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The Penn Collaborative is a collaborative clinical, educational, and research partnership with community behavioral health providers, payers, and networks, all in pursuit of the same goal: placing tangible, evidence-based tools in the hands of the front-line staff who support individuals seeking recovery and wellness. The Penn Collaborative is committed to bring principles of recovery and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to new and diverse populations including children and families, substance abuse, inpatient programs, residential settings, forensic populations, and people with chronic homelessness. Our empirically-supported approach to the sustained implementation of these principles is both effective and flexible, allowing for adaptation to different settings, levels of care, and populations around the United States and around the world (Rwanda, Haiti).
Our research complements these goals through rigorous evaluation of strategies to support the sustained implementation of high-fidelity evidence-based practices. Current studies include a multi-site R01 to develop and evaluate a pragmatic method of assessing CBT competence in community mental health care and VA settings, development of an artificial intelligence-based technology for evaluating CBT competence, and evaluation of the Sustained Implementation Plan as a strategy to support sustainability in community mental health settings.
Description:
The Penn Collaborative for CBT & Implementation Science focuses on two complementary missions:
- Implementation and Training: A Natural Laboratory: Under the umbrella of the Penn Collaborative, the Beck Community Initiative (BCI) partners with under-resourced community behavioral health providers, systems, and payers in the US and Low-Middle Income Countries to place tangible, sustainable, evidence-based mental health tools in the hands of front-line staff.
- Implementation Science Research: Within the natural laboratory created by implementation and training, we develop and study generalizable strategies to implement evidence-based practices, with an emphasis on treatment fidelity and sustainability.
Specific projects under this umbrella vary, but interested students should contact us to discuss possibilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Coursework in psychology, social work, or related fields are strongly encouraged.
Project Website
Learn more about the researcher and/or the project here. Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.