Kathryn A. Hyzak, PhD

Kathryn Hyzak

Provost’s Fellow-to-Assistant Professor Research Faculty
Faculty Affiliate, Chronic Brain Injury
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST)

 College of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital
480 Medical Center Drive
Columbus, OH 43210
Kathryn.Hyzak@osumc.edu

Research interests

I am a tenure-track assistant professor in The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and a formally trained implementation scientist. My research is driven by one central goal: to accelerate the use of evidence-based interventions in real-world treatment settings to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care at scale.

I am currently the principal investigator of grants funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (#K01DA060881) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (#R34NS139967) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I have served as the implementation science lead and co-investigator or consultant on grants funded by the Department of Defense (War), Organon Pharmaceuticals, the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, and the NIH.

My research focuses on developing and testing implementation strategies and their mechanisms to accelerate the adoption, implementation and sustainability of evidence-based interventions across health and community-based service systems.

I am dedicated to advancing care for vulnerable populations with multiple, complex health conditions, with a focus on traumatic brain injury. I have provided implementation science expertise in areas spanning contraception care, substance use disorder treatment, mental health care, cardiovascular care, diabetes management, chronic pain and spinal cord injury.

Research interest terms

  • Implementation and Dissemination Science
  • Hybrid Efficacy and Effectiveness-Implementation Trials
  • Mixed Method Research
  • Qualitative Research
  • Community Partner-Engaged Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Neurologic Informed Care
  • Behavioral Health

Education

  • PhD, The Ohio State University
  • MSW, The Ohio State University

Society and membership

  • Society for Implementation Research Collaboration
  • International Brain Injury Association
  • American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • International Association of Social Workers in Acquired Brain Injury

Honors and awards

  • Editorial Board, Implementation Science Communications
  • Invited Speaker, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Workshop on TBI and mental health (2026)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Fellow, Implementation Research Institute, Washington University, St. Louis (2025 – 2027)
  • Co-Chair, National Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Implementation Science Special Interest Group
  • Voting Board Member and Sponsorship Chair, Society for Implementation Research Collaboration
  • Voting Board Member and Secretary, Executive Committee, Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine - Brain Injury Special Interest
  • Executive Committee, International Association of Social Workers in Acquired Brain Injury
  • Invited Faculty and Speaker, Global Cardiovascular Clinical Trialists Forum (2025)

Selected publications

Hyzak, KA, Bunger, AC, Bogner, J, Davis, AK, & Corrigan, JD. (2023). Implementing traumatic brain injury screening in behavioral health treatment settings: Results of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods investigation. Implementation Science, 18(1), 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-023-01289-w

Bogner, J, Corrigan, JD, Peng, J, Kane, C, & Coxe [Hyzak], KA. (2021). Comparative effectiveness of a brief intervention for alcohol misuse following traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled trial. Rehabilitation Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000405

Coxe [Hyzak], KA, Sullivan, L, Newton, A, & Yang, J. (2020). Barriers to the implementation of state concussion laws within high schools. Journal of Adolescent Health, 66(2), 233–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.08.016

Coxe [Hyzak], KA, Hamilton, K, Harvey, HH, Xiang, J, Ramirez, MR, & Yang, J. (2018). Consistency and variation in school-level youth sports traumatic brain injury policy content. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(3), 255–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.07.003

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