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Kaitlin Piper is an Assistant Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, specializing in implementation science and public health interventions. She holds affiliations with the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health (ACCJH), and multiple interdisciplinary research networks focused on implementation science and racial equity. Her research focuses on scaling evidence-based interventions in clinical and community settings, particularly for underserved adolescent populations involved in the juvenile justice system.
Education: BS (University of Pittsburgh), MPH and PhD (Emory University), Postdoc (Northwestern University).
Research Interests: Trauma-informed care, juvenile justice health systems, configurational comparative methods, and reducing health disparities in behavioral health access. Her work emphasizes multi-method approaches including systems science and data-driven strategies to optimize public health interventions.
Recent publications highlight factors influencing PrEP implementation in clinics, opioid prescribing reduction, and family-driven care models in juvenile justice settings. Awards include NIH NRSA Fellowships, Brown University CJRT Program, and the Livingston Award for Doctoral Excellence.
Grants and collaborations include NIH-funded projects analyzing trauma-responsive services and partnerships with juvenile justice systems to address behavioral health gaps. She is a member of professional societies like the American Public Health Association (APHA) and SIRC (Society for Implementation Research Collaboration).
Labs/Teams: Active in Emory’s NEISE (Network for Evaluation and Implementation Sciences) and the 'All Things Configured' international workgroup on configurational comparative methods.
