2014, Daniel managed teams of talented psychometricians whose responsibilities included directing operational assessment activities and research in service of NBME’s mission to protect the health of the public.

His medical education research focuses on evaluating the validity of assessments used throughout the educational journey, including USMLE, in-training, and board certification examinations. He also has worked with various medical schools to assess the impact of curricular changes on student performance and help guide schools considering similar changes.

Daniel also conducts research with diverse teams to address practical measurement and medical education challenges. Within measurement science, his interests have led him to evaluate methods to improve the formative capabilities of assessments so stakeholders can more effectively tailor actions based on strengths and deficiencies. He has also published pedagogical illustrations of measurement techniques and on topics such as test security and exam timing.

Before joining NBME, Daniel was a Fellow at the Regents Research Fund, where he provided psychometric guidance to a state’s department of education and evaluated their test security methods and policies. He earned a doctorate in Assessment and Measurement at James Madison University in 2014.