Shawna N. Smith, PhD
Co-Director & Principal Investigator, Mental Health Improvement through Community Colleges (MHICC) Initiative
Shawna Smith is an Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan Medical School. As a health services researcher and implementation scientist with a background in sociology, her work focuses on understanding the best way to support sustainable implementation of innovative and/or evidence-based healthcare practices, as well as ways to bridge gaps in access to care by implementing evidence-based practices in innovative and non-traditional ways. Much of her work has been focused on improving access to behavioral and mental health care interventions, particularly in school settings. In addition to co-founding and co-directing the MHICC initiative, which focuses on improving access to evidence-based mental health care for community college students, in partnership with the TRAILS to Wellness program, she has also helped lead and evaluate efforts to implement school professional-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in more than 200 Michigan schools, including all DPSCD schools.
