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Kelly Anne Aschbrenner, PhD

Title(s)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Principal Scientist, Dartmouth Health
Co-Director, Dartmouth Center for Implementation Science (DCIS)

Department(s)
Psychiatry
Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Websites
https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/dcis/


Biography

Dr. Aschbrenner's work is dedicated to bridging the gap between research and real world impact. Within the field of implementation science, her research focuses on adaptation, sustainability and sustainment of evidence-based interventions, practices, and innovations in healthcare.


Selected Publications

 

Collaborative Selection of Implementation Strategies for Improving Smoking Cessation Treatment and Lung Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Pilot Study.
Kruse GR, Bertolini A, Gilliam B, Girard H, Huebner-Tores C, Vaillancourt T, Rigotti NA, Aschbrenner KA, Studts JL, Martinez S, Yoguez N, Gundersen D, Baggett T
Public Health Rep. 2025 Jul-Aug;140(4):325-333. doi: 10.1177/00333549251322734. Epub 2025 Jul 8.
PMID: 40626383

Program Evaluation for a Novel Multicomponent Smoking Cessation Intervention for Smokers With Serious Mental Illness.
Brunette MF, Bourassa JG, Ferron JC, Aschbrenner KA, Santos MM, Gowarty MA, Pratt SI
Health Promot Pract. 2025 Jun 27;:15248399251348169. doi: 10.1177/15248399251348169. Epub 2025 Jun 27.
PMID: 40575927

Methodological recommendations for assessing the impact of adaptations on outcomes in implementation research.
Aschbrenner KA, Rabin BA, Bartels SJ, Glasgow RE
Implement Sci. 2025 Jun 23;20(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s13012-025-01441-8. Epub 2025 Jun 23.
PMID: 40551189

Sustained Improvements After Intervention to Prevent Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Matheny ME, Carpenter-Song E, Ricket IM, Solomon RJ, Stabler ME, Davis SE, Zubkoff L, Westerman DM, Dorn C, Cox KC, Minter FF, Jneid H, Currier JW, Athar SA, Girotra S, Leung C, Helton TJ, Agarwal A, Vidovich MI, Plomondon ME, Waldo SW, Aschbrenner KA, McKay V, O'Malley AJ, Brown JR
J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 20;14(10):e038920. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.038920. Epub 2025 May 15.
PMID: 40371586

Practical considerations for engaging staff in resource-constrained healthcare settings in implementation research: A qualitative focus group and consensus building study.
Aschbrenner KA, Walsh-Bailey C, Brown MC, Khan T, Baggett TP, Jones SMW, Levy DE, Pace LE, Winickoff JP
J Clin Transl Sci. 2025;9(1):e65. doi: 10.1017/cts.2025.29. Epub 2025 Mar 26.
PMID: 40201643

Applying cognitive walkthrough methodology to improve the usability of an equity-focused implementation strategy.
Aschbrenner KA, Haines ER, Kruse GR, Olugbenga AO, Thomas AN, Khan T, Martinez S, Emmons KM, Bartels SJ
Implement Sci Commun. 2024 Sep 3;5(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s43058-024-00630-8. Epub 2024 Sep 3.
PMID: 39227912

Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use Among Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness.
Ferron JC, Brunette MF, Aschbrenner KA, ElSayed MW, Pratt SI
Community Ment Health J. 2024 Jul;60(5):945-954. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01246-x. Epub 2024 Mar 1.
PMID: 38427276

Integrating a focus on health equity in implementation science: Case examples from the national cancer institute's implementation science in cancer control centers (ISC(3)) network.
Aschbrenner KA, Oh AY, Tabak RG, Hannon PA, Angier HE, Moore WT, Likumahuwa-Ackman S, Carroll JK, Baumann AA, Beidas RS, Mazzucca-Ragan S, Waters EA, Sadasivam RS, Shelton RC
J Clin Transl Sci. 2023;7(1):e226. doi: 10.1017/cts.2023.638. Epub 2023 Sep 29.
PMID: 38028358

Challenges and recommendations for measuring time devoted to implementation and intervention activities in health equity-focused, resource-constrained settings: a qualitative analysis.
Levy DE, Singh D, Aschbrenner KA, Davies ME, Pelton-Cairns L, Kruse GR
Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Sep 1;4(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00491-7. Epub 2023 Sep 1.
PMID: 37658387

Leveraging an implementation science partnership network to understand how Federally Qualified Health Centers operationalize and address health equity.
Aschbrenner KA, Cruz JL, Kruse GR, Nguyen H, Huebner Torres C, Celli M, Sarcione C, Singh D, Emmons KM
Transl Behav Med. 2024 Jan 11;14(1):23-33. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibad046.
PMID: 37542519

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