An expert in chronic disease prevention and implementation science, Brownson is one of the global leaders in the field of evidence-based public health. Brownson directs the Prevention Research Center, a center that develops innovative approaches to chronic disease prevention through implementation research. He has led many research and training projects funded by various federal and foundation sources, including the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the World Health Organization.
Brownson is a co-leader of the Prevention and Control Program at Siteman Cancer Center. Within the WashU School of Public Health, he co-leads the Dissemination and Implementation Science Innovation Research Network.
Brownson is an associate editor of the Annual Review of Public Health and on the editorial board of four other journals. He has published over 650 peer-reviewed articles and 15 books, including “Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control,” “Evidence-Based Public Health,” and “Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice.” Thomson Reuters/Clarivate have consistently noted him as one of the world’s most cited scientists. For over 20 years, Brownson has led a large-scale training program for public health practitioners on evidence-based public health. In this course, his teams have trained over 4,000 practitioners.
Our recommendations are largely aimed at governmental agencies overseeing public health at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels, but they can apply to other aspects of the system, from the political leaders who oversee these entities to the other governmental and private organizations whose work affects population health, wrote Ross Brownson, along with Jonathan Samet.
The Prevention Research Center is tackling health disparities with evidence-based solutions that improve outcomes in underserved communities. From expanding Brazil’s “Academia da Saude” to over 1,000 cities, to training 4,000 public health professionals worldwide, the center is driving lasting improvements.
A recent evaluation by a team of researchers at the Brown School and other universities found that training in evidence-based public health practices improves practitioner skill levels.
Moving scientific research results into public health and patient care more quickly could have a significant impact on health equity, finds a new paper from researchers at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Washington University’s Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer program, the first of its kind in cancer prevention and control, has resulted in an uptick in skills, grants, publications, networking and even some practice changes.
As the coronavirus spreads across the United States, larger cities, like New York and Seattle, are dealing with increasing numbers of infections and deaths daily. However, less populated rural areas are not immune from the disease, say two public health experts at Washington University in St. Louis, and controlling it in rural America presents a unique set of challenges.
The Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lead a broad effort to better practice evidence-based policies to improve health.
Ross Brownson, the Bernard Becker Professor and director of the Prevention Research Center at the Brown School, has been awarded a $2.9 million grant from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for a five-year project aimed at promoting physical activity in rural communities.
Washington University health researcher Ross Brownson has received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study examining poor implementation of cancer-control programs.
Ross Brownson, the Bernard Becker Professor at the Brown School and director of the Prevention Research Center, has received the American Public Health Association Award for Excellence for his work as a scholar, leader and public-health practitioner.
Ross Brownson, the Bernard Becker Professor at the Brown School and director of the Prevention Research Center, has received a $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to find ways of reducing the burden of diabetes by increasing adoption of proven programs and policies among local health practitioners.
State legislators who prioritize cancer control may be more receptive to basing their decisions on research evidence than policy makers interested in other issues, finds a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.
