Byron Powell
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Research
Contact
Phone: 314-935-2817
Email: bjpowell@wustl.edu
Education
PhD, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Areas of Focus
Implementation research
Behavioral health
Qualitative and mixed-methods research
Community-engaged research
Biography
Byron鈥檚 work focuses on improving the quality of health services by strengthening organizational and system capacity to implement evidence-based practices. His research and international collaborations aim to develop and evaluate implementation strategies and advance the science of implementation. He is Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor at the Brown School at , where he holds secondary appointments in the and the . He is the Co-Director of WashU鈥檚 and the . He holds adjunct appointments at University College Cork and UNSW Sydney.
His research has been funded primarily by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and he has authored more than 180 publications. Byron has been recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and one of Stanford University-Elsevier鈥檚 World鈥檚 Top 2% Scientists. His honors include the Early Career Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Dissemination and Implementation Special Interest Group, a Fulbright Specialist Award, and WashU鈥檚 Provost鈥檚 Research Excellence Award.
At WashU, Byron teaches the PhD-level course Developing and Evaluating Implementation Strategies in Health and Social Services and is deeply engaged in mentoring 黑料社s, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty across the globe. He co-directs the Brown School鈥檚 Training Program in Mental Health Services Research, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and serves as Associate Director of the NIMH-funded . He is also faculty for the and the , among others.
Byron is a former President of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration, and currently serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of and on the editorial board of . He is also a standing member of the NIH鈥檚 Study Section.
In Brown School News
Powell again named to Highly Cited Researchers list
December 9, 2025
Brown School faculty among the world鈥檚 top influential scientists
October 10, 2025
Brown School training program funding renewed, continues decades of聽work
August 13, 2025
Powell discusses past, future of implementation science in PNAS article
August 11, 2025
Three Brown School scholars named to highly cited researchers list
December 11, 2024