Sarah Cusworth Walker, PhD, MS

Faculty Appointment(s)

Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Adjunct Faculty, School of Social Work

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health

Leadership Role(s)

Director, CoLab for Community and Behavioral Health Policy

Director, Evidence-Based Practice Institute

secwalkr@uw.edu

206-685-2197

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Personal Statement

I am interested in methods of evidence translation and knowledge exchange that improve system and policymaking in behavioral health with a focal interest in public mental health for children and juvenile justice system reform.

Education

Clinical Internship/Residency , VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, 2004-2005
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Washington School of Medicine, 2007-2008
Ph.D. , Doctorate of Philosophy with emphasis in philosophy of science, Counseling Psychology, University of Southern California
MS , Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology , Brigham Young University, 2000-2001
B.S., Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1995-1999

Department Affiliations

Centers/Programs

Recent Publications

Scale-up of Global Child and Youth Mental Health Services: A Scoping Review.
(2024 Nov)
Adm Policy Ment Health 51(6): 935-969
Walker SC, Wissow L, Gubner NR, Ngo S, Szatmari P, Servili C
Using policy codesign to achieve multi-sector alignment in adolescent behavioral health: a study protocol.
(2024 May 8)
Implement Sci Commun 5(1): 54
Walker SC, Ahrens KR, Owens MD, Parnes M, Langley J, Ackerley C, Purtle J, Saldana L, Aarons GA, Hogue A, Palinkas LA
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research.
(2023 Sep 21)
Implement Sci 18(1): 44
Walker SC, Baquero B, Bekemeier B, Parnes M, Arora K
A landscape assessment of the activities and capacities of evidence-to-policy intermediaries (EPI) in behavioral health.
(2023 May 22)
Implement Sci Commun 4(1): 55
Almquist L, Walker SC, Purtle J
Racial disparities in youth pretrial detention: a retrospective cohort study grounded in critical race theory.
(2023 Mar 8)
Health Justice 11(1): 14
Wen A, Gubner NR, Garrison MM, Walker SC
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