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

Accelerating the conceptual use of behavioral health research in juvenile court decision-making: study protocol.
(2021 Feb 5)
Implement Sci Commun 2(1): 14
Cusworth Walker S, Vick K, Gubner NR, Herting JR, Palinkas LA
Advancing the state-level tracking of evidence-based practices: a case study.
(2019)
Int J Ment Health Syst 13(): 25
Walker SC, Sedlar G, Berliner L, Rodriguez FI, Davis PA, Johnson S, Leith J
Evidence-Based Program Service Deserts: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Approach to Identifying Service Gaps for State-Level Implementation Planning.
(2016 Nov)
Adm Policy Ment Health 43(6): 850-860
Walker SC, Hurvitz PM, Leith J, Rodriguez FI, Endler GC
A Research Framework for Understanding the Practical Impact of Family Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System: The Juvenile Justice Family Involvement Model.
(2015 Dec)
Am J Community Psychol 56(3-4): 408-21
Walker SC, Bishop AS, Pullmann MD, Bauer G
Achieving successful evidence-based practice implementation in juvenile justice: The importance of diagnostic and evaluative capacity.
(2015 Oct)
Eval Program Plann 52(): 189-97
Walker SC, Bumbarger BK, Phillippi SW Jr
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