Posts by Saman

Dr. Baumann’s research agenda focuses on identifying strategies to facilitate the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions in low-resource settings nationally and globally. She is a co-director of the Dissemination and Implementation Research Core (DIRC), a methods core at the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences that provides methodological expertise to advance translational research to…

Dr. Aarons is a clinical and organizational psychologist, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego; director of the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center; co-director of the UC San Diego Dissemination and Implementation Science Center; and co-director of the IN-STEP Team Effectiveness for Children’s Mental Health Center. He also serves as co-editor-in-chief…

Lindsey Zimmerman, PhD, is a Clinical and Community Psychologist and Implementation Scientist at the National Center for PTSD, Dissemination and Training Division of the Veterans Health Administration. Dr. Zimmerman is principal investigator of National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Veterans Health Administration (VA) research that enlists participatory system dynamics to increase timely patient access to…

Greg Simon, MD, MPH, is a psychiatrist and senior investigator well-known for his extensive research on practical approaches to improving mental health care. He seeks to develop and evaluate effective real-world strategies that support better mental health and wellness. Current areas of emphasis include identifying and assessing suicide risk, improving care for treatment-resistant depression, and…

Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD, is a Professor of Health Policy, a Core Faculty Member at the Center for Health Policy and the Department of Health Policy, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Stanford Center on Longevity and Stanford Center for International Development. His research focuses on complex policy decisions surrounding the prevention and management of increasingly…

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, is the inaugural Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the newly established Washington University School of Public Health, the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health, and vice provost for interdisciplinary initiatives. Dr. Sandro’s scholarship lives at the intersection of social and psychiatric epidemiology, with a focus on the behavioral…

Dr. Almirall develops methods used to form adaptive interventions, also known as dynamic treatment regimens. Adaptive interventions can be used to inform individualized treatment guidelines for the ongoing management of chronic illnesses or disorders such as anxiety, depression, autism, diabetes, obesity, or HIV/AIDS. Dr. Almirall works primarily on methods related to the design, execution, and…

Dr. Lesia Ruglass is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the City College of New York. Her clinical and research interests center on several areas: (1) assessment and treatment of trauma, PTSD, and substance use disorders (SUDs); (2) understanding the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying SUDs (particularly cannabis use…

Dr. Quanbeck is an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. His research draws upon concepts from systems engineering to develop innovative approaches to implementing evidence-based practices, with a specific focus on implementation of evidence-based practices and technologies for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders in…

Dr. Jessica Magidson is an Associate Professor in the Clinical area in the Department of Psychology and is the Director of CESAR: Center for Substance Use, Addiction & Health Research in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland. Her program of research focuses on how to expand the reach of…