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Peg Allen

Peg Allen’s focus is applied research to learn how best to support state and local health departments and their partnering organizations in capacity-building for evidence-based chronic disease prevention. The goal is to support public health departments in instituting management practices to support such capacity-building, including practices in leadership support, workforce development, organizational climate and culture, and partnerships.

For workforce development, Allen’s objective is to support training and technical assistance with governmental health department employees and staff in partnering organizations to enhance and apply understanding and skills in community assessment, planning, adaptation and implementation of evidence-based policies and programs, and evaluation.

Allen also interacts with masters and doctoral students in her role at the Prevention Research Center. This line of research complements and furthers her previous research in tobacco use and coordinated school health conducted in partnership with state health and education agencies. Her career has been devoted to chronic disease prevention through tobacco and school health policy and programs, adult health and prevention research.

Peg Allen

Areas of Focus:

  • Evidence-based public health
  • Chronic disease prevention
  • Public health workforce development
  • Implementation science

In The News

Researchers to study health impact of changes to school lunch, breakfast programs
February 13, 2025

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June 1, 2022

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May 7, 2020

WashU: Accreditation May Spur Use of Evidence by Health Departments
January 13, 2020

Featured Publications

Mapping the lay of the land: Using interactive network analytic tools for collaboration in rural cancer prevention and control
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
June 1 2022

Quantitative measures used in mental health policy implementation: A systematic review
Implementation Research and Practice
2022

Perceived benefits and challenges of coordinated approaches to chronic disease prevention in state health departments.
Preventing Chronic Disease
May 8 2014