Kira DiClemente-Bosco

Kira DiClemente-Bosco, PhD, serves as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and is a founding faculty member of the Center for Dissemination & Implementation Science. Her community-engaged research spans HIV, mental health, substance use, adolescent health, and refugee health through domestic and international partnerships with treatment centers, non-profits, and government health systems.

Her academic credentials include:

• BA in Social Sciences from University of Pennsylvania (2013)
• MPH from Yale University (2017)
• PhD in Public Health from Brown University (2021)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Dissemination and Implementation Science at Brown University (2022)

Specializing in implementation science and community-engaged methodologies, Dr. DiClemente-Bosco employs qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to address health disparities. Her research focuses on translating evidence-based interventions into real-world settings, particularly examining community support systems for vulnerable populations including women with HIV and resettled refugees. She emphasizes collaborative partnership building with community stakeholders to ensure culturally responsive health service delivery.

Her recent publications (2023-2024) demonstrate consistent focus on global health implementation challenges, with particular attention to HIV care for women, refugee mental health, and substance use interventions in community settings. These works highlight her expertise in qualitative systems mapping and community-based participatory research across diverse cultural contexts.

Professional recognition includes:

• Community Engaged Public Health Citizen Award, Brown University (2022)
• Excellence in Teaching Experiences Award, Brown University (2021)

As Co-Investigator on multiple NIH-funded projects including the Alcohol Research Center on HIV (ARCH P01AA019072) and Center for Dissemination and Implementation at Stanford (C-DIAS P50DA054072), she contributes to major implementation science initiatives. She currently serves on the Data Safety Monitoring Board (2023-Present) and collaborates with international government health systems to strengthen research-practice partnerships.

Through the Center for Dissemination & Implementation Science, she develops sustainable community-academic partnerships using mixed-methods approaches to address implementation barriers in public health programming, with particular emphasis on refugee health systems and HIV care continuum interventions.