Byron Powell

Byron’s 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 Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), where he holds secondary appointments in the School of Public Health and the School of Medicine. He is the Co-Director of WashU’s Center for Mental Health Services Research and the Dissemination and Implementation Science Innovation Research Network. 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’s World’s 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’s Provost’s 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 students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty across the globe. He co-directs the Brown School’s 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 Implementation Research Institute. He is also faculty for the HIV, Infectious Disease, and Global Health Implementation Research Institute and the Irish Implementation Science Training Institute, among others.

Byron is a former President of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration, and currently serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Research and Practice and on the editorial board of Implementation Science. He is also a standing member of the NIH’s Science of Implementation in Health and Healthcare Study Section.

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