Advancing Implementation Science to Improve the Quality of Health Services

This presentation describes research focused on improving the quality of mental health services by assessing barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based practices; designing, tailoring, and evaluating implementation strategies; and enhancing research methodology in implementation science.

Speaker:

Byron J. Powell, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Brown School and School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
Co-Director, Center for Mental Health Services Research
President, Society for Implementation Research Collaboration

Byron Powell is an Assistant Professor at the Brown School and School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis where he serves as Co-Director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research. He is President of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration, and he is on the editorial boards of Implementation Science and Implementation Research and Practice. He is a core faculty member for the Implementation Research Institute (IRI); HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute (HIGH IRI); Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH)-Australia; and TIDIRH-Ireland.