Ross Brownson, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University

Research Interest

Etiologic factors responsible for the occurrence of lung cancer among nonsmokers; methods of effective intervention to promote physical activity and to control tobacco at the community level; assessment of the role of environmental and policy interventions to prevent cancer; methods of assessment and intervention for behavioral risk factors among high-risk populations (e.g. those of low income, racial/ethnic minorities).

Education

1985: PhD, environmental health/epidemiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
1999: MPH, quantitative methods, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston

Selected Research Publications

Examining the Associations of and Interactions Between Intrapersonal and Perceived Environmental Factors With Objectively Assessed Physical Activity Among Rural Midwestern Adults, USA.

Serrano N, Beck A, Salvo D, [...] Brownson RC
Am J Health Promot 2023

The Value and Impacts of Academic Public Health Departments.

Erwin PC, Grubaugh JH, Mazzucca-Ragan S, Brownson RC
Annu Rev Public Health 2023

Understanding Misimplementation in U.S. State Health Departments: An Agent-Based Model.

Kasman M, Hammond RA, Purcell R, [...] Brownson RC
Am J Prev Med 2023

Practices Among Local Public Health Agencies to Support Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Qualitative Study.

Allen P, Parks RG, Kang SJ, [...] Brownson RC
J Public Health Manag Pract 2023

Speeding implementation in cancer: The National Cancer Institute's Implementation Science Centers in Cancer Control.

Oh AY, Emmons KM, Brownson RC, [...] Chambers DA
J Natl Cancer Inst 2023

Multilevel correlates of domain-specific physical activity among rural adults - a cross-sectional study.

Beck AM, Serrano NH, Toler A, Brownson RC
BMC Public Health 2022

Leading the way: competencies of leadership to prevent mis-implementation of public health programs.

Moreland-Russell S, Farah Saliba L, Rodriguez Weno E, [...] Brownson RC
Health Educ Res 2022

Facilitators of Multisector Collaboration for Delivering Cancer Control Interventions in Rural Communities: A Descriptive Qualitative Study.

Allen P, Walsh-Bailey C, Hunleth J, Carothers BJ, Brownson RC
Prev Chronic Dis 2022

The power of partnerships: state public health department multisector collaborations in major chronic disease programme areas in the United States.

Tsai E, Allen P, Saliba LF, Brownson RC
Health Res Policy Syst 2022

Mapping the Lay of the Land: Using Interactive Network Analytic Tools for Collaboration in Rural Cancer Prevention and Control.

Carothers BJ, Allen P, Walsh-Bailey C, [...] Brownson RC
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022

Revisiting concepts of evidence in implementation science.

Brownson RC, Shelton RC, Geng EH, Glasgow RE
Implement Sci 2022

Designing for Dissemination and Sustainability to Promote Equitable Impacts on Health.

Kwan BM, Brownson RC, Glasgow RE, Morrato EH , Luke DA
Annu Rev Public Health 2022

"It's good to feel like you're doing something": a qualitative study examining state health department employees' views on why ineffective programs continue to be implemented in the USA.

Mazzucca S, Saliba LF, Smith R, [...] Brownson RC
Implement Sci Commun 2022

Program adaptation by health departments.

Farah Saliba L, Allen P, Mazzucca SL, [...] Brownson RC
Front Public Health 2022

How to "Start Small and Just Keep Moving Forward": Mixed Methods Results From a Stepped-Wedge Trial to Support Evidence-Based Processes in Local Health Departments.

Jacob RR, Parks RG, Allen P, [...] Brownson RC
Front Public Health 2022

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