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The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST)
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is the Executive Director of CATALYST, Associate Dean for Health Services Research, and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
About us
CATALYST is a leading interdisciplinary health services and implementation science research program because of efforts in the following areas:
- Driving solutions to improve care in Ohio and beyond
- Building and attracting top talent
- Being a leader in research funding and research quality
- Creating a collaborative and team science-based environment
- Improving success rates of funding applications
- Developing faculty across the College of Medicine and Health Sciences Colleges to successfully perform health services and implementation science research
- Building the next generation of health services and implementation science researchers
- Providing appropriate space and infrastructure to facilitate collaboration and team science
Recent news
Three at CATALYST celebrate 25-year service milestone with Ohio State
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, the Executive Director of CATALYST, Associate Dean for Health Services Research, and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in Ohio State's College of Medicine; Alice Gaughan, MS, the Associate Director of CATALYST; and Kirsten Gibbons, the Department Administrator for CATALYST, recently attended the BRAVO Quarter-Century Celebration luncheon presented by John J. Warner, MD, the Chief Executive Officer of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Executive Vice President at Ohio State. The event honored faculty and staff who reached 25, 30, 40, or 45 years of service between 2020 and 2024. Congratulations goes to all three for their years of dedication and contributions to Ohio State.
Ohio State highlights SUSTAIN, featuring work of Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH
What are the most impactful ways of providing healthy food as part of health care to aid in addressing chronic conditions such as diabetes, obesity, and hypertension? That question will be examined in a study titled "SUSTAIN: Promoting sustained behavior change and nutrition security in Medicaid-enrolled individuals with Stage 2 Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome," which was recently featured in a news update by The Ohio State University College of Medicine. CATALYST-affiliated Associate Professor Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH, the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, is one of several experts taking part in the study and is quoted in the article as he discusses the role of access to culturally appropriate food, along with other interventions, to address social needs that are non-medical but related to overall health.
Our publications
At CATALYST, our faculty and staff are always hard at work on a number of projects related to team science, analytics, and systems thinking. Our research has been published in a variety of journals, and it is regularly cited in other scholarly work.
What is CATALYST?
CATALYST is a center focused on advancing research and discovery in the delivery of health services across the continuum of care using a team science approach.
Who works with us?
Our faculty includes experts in a number of fields, as well as many skilled staff members who support their work.
What's the latest news?
There are always dozens of projects in progress at CATALYST. Stay up to date with everything going on at the center with our news page, where we post information about grant awards, projects and our overall focus.
How can I join in?
CATALYST is interested in working with well-trained individuals in health management, health services research, implementation science, public health, or other related T3 research fields.Stay updated on everything new with CATALYST
CATALYST moves into newly renovated space
The new year comes with a new campus home in a freshly renovated suite at 700 Ackerman Road
Dr. Walker: Postdoc to Vice Chair for Research
Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH, can trace his career trajectory along the road he traveled with CATALYST
Forging her own path leads to postdoc position
For Dr. Ramona Olvera, the position was never part of the plan – until she found a home with CATALYST.
QI Hub aims to enhance health care infrastructure
The ambitious project with medical centers across the state is nearing the transition to implementation
Dr. Garner seeks to share HIV, SUD interventions
The experimental psychologist leads the Program in Dissemination and Implementation Science in Center
Our mission
To catalyze faculty at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to engage in meaningful health services research (HSR) and implementation science.
In achieving this mission, CATALYST seeks to complement the mission of The Ohio State University College of Medicine “to improve people’s lives through innovation in research” by ensuring that the work of research faculty is impactful for the organization and the populations they serve. CATALYST is being created as a means of fostering a collaborative culture of research while providing the environment that supports success.
In achieving this mission, CATALYST seeks to complement the mission of The Ohio State University College of Medicine “to improve people’s lives through innovation in research” by ensuring that the work of research faculty is impactful for the organization and the populations they serve. CATALYST is being created as a means of fostering a collaborative culture of research while providing the environment that supports success.
Our vision
To develop the infrastructure necessary to ensure extramural funding, improve the quality of scholarship, develop faculty in the area of health services and implementation science research, and increase the educational capacity of the institution while serving to extend the research, education and clinical enterprises of The Ohio State University College of Medicine.Our values
- Success through collaboration and sustained productivity
- Leadership with integrity and personal accountability
- Respect of diversity of people and ideas through openness and mutual trust
- Innovation through creativity
- Passion in what we do by engaging with each other through kindness and fun
Our aims
Guided by its mission, CATALYST aims to:- Provide a shared HSR infrastructure to provide expedited access to highly trained research support staff and data
- Promote a team science-based, collaborative environment in which faculty and postdoctoral researchers are highly mentored by successful HSR faculty to be highly productive (both in papers and grants)
- Enhance the quality and quantity of published research in HSR and implementation science
- Identify opportunities for extending the educational mission of the College of Medicine
- Improve the success rate of applications for funding through initial scoping, review and critical assessment so as to improve submitted proposals