Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Implementation Science Core
Led by Rani Elwy, Ph.D., the Implementation Science Core fosters the translation, spread and scale-up of evidence-based practices into routine clinical care.
Implementation Science Core
Led by Rani Elwy, Ph.D., the Implementation Science Core fosters the translation, spread and scale-up of evidence-based practices into routine clinical care.
Overview
Founded in 2018, the Implementation Science Core collaborates with the other Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior cores, the Quantitative Science Program and Qualitative Science and Methods Training Program (QSMTP), to foster the translation, spread and scale-up of evidence-based practices into routine clinical care.
Leadership
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A. Rani Elwy, Ph.D.
Director of the Implementation Science Core, Professor of Psychiatry and Human BehaviorA. Rani Elwy, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Implementation Science Core, joined the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior in July 2018 with a mission of creating a vibrant community of practice among residents, fellows and faculty who are interested in furthering their research in dissemination and implementation science. Dr. Elwy hosts regular office hours each week to work with faculty across the system of Brown-affiliated hospitals, along with psychiatry residents and clinical psychology interns and fellows.
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Hannah E. Frank, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Implementation Science Core, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human BehaviorHannah E. Frank, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and the Associate Director of the Implementation Science Core in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. In this role, she provides training, mentoring, and consultation on topics related to implementation science, and serves as a Site PI or Co-Investigator on a variety of grants funded by NIH and PCORI. Dr. Frank received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 2020. She completed her residency training and T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center at Bradley Hospital.
Services
- Provide consultation on dissemination and implementation (D&I) science models, theories and frameworks to guide studies
- Develop qualitative and quantitative methods specific to D&I science research questions (such as formative evaluations, stakeholder engagement methods, implementation strategies, hybrid designs, etc.)
- Serve as co-investigator on projects as the implementation science expert
Dr. Elwy also mentors those developing NIH K or VA Career Development Awards in implementation science. In addition to specific consultations, Dr. Elwy offers a six-week fundamentals of D&I science series, held each fall, for DPHB faculty, residents, fellows and interns. Additional workshops are held each year for the T32 training program in clinical psychology and QSMTP. The Implementation Science Core also hosts a Grand Rounds lecture given by an invited, internationally known researcher in D&I science.
Consultations
For implementation science consultations, please complete this consultation request form through Advance-CTR, and select the "Informatics and Implementation Science" service. All implementation science requests will be directed to the DPHB Implementation Science Core.
Advance-CTR Implementation Science Seminar Series
In this six-part series, sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Implementation Science Core, Brown Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH), and Advance-CTR, local and national experts share talks on implementation strategies and blueprints, hybrid trial designs, sustainability, and policy implementation.
A. Rani Elwy, Ph.D: "How to Plan for and Assess Sustainability of Evidence-Based Practices"
Jennifer Sullivan, Ph.D: "Barriers to Sustained Implementation of the Staff Training in Assisted Living Residences Program in the Veterans Administration and the Identification of Implementation Strategies to Overcome Them"
Sara Becker, Ph.D: "Accelerating the Research to Practice Pipeline via Hybrid Trials"
Kelli Scott, Ph.D and Natalie Rodriguez-Quintana, Ph.D: "How to Build and Employ an Implementation Blueprint"
Hannah Frank, Ph.D: "Educational Implementation Strategies: Best Practices for Training and Consultation"
Erika Crable, Ph.D: "Policy Implementation in the Criminal Justice Context"