Enola Proctor
Research Professor
Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor (2014-2018)
Contact
Phone: 314-935-6660
Email: ekp@wustl.edu
Education
PhD, Washington University
Areas of Focus
Mental health services delivery
Strategies for implementing evidence-based practices
Health services delivery
Evaluation of clinical social work
Biography
Enola Proctor’s research is motivated by the question, how do we ensure that people receive the very best possible care? She has studied this question in a variety of social work, public health, and health care settings, ranging from hospitals to community agencies. She has contributed to the intellectual capital for the rapidly growing field of dissemination and implementation science, leading teams to distinguish, clearly define, develop taxonomies, and stimulate more systematic work to advance the conceptual, linguistic, and methodological clarity in the field.
Proctor’s research has been funded by the NIA, AHRQ, and the NIMH for 26 consecutive years. She directs the Implementation Research Institute, a training program in implementation science funded by the National Institute for Mental Health. She led the establishment of several university-wide centers and cores in implementation science, including the Center for Dissemination and Implementation for the Washington University Institute for Public Health and the Dissemination and Implementation Research Core for Washington University’s CTSA program.
Proctor’s awards include Washington University’s Arthur Compton Holly Distinguished Faculty Award, the Society for Social Work and Research’s Distinguished Research Award, and the American Public Health Association Stephen M. Banks Award for Outstanding Mentoring in mental health services.
In Brown School News
Brown School faculty among the world’s top influential scientists
October 10, 2025
Brown School training program funding renewed, continues decades of 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
Brown School faculty named to ‘World’s Top 2% Scientists’ list
November 12, 2024
Brown School Scholars on ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ List
November 27, 2023
Brownson, Proctor Edit Third Edition of Health Research Guide
July 14, 2023
Brownson, Powell, Proctor Again Rank on Highly Cited Researchers List
December 13, 2022
Brown School Faculty Among Most-Cited Scientists
March 1, 2022
Proctor, Powell Recognized as Highly-Cited Researchers by Clarivate
December 14, 2021
Brown School Presenters at Hybrid 2021 CSWE
November 2, 2021
Brownson, Powell, Proctor Among Most Highly Cited Researchers
January 13, 2021
Featured Publications
Toolkits for dissemination and implementation research: Preliminary development
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
2018
Building Capacity for dissemination and implementation research: One university's experience
Implementation Science
2017
Letting Go: Conceptualizing Intervention De-implementation in Public Health and Social Service Settings
American Journal of Community Psychology
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 03 2018