CCEB Seminar- Rinad Beidas, PhD, and Brittany Rudd, PhD

"Harnessing Clinical Effectiveness Studies to Advance the Field of Implementation Science" Rinad Beidas, PhD,  Associate Professor of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Dr. Beidas is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the Founder and Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute (PISCE@LDI). Her research focuses on advancing the study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of evidence-based practices into routine clinical care to improve the quality and effectiveness of health and behavioral health services. Specifically, her interests relate to the measurement of implementation outcomes (e.g., fidelity), designing and testing implementation strategies using systematic and rigorous methods with an eye towards targets and mechanisms, and collaborating with community stakeholders to understand the best ways to implement evidence-based practices and improve services across a variety of settings. She has been identified as a leading implementation scientist and has published over 100 articles in this area. She serves as MPI of an NIH Center on behavioral economics, implementation science, and mental health (P50 MH 113840) and has a strong record of NIH-funded implementation research serving as MPI or PI of six NIH grants totaling over 10 million dollars. She is deeply committed to training the next generation of implementation scientists and mentors graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty through a variety of mechanisms including a T32 at the intersection of implementation science and mental health. Dr. Beidas holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from Colgate University and a doctorate of philosophy in psychology from Temple University. She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies President's New Researcher Award in 2015; the American Psychological Foundation Diane J. Willis Early Career Award; and the Perelman School of Medicine Marjorie Bowman New Investigator Research Award in 2017.   Brittany Rudd, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pennsylvania Brittany Rudd is a T32 NIMH postdoctoral research fellow working with Rinad Beidas, PhD. She received her BA in Psychology from California State University, Fresno graduating Summa Cum Laude with Presidential and Psychology honors. After completing a predoctoral internship in child clinical psychology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Brittany received her PhD in clinical science from Indiana University. Brittany's postdoctoral research, under the mentorship of Drs. Rinad Beidas and Naomi Goldstein, aims to increase the adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices among court systems that serve vulnerable youth (e.g., child welfare, juvenile justice, domestic relations). She is currently partnering with the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services center to adapt and implement systematic suicide screening, assessment, and brief intervention.