Public health programs often launch with energy and fade when the funding ends. Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, will discuss how partnering with community-based organizations from the outset, an approach called participatory implementation science, can help communities sustain effective programs and address health inequities. She will share a current study of mental health services for LGBTQ+ youth of color that centers practice- and community-based expertise.

Shoba Ramanadhan is an Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an equity-focused implementation scientist. For two decades, her research has supported community-based organizations, like YMCAs, to connect research-, practice-, and community-based evidence to address health inequities in the US and India. She uses community-engaged research approaches, routinely working in partnership with health-focused coalitions and local nonprofits, particularly those serving racial and ethnic minority populations and LGBTQ+ communities. She received her ScD from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and her MPH from the Yale School of Public Health.

This event is free and open to the public.