
Sarah Cusworth Walker, PhD, MS
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
Scholarly Expertise
- Adolescent/young adult
- Child and adolescent psychiatry/psychology
- Criminal justice / juvenile justice
- Evidence-based practice
- Systems Reform
- Justice Reform
- Codesign
Clinical Expertise
Recent Publications
(2021 Feb 5)
Implement Sci Commun 2(1): 14
Cusworth Walker S, Vick K, Gubner NR, Herting JR, Palinkas LA
(2019)
Int J Ment Health Syst 13(): 25
Walker SC, Sedlar G, Berliner L, Rodriguez FI, Davis PA, Johnson S, Leith J
(2016 Nov)
Adm Policy Ment Health 43(6): 850-860
Walker SC, Hurvitz PM, Leith J, Rodriguez FI, Endler GC
(2015 Dec)
Am J Community Psychol 56(3-4): 408-21
Walker SC, Bishop AS, Pullmann MD, Bauer G
(2015 Oct)
Eval Program Plann 52(): 189-97
Walker SC, Bumbarger BK, Phillippi SW Jr
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