Understanding and closing the gap between research and practice by studying the methods and strategies that promote the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions in real-world settings.
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Global HIV/AIDS prevention and care; immigrant and refugee health; health disparities and health equity; technology-based research methods (e.g., social media platforms such as WhatsApp); implementation science; reproductive and sexual health; mixed-methods research
Director, Division of Health Services Policy and Practice Professor
Professor and Director, Surgical Outcomes And Research (SOAR) Center
Department of Surgery
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Health outcomes and quality of care assessment; economic evaluation of healthcare programs; comparative effectiveness research; multidisciplinary team science and stakeholder engagement; implementation science, and regional care delivery in surgical oncology.
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Child health services research; children and youth with special health care needs; pediatric trauma; implementation science; health politics; public health governance
The multidisciplinary Division of Environmental Health Sciences brings together students and faculty from across UB to integrate perspectives from a wide range of research areas.
Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, principal investigator of UB’s Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Center, discusses the significance of the WHI, one of the longest and most comprehensive studies ever done on postmenopausal women.