Amy M Kilbourne
Associate Chair, Department of Learning Health Sciences
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
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Amy M Kilbourne
Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Dr. Amy M. Kilbourne, PhD, MPH is Acting Director of the VA Health Services Research and Development program, Director of VA's Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) and Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan (UM) Medical School. She is a national expert in implementation science, notably the development and evaluation of strategies that support health care providers in delivering effective innovations more rapidly to their patients. Dr. Kilbourne has led several national implementation initiatives across the U.S. to improve patient outcomes including quality, equity, cost, and experience, and developed national research agendas focused on health disparities, mental health, chronic conditions, and Learning Health Systems. She also leads MICHR's Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Catalyst, a U-M-wide initiative to promote the implementation of evidence-based practices in real-world settings. Dr. Kilbourne is also supporting VA’s fulfillment of the Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act, which requires government agencies to use evidence and evaluation to justify program budgets. Dr. Kilbourne is a member of the NIMH National Mental Health Advisory Council, AHRQ National Advisory Council, the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory External Advisory Panel, and is Senior Fellow with the Partnership for Public Service.

    Qualifications
    • PhD
      University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
    • MPH
      University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
    • BA
      University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute
    • Center Member
      University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    Research Overview

    Health Services Research, Learning Health Systems, and Implementation Science
    Adaptive designs and sequential multiple assignment randomized trials (SMARTs)
    Integrated collaborative care model interventions in learning health systems and community-based practices
    Evidence-based policy with a focus on quality improvement and evaluation methods

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Student mental health outcomes of a clustered SMART for developing an adaptive implementation strategy to support school-based CBT delivery.
      Smith SN, Almirall D, Choi SY, Andrews C, Koschmann E, Rusch A, Bilek EL, Lane A, Abelson JL, Eisenberg D, Himle JA, Liebrecht C, Kilbourne AM. J Affect Disord, 2024 Dec 15; 367: 399 - 407. DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.048
      PMID: 39151756
    • Journal Article
      Aligning quality improvement, research, and health system goals using the QUERI priority-setting process: A step forward in creating a learning health system.
      Beck KL, Kilbourne AM, Gidmark SI, Braganza MZ. Health Serv Res, 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): e14388 DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.14388
      PMID: 39329346
    • Journal Article
      Evolution of the Veterans Health Administration Learning Health System: 25 years of QUERI.
      Garrido MM, Kilbourne AM. Health Serv Res, 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): e14372 DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.14372
      PMID: 39168964
    • Journal Article
      Heterogeneous associations between interleukin-6 receptor variants and phenotypes across ancestries and implications for therapy.
      Wang X, Liu M, Nogues I-E, Chen T, Xiong X, Bonzel C-L, Zhang H, Hong C, Xia Y, Dahal K, Costa L, Cui J, VA Million Veteran Program , Gaziano JM, Kim SC, Ho Y-L, Cho K, Cai T, Liao KP. Sci Rep, 2024 Apr 5; 14 (1): 8021 DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-54063-3
      PMID: 38580710
    • Journal Article
      Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Rapid Response Teams: A learning health system approach to addressing emerging health system challenges.
      Braganza MZ, Gidmark SI, Taylor AL, Kilbourne AM. Health Serv Res, 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): e14380 DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.14380
      PMID: 39253991
    • Journal Article
      Subjective cognitive concerns, APOE ε4, PTSD symptoms, and risk for dementia among older veterans.
      Neale ZE, Fonda JR, Miller MW, Wolf EJ, Zhang R, Sherva R, Harrington KM, Merritt V, Panizzon MS, Hauger RL, Gaziano JM, VA Million Veteran Program , Logue MW. Alzheimers Res Ther, 2024 Jun 29; 16 (1): 143 DOI:10.1186/s13195-024-01512-w
      PMID: 38951900
    • Journal Article
      The Transdiagnostic Intervention for Sleep and Circadian Dysfunction (TranS-C) for serious mental illness in community mental health part 3: study protocol to evaluate sustainment in a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation cluster-randomized trial.
      Sarfan LD, Agnew ER, Diaz M, Cogan A, Spencer JM, Esteva Hache R, Wiltsey Stirman S, Lewis CC, Kilbourne AM, Harvey AG. Trials, 2024 Jan 15; 25 (1): 54 DOI:10.1186/s13063-023-07900-1
      PMID: 38225677
    • Journal Article
      Workplace culture of health and employee physical activity: the moderating effects of gender and depression
      Marenus MW, Marzec M, Kilbourne A, Colabianchi N, Chen W. Discover Psychology, 2024 Dec 1; 4 (1): DOI:10.1007/s44202-024-00173-y
    Featured News & Stories
    News Release
    Amy Kilbourne named U.S. VA Executive Director of Health Systems Research
    Amy Kilbourne, PhD, MPH, Associate Chair for Research and Professor of Learning Health Sciences at U-M Medical School has been appointed Executive Director of Health Systems Research for the U.S.  Department of Veterans Affairs Health System, effective June 30, 2024.