Malone joins data council at national health services research group

Sara Malone, an assistant professor at the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to serve on the Methods and Data Council at AcademyHealth, the leading national organization for health services researchers, policymakers and health-care practitioners.

AcademyHealth is dedicated to improving health and health care by fostering high-impact health services research into what works, for whom, at what cost and under what circumstances. In her new role, Malone will advise AcademyHealth leadership on trends, opportunities, challenges and needs related to methods and data in health services research and facilitate collaboration between the Methods and Data Council and other AcademyHealth councils and groups.

Malone is a co-director of the School of Public Health’s Health Design & Impact Lab, which aims to improve health systems by combining the methods of implementation science — the study of how to integrate evidence-based interventions, practices, and policies into routine use — and systems science — the study of properties and interactions in complex systems, such as hospital systems.

Malone's term begins in July. Members are selected for a two-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms.