Aaron Lyon, PhD
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 Co-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: DePaul University, Chicago
Residency: Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle
Fellowship: Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle
Department Affiliations
Centers/Programs
Training Programs
Research Institute for Implementation Science in Education (RIISE)
Scholarly Expertise
Clinical Expertise
- Initial efficacy trial of a group-based implementation strategy designed to increase teacher delivery of evidence-based prevention programs
- Beliefs and Attitudes for Successful Implementation in Schools (BASIS)
- A Research Institute for Implementation Science in Education (RIISE) to address the “Last Mile” in education
- Helping Educational Leadership Mobilize Evidence (HELM): an organizational intervention to promote strategic implementation in schools
- Disseminating a user-friendly guide: Advancing the science of intervention adaptation and improving access to evidence-based psychological treatment
Recent Publications
The Cognitive Walkthrough for Implementation Strategies (CWIS): a pragmatic method for assessing implementation strategy usability.
(2021 Jul 17)
Implement Sci Commun 2(1): 78
Lyon AR, Coifman J, Cook H, McRee E, Liu FF, Ludwig K, Dorsey S, Koerner K, Munson SA, McCauley E
(2021 Jul 17)
Implement Sci Commun 2(1): 78
Lyon AR, Coifman J, Cook H, McRee E, Liu FF, Ludwig K, Dorsey S, Koerner K, Munson SA, McCauley E
Implementation of School Diabetes Care in the United States: A Scoping Review.
(2021 Jun 29)
J Sch Nurs
An R, Li D, Cole M, Park K, Lyon AR, White NH
(2021 Jun 29)
J Sch Nurs
An R, Li D, Cole M, Park K, Lyon AR, White NH
Harmonizing evidence-based practice, implementation context, and implementation strategies with user-centered design: a case example in young adult cancer care.
(2021 Apr 26)
Implement Sci Commun 2(1): 45
Haines ER, Dopp A, Lyon AR, Witteman HO, Bender M, Vaisson G, Hitch D, Birken S
(2021 Apr 26)
Implement Sci Commun 2(1): 45
Haines ER, Dopp A, Lyon AR, Witteman HO, Bender M, Vaisson G, Hitch D, Birken S
Dissemination Science in School Mental Health: A Framework for Future Research.
(2021 Apr 18)
School Ment Health
Baker EA, Brewer SK, Owens JS, Cook CR, Lyon AR
(2021 Apr 18)
School Ment Health
Baker EA, Brewer SK, Owens JS, Cook CR, Lyon AR
Opioid Use Disorder: Treatments and Barriers.
(2021 Feb 6)
Cureus 13(2): e13173
Patel K, Bunachita S, Agarwal AA, Lyon A, Patel UK
(2021 Feb 6)
Cureus 13(2): e13173
Patel K, Bunachita S, Agarwal AA, Lyon A, Patel UK
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