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 Powell aims to improve the quality of health and social services by advancing methods in implementation research and practice. He is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research at WashU’s Brown School. He is Co-Director of the Brown School’s Center for Mental Health Services Research; Co-Director of the Institute for Public Health’s Center for Dissemination & Implementation; and Co-Director of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science’s Dissemination and Implementation Research Core. He holds a secondary appointment at Washington University’s School of Medicine and adjunct appointments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNSW Sydney, and University College Cork.
Powell’s research has been funded primarily by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He has published ~160 scientific journal articles, 11 chapters, and two books. He has been recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and a Stanford University-Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientist. He has received numerous awards, including the Early Career Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Dissemination and Implementation Special Interest Group, a Fulbright Specialist Award, and a Provost’s Research Excellence Award from WashU.
Powell is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Research and Practice and serves on the editorial board of Implementation Science. He was previously President of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (2020-2023).
Powell is committed to strengthening capacity for implementation research internationally. He has been identified as a top 10 researcher in the U.S. from whom others seek implementation research, grant writing, and career advice. He teaches a course at WashU titled “Developing and Evaluating Implementation Strategies in Health and Social Services.” Powell is the Associate Director of the Implementation Research Institute and core faculty for the HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Health Implementation Research Institute, Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation in Health-Australia, and Irish Implementation Science Training Institute.
In Brown School News
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
Ssewamala Awarded $3.5M to Study Interventions in Uganda
September 12, 2023
Brownson, Powell, Proctor Again Rank on Highly Cited Researchers List
December 13, 2022
Brown School Dean Search Committee Appointed
September 9, 2022
Proctor, Powell Recognized as Highly-Cited Researchers by Clarivate
December 14, 2021
Brownson, Powell, Proctor Among Most Highly Cited Researchers
January 13, 2021
Brown School Recognizes Faculty Authors and Editors
May 7, 2020