Biography

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. He holds adjunct appointments at University College Cork and UNSW Sydney. 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 serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Research and Practice and is a member of 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.