Influencing Public Policy through Dissemination and Implementation Research

About The Speaker

Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, MPH, MSc is Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management and Director of Policy Research at NYU’s Global Center for Implementation Science. Dr. Purtle is an implementation scientist whose research focuses on mental health policy. His work examines questions such as how research evidence can be most effectively communicated to policymakers, how social and political contexts affect policymaking and policy implementation, and how the implementation of policies “on the books” can be improved in practice. He is the Chair of the Policy Section of the AcademyHeath/NIH Dissemination and Implementation in Heath Conference.