Byron J. Powell, PhD, LCSW, is dedicated to enhancing the quality of health and social services through advanced methods in implementation research and practice. He serves as co-director for multiple centers including the Brown School’s Center for Mental Health Services Research, the Institute for Public Health’s Center for Dissemination & Implementation, and the Dissemination and Implementation Research Core at the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences. His work, supported mainly by the NIH, earned him a Fulbright Specialist Award to Ireland in 2022. He is the past president of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration, co-editor-in-chief of the journal Implementation Research and Practice, and serves on the editorial board of Implementation Science.