Byron Powell

Jun 27, 2024 | implementationscience.biomedcentral.com | Byron Powell

Implementation Science 2024, 19(2): I1The National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth, in collaboration with our co-sponsors, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), hosted the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Arlington, VA on December 10-13, 2023.

Apr 26, 2024 | implementationscience.biomedcentral.com | Byron Powell

Human behavior is the last mile challenge to many seemingly intractable problems in improving the human condition. Many scientific discoveries are unevenly accessed and delivered due to an underappreciation for how social and behavioral factors might interface with the implementation of these discoveries.

Sep 18, 2023 | academic.oup.com | Byron Powell

Why do many social programs have such a poor track record? What can we do to maximize a program’s chance of success? If a program shows promise, how can we scale it up? To answer these questions confronting policymakers, and to ensure that strong programs are designed, developed, implemented, and taken to scale, appropriate evaluation approaches must be used throughout a program’s life cycle.