City-Wide Psychiatry Rounds - Paul Garfinkel Distinguished Scholar Lecture
City-Wide Psychiatry Rounds Presents: Meeting the Challenges of Scaling Evidence Based Practices
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Dixon Columbia University
Dr. Lisa Dixon Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H. is the Edna L Edison Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She directs the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research within the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Dixon is an internationally recognized health services researcher with over 25 years of continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the VA. She oversees activities for the New York State Office of Mental Health in implementing evidenced based practices for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness. Dr. Dixon's grants have focused on improving the quality of care for individuals with serious mental disorders. Dr. Dixon's work has joined individuals engaged in self-help, outpatient psychiatric care, as well as clinicians and policy makers in collaborative research endeavours.
Learning Objectives
To describe the role of Intermediary Organizations in scaling evidence-based practices in large systems of care • To describe the tools and strategies used to scale evidence-based practices in a large system of care