Rebecca Butcher

Director
Rebecca Butcher, MS, MPH, has led the CPDE team since October 2022 after serving as Assistant then Associate Director starting in 2018. Rebecca joined CPDE in 2011 following 20 years in healthcare delivery, education and research, receiving her Master of Science from Boston University and MPH from the University of NH. Since coming to Dartmouth, Rebecca has led multiple grant- and non-grant funded projects and evaluations supporting faculty and programs at Dartmouth College, Geisel and TDI, Dartmouth Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and State of NH. With expertise in research and evaluation design and qualitative and mixed methods data collection and analysis, she was promoted to Senior Research Scientist in 2021. Her work is grounded in principles of implementation science, complex systems research, and utilization-focused evaluation frameworks. Throughout her career, Rebecca has used evidence-based conceptual and theoretical models to guide inquiry, problem identification, analysis, and translation of results to guide improvements for individuals, providers, and systems.