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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.
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PhDUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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MPHUniversity of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
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BAUniversity of California, Berkeley, Berkeley
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
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Center MemberUniversity of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
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Center MemberEisenberg Family Depression Center
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Center MemberInstitute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
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
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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.Journal ArticleStudent mental health outcomes of a clustered SMART for developing an adaptive implementation strategy to support school-based CBT delivery.
DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.048 PMID: 39151756 -
Beck KL, Kilbourne AM, Gidmark SI, Braganza MZ. Health Serv Res, 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): e14388Journal ArticleAligning quality improvement, research, and health system goals using the QUERI priority-setting process: A step forward in creating a learning health system.
DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.14388 PMID: 39329346 -
Garrido MM, Kilbourne AM. Health Serv Res, 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): e14372Journal ArticleEvolution of the Veterans Health Administration Learning Health System: 25 years of QUERI.
DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.14372 PMID: 39168964 -
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): 8021Journal ArticleHeterogeneous associations between interleukin-6 receptor variants and phenotypes across ancestries and implications for therapy.
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-54063-3 PMID: 38580710 -
Braganza MZ, Gidmark SI, Taylor AL, Kilbourne AM. Health Serv Res, 2024 Dec; 59 Suppl 2 (Suppl 2): e14380Journal ArticleQuality Enhancement Research Initiative Rapid Response Teams: A learning health system approach to addressing emerging health system challenges.
DOI:10.1111/1475-6773.14380 PMID: 39253991 -
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): 143Journal ArticleSubjective cognitive concerns, APOE ε4, PTSD symptoms, and risk for dementia among older veterans.
DOI:10.1186/s13195-024-01512-w PMID: 38951900 -
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): 54Journal ArticleThe 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.
DOI:10.1186/s13063-023-07900-1 PMID: 38225677 -
Marenus MW, Marzec M, Kilbourne A, Colabianchi N, Chen W. Discover Psychology, 2024 Dec 1; 4 (1):Journal ArticleWorkplace culture of health and employee physical activity: the moderating effects of gender and depression
DOI:10.1007/s44202-024-00173-y