Aaron Lyon, PhD

Faculty Appointment(s)

Professor

Leadership Role(s)

Director, SMART Center

Co-Director, UW ALACRITY Center

Director, RIISE

lyona@uw.edu

Personal Statement

My research focuses on increasing the accessibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of community- and school-based interventions for children, adolescents, and families. I am particularly interested in (1) the identification and implementation of low-cost, high-yield practices – such as the use of measurement-based care – to reduce the gap between typical and optimal practice in schools; (2) development of individual- and organization-level implementation strategies to promote adoption and sustainment of evidence-based psychosocial interventions within a multi-tier systems of support (MTSS) framework; and (3) human-centered design (and redesign) of psychosocial and digital technologies to improve their implementability, accessibility, and effectiveness. I am the founder and Director of the School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, dually housed in UW’s School of Medicine and College of Education.

Education

PhD: Clinical Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago
Residency: Clinical Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle
Fellowship: Mental Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle

Department Affiliations

Centers/Programs
Training Programs

Research Institute for Implementation Science in Education (RIISE)

Recent Publications

Outcome preferences in fidelity-adaptation scenarios across evidence-based parenting programs: A discrete choice experiment.
(2025 Feb 18)
Implement Sci 20(1): 10
Pettersson K, Millroth P, Giannotta F, Liedgren P, Lyon AR, Hasson H, von Thiele Schwarz U
Not getting better but not getting worse: A cluster randomized controlled pilot trial of a leadership implementation strategy.
(2025 Jan-Dec)
Implement Res Pract 6(): 26334895241312405
Locke J, Corbin CM, Goosey R, Collins VK, Ehrhart MG, Hatch K, Espeland C, Lyon AR
Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Engagement, and Appropriateness.
(2025 Jan 29)
JMIR Res Protoc 14(): e65446
Lyon AR, Munson SA, Pullmann MD, Mosser B, Aung T, Fortney J, Dopp A, Osterhage KP, Haile HG, Bruzios KE, Blanchard BE, Allred R, Fuller MR, Raue PJ, Bennett I, Locke J, Bearss K, Walker D, Connors E, Bruns E, Van Draanen J, Darnell D, Areán PA
Human-Centered Design to Enhance Implementation and Impact in Health.
(2024 Dec 10)
Annu Rev Public Health
Lyon AR, Aung T, Bruzios KE, Munson S
Gender-Affirming Psychotherapy (GAP): Core Principles and Skills to Reduce the Mental Health Care "GAP" for Transgender Youths.
(2024 Nov 1)
Psychiatr Serv 75(11): 1075-1083
Price MA, Rakhilin M, Johansen K, Collins L, Pachankis JE, Lyon AR, Allen M
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