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Co-Directors
Professor Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis Areas of interest: Implementation science, racial/ethnic disparity in health and mental health care
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Implementation research, behavioral health, qualitative and mixed-methods research, community-engaged research
Assistant Director
Assistant Professor Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis Areas of interest: Implementation strategies to improve patient-centered behavioral healthcare, financing, payment, and regulations, quasi-experimental designs, prospective randomized controlled trials, community-partnered research, disability inclusion and justice
Core Team
Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor Emerita Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis Areas of interest: Dissemination and implementation research, mental health services delivery, evaluation of clinical social work
Research Assistant Professor Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis Areas of interest: Implementation research, organizational science, qualitative and mixed-methods research, mental health services
CMHSR Affiliated Faculty
Research Assistant Professor Areas of interest: Evidence-based public health, dissemination research
Barbara A. Bailey Professor of Social Work Areas of interest: Health and behavior promotion, childhood abuse and adolescent risky behaviors, intervention research and evaluation
Professor of Occupational Therapy, Neurology and Social Work Areas of interest: Rehabilitative and recovery-oriented approaches in mental health, chronic disease
Research Assistant Professor Areas of interest: Dissemination and implementation research, Adaptation of evidence-based interventions and implementation strategies
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Health and mental health economics, stated preference methods and health-related quality of life
Bernard Becker Professor Areas of interest: Chronic disease prevention through environmental and policy change, evidence-based public health, dissemination and implementation research
Professor of Psychiatry Areas of interest: Substance abuse disorders and co-occurrence with mental disorders, risky behaviors
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Positive youth development, African Americans, mental health
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences Areas of interest: Aging, health communication, mental health services for older adults
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Areas of interest: Evidence-based practice, implementation science
Associate Professor of Psychiatry Areas of interest: Substance abuse and sexual risk behaviors, administrative data research
Blanche F. Ittleson Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics Areas of interest: Conduct disorder, aggression, autism
Jane Reuter Hitzeman and Herbert F. Hitzeman, Jr. Professor of Art Areas of interest: Design of health data; data and information visualization; data communication
Professor Areas of interest: Children born prenatally exposed to drugs, child protection and child protective practice
Steven J. Bander Professor of Medical Ethics and Professionalism, Professor of Psychology Areas of interest: Mental health research ethics
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Psychiatric epidemiology, substance use and related disorders
Associate Professor Associate Dean for Diversity Areas of interest: Violence against women, trauma-focused intervention research, implementation science
Richard and Elizabeth Henby Sutter Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Areas of interest: Translational science
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Physical activity, childhood obesity, policies and preventative health
Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine Areas of interest: Health services research, infectious disease and healthcare epidemiology
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Child maltreatment and child welfare, prevention science
Professor of Political Science Areas of interest: Efficacy of expert consensus panels; group-decision making in mental health
Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine Areas of interest: Improving the quality of care in the ambulatory settings, community-based and community-partnered research, implementing practice guidelines
Assistant Professor of Surgery Areas of interest: Biostatistical methods for community based interventions, statistical techniques for modeling disparities
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Areas of interest: Implementation research
Frank J. Bruno Distinguished Professor of Social Work Research Areas of interest: Quantitative research methodology, program and practice evaluations
Joyce Wood Professor Areas of interest: Health policy, transdisciplinary approaches to biomedical, behavioral, and public health research
Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor of Economics Areas of interest: Health economics and policy,risk adjustment and healthcare costs
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Dissemination research; social network analysis, systems science; social media
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Health disparities, mental health
Associate Professor of Surgery Areas of interest: Health disparities, community-based research
Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development Areas of interest: Health disparities, suicide, African American mental health
Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work Research Areas of interest: Child welfare research, children’s public sector services and policy, interagency administrative data research
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior Areas of interest: Healthcare organizations
Associate Professor Associate Dean of Social Work Areas of interest: Intersection of child welfare and mental health, evidence-based parent training programs
Kahn Family Professor of Public Health Areas of interest: Health communication, cancer prevention and control, integrating health and social services
William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Special Assistant to the Provost Areas of interest: Aging, health policy, policy analysis, social services
Professor of Psychiatry Areas of interest: Anxiety and depression intervention in geriatrics, elderly persons’ mental health during rehabilitation after a disabling medical event
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Areas of interest: Mood and anxiety disorders in adults, implementation science
Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology Areas of interest: Personality disorders, eating disorders; suicide, ethnographic methods
Professor Areas of interest: Evaluation of public health programs, tobacco control and prevention policy
Professor Areas of interest: Health policy and health economics, health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid policy, rural health care
Research Assistant Professor Areas of interest: Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices to enhance HIV prevention services
Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean Areas of interest: Child mental health services, public health interventions to strengthen families, communities and systems
Assistant Professor Areas of interest: Fair and affordable housing, social policy, segregation and inequality
Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy Areas of interest: Productive and civic engagement in later life, social engagement in later life
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Areas of interest: C ardiometabolic risk in mentally ill children, psychopharmacology
Professor of Medicine Areas of interest: Administrative data research, Medicare and Medicaid, claims data analysis
Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics – joint with Arts & Sciences Areas of interest: Health economics, long-term care of the disabled elderly, families and social policy
J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine Areas of interest: Global health, clinical trials for HIV/AIDS
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Health equity, social determinants of health, research translation for population health improvement
Instructor in Psychiatry Areas of interest: Implementation of evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders
Associate Professor of Medicine Areas of interest: Health care delivery, care- seeking for STD testing, psychosocial effects of STD’s
Professor Areas of interest: Racial identity, psychosocial implications of race and ethnicity in health and mental health
Associate Professor Areas of interest: Mental health, disabilities, global health and mental health
William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor Areas of interest: Microfinance, Asset-based social programs, Disadvantaged children, Social and economic development policy, & Children and adolescent health