Bryan R. Garner, PhD

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Bryan Garner, PhD

Director of Dissemination & Implementation Science, Division of General Internal Medicine
Director of Dissemination & Implementation Research, The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking (CATALYST)

Division of General Internal Medicine, 
Department of Internal Medicine,
The Ohio State University College of Medicine 
2050 Kenny Road, Columbus, 43221
bryan.garner@osumc.edu 

Dr. Garner is an Experimental Psychologist who is passionate about helping improve population health by helping develop and test effective and cost-effective strategies for disseminating, implementing, and sustaining evidence-based practices within real world settings. To date, Dr. Garner and his team have provided rigorous experimental evidence supporting the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two promising strategies. One strategy is the Implementation and Sustainment Facilitation (ISF) Strategy, which was shown to be both effective and cost-effective for improving implementation of an evidence-based substance use disorder intervention within HIV service organizations. The second is a strategy called pay-for-performance, which was shown to be both effective and cost-effective for improving implementation of a substance use disorder intervention within adolescent treatment settings. 

Education

  • PhD, Texas Christian University, Experimental Psychology
  • MS, Texas Christian University, Experimental Psychology
  • BS, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Psychology
      

Publications & Presentations

  1. Hinde, J. M., Garner, B. R., Watson, C. J., Ramanan, R., Ball, E. L., Tueller, S. J. (2022). The implementation & sustainment facilitation (ISF) strategy: Cost and cost-effectiveness results from a 39-site cluster randomized trial integrating substance use services in community-based HIV service organizations. Implementation Research and Practice. 3, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F26334895221089266
  2. Garner, B. R., Gotham, H. J., Knudsen, H. K., Zulkiewicz, B. A., Tueller, S. J., Berzofsky, M., ... & Gordon, T. (2022). The prevalence and negative impacts of substance use disorders among people with HIV in the United States: A real-time Delphi survey of key stakeholders. AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Apr;26(4):1183-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03473-9 
  3. Garner, B. R., Gotham, H. J., Chaple, M., Martino, S., Ford, J. H., Roosa, M. R., et al. (2020). The Implementation and Sustainment Facilitation Strategy improved implementation effectiveness and intervention effectiveness: Results from a cluster-randomized, type 2 hybrid trial. Implementation Research and Practice, 1, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2633489520948073 
  4. Garner, B. R., Patel, S. V., & Kirk, M. A. (2020). Priority domains, aims, and testable hypotheses for implementation research: Protocol for a scoping review and evidence map. Systematic Reviews, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01535-y 
  5. Garner, B. R., Lwin, A. K., Strickler, G. K., Hunter. B. D., & Shepard, D. S. (2018). Pay-for-performance as a cost-effective implementation strategy: Results from a cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science, 13(1), 92. doi:10.1186/s13012-018-0774-1 
  6. Garner, B. R., Godley, S. H., Dennis, M. L., Hunter, B. D., Bair, C. M. L., & Godley, M. D. (2012). Using pay-for-performance to improve treatment implementation for adolescent substance use disorders: Results from a cluster randomized experiment. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 166(10), 938–944. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.802 
  7. Garner, B. R., Hunter, B. D., Godley, S. H., & Godley, M. D. (2012). Training and retaining staff to competently deliver an evidence-based practice: The role of staff attributes and perceptions of organizational functioning. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 42(2), 191–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.10.016 
  8. Garner, B. R., Hunter, B. D., Modisette, K. C., Ihnes, P. C., & Godley, S. H. (2012). Treatment staff turnover in organizations implementing evidence-based practices: Turnover rates and their association with client outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 42(2), 134–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.10.015 
  9.  Garner, B. R., Godley, S. H., Dennis, M. L., Godley, M. D., & Shepard, D. S. (2010). The reinforcing therapist performance (RTP) experiment: Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-5. PMCID: PMC2824685.
  10. Garner, B. R. (2009). Research on the diffusion of evidence-based treatments within substance abuse treatment: A systematic review. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 36, 376–399. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0100373