Kathryn Hyzak

Dr. Hyzak is a trained implementation scientist with a primary appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Her work is focused on closing the research-to-practice pipeline gap for individuals living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in rehabilitation and community-based treatment settings. Using implementation science theories, mixed methodologies and community-based co-design approaches, her research seeks to develop and test equitable implementation interventions (i.e., implementation strategies) aimed to accelerate the adoption, reach, implementation, scalability and sustained use evidence-based clinical interventions in real world practice settings. Dr. Hyzak is co-chair of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Implementation Science Special Interest Group (SIG), and also serves on the executive committee of the Brain Injury Interdisciplinary SIG of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. She is a board member and sponsorship chair of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration. Dr. Hyzak enjoys team-science approaches to answering system-level questions to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care for individuals living with TBI. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Implementation science; Traumatic brain injury; Behavioral Health; Mixed methods; Hybrid effectiveness-implementation studies and embedded designs

Hyzak KA, Riccardi J, Kinney AR, Esterov D, Bogdanova Y, Bogner JA. A Scoping Review of Implementation Science Studies in the Field of Traumatic Brain Injury: State of the Science and Future Directions. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024;39(6):414-424
   
Hyzak KA, Bunger AC, Bogner J, Davis AK, Corrigan JD. Implementing Traumatic Brain Injury Screening in Behavioral Health Treatment Settings: Results of an Explanatory Sequential Mixed-methods Investigation. Implement Sci. 2023;18(1):35
   
Hyzak KA, Bunger AC, Bogner JA, Davis AK. Identifying Barriers and Implementation Strategies to Inform TBI Screening Adoption in Behavioral Healthcare Settings. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2024
   
Coxe [Hyzak] KA, Lee G, Kagotho N, Eads R. Mental Health Service Utilization among Adults with Head Injury with Loss of Consciousness: Implications for Social Work. Health & Social Work. 2021;46(2):125-135
   
Bogner J, Corrigan JD, Peng J, Kane C, Coxe [Hyzak] KA. Comparative Effectiveness of a Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Rehabilitation Psychology. 2021