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

Challenges and Supports for Implementing Health Equity During National Accreditation Among Small Local Health Departments in the United States.

Crenshaw AN, Allen P, Fifolt M, [...] Brownson RC
J Public Health Manag Pract 2025

Improving cancer prevention and control through implementing academic-local public health department partnerships - protocol for a cluster-randomized implementation trial using a positive deviance approach.

Mazzucca-Ragan S, Allen P, Amos K, [...] Brownson RC
Implement Sci Commun 2025

Toward equity in cultivating a "garden of mentors:" An exploration of networking experiences in an implementation research training program.

Parrish LJ, Gilbert A, Hoppe K, [...] Brownson RC
J Clin Transl Sci 2025

Adaptation of a digital health intervention for rural adults: application of the Framework for Reporting Adaptations and Modifications-Enhanced.

Kepper MM, Walsh-Bailey C, Parrish L, [...] Brownson RC
Front Digit Health 2025

Equipping the Public Health Workforce of the Future: Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Public Health Training Delivered Through Academic-Health Department Partnerships.

Mazzucca-Ragan S, Brownson CA, Crouch MM, [...] Brownson RC
J Public Health Manag Pract 2025

Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks.

L'Hotta AJ, Jacob RR, Mazzucca-Ragan S, [...] Brownson RC
Implement Sci 2024

A qualitative exploration of disseminating research findings among public health researchers in China.

Hu Y, Yin X, Wang Y, [...] Brownson RC
BMC Public Health 2024

Reimagining Public Health: Mapping A Path Forward.

Samet J, Brownson RC
Health Aff (Millwood) 2024

Advancing the Science and Application of Implementation Science to Promote Health Equity: Commentary on the Symposium.

Shelton RC, Brownson RC
Annu Rev Public Health 2024

Enhancing Impact: A Call to Action for Equitable Implementation Science.

Shelton RC, Brownson RC
Prev Sci 2024

Leveraging artificial intelligence to advance implementation science: potential opportunities and cautions.

Trinkley KE, An R, Maw AM, Glasgow RE, Brownson RC
Implement Sci 2024

Action planning for building public health program sustainability: results from a group-randomized trial.

Moreland-Russell S, Combs T, Gannon J, [...] Brownson RC
Implement Sci 2024

Rethinking our future: Describing and enhancing the impacts of dissemination and implementation science for cancer prevention and control.

Cuevas Soulette V, Emmons KM, Luke DA, [...] Brownson RC
J Clin Transl Sci 2024

Designing for dissemination among public health and clinical practitioners in the USA.

Shato T, Kepper MM, McLoughlin GM, [...] Brownson RC
J Clin Transl Sci 2024

Effectively communicating with local policymakers: a randomized trial of policy brief dissemination to address obesity.

Dodson EA, Parks RG, Jacob RR, [...] Brownson RC
Front Public Health 2024

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