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The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking in Health Services and Implementation Science Research (CATALYST)
About us
CATALYST is a leading interdisciplinary health services and implementation science research program because of efforts in the following areas:
- Driving solutions to improve care in Ohio and beyond
- Building and attracting top talent
- Being a leader in research funding and research quality
- Creating a collaborative and team science-based environment
- Improving success rates of funding applications
- Developing faculty across the College of Medicine and Health Sciences Colleges to successfully perform health services and implementation science research
- Building the next generation of health services and implementation science researchers
- Providing appropriate space and infrastructure to facilitate collaboration and team science
Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS, is the Executive Director of CATALYST, Associate Dean for Health Services Research, and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.
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Our publications
At CATALYST, our faculty and staff are always hard at work on a number of projects related to team science, analytics, and systems thinking. Our research has been published in a variety of journals, and it is regularly cited in other scholarly work.
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CATALYST postdoctoral researcher featured by American Academy of Neurology, U.S. News & World Report after publishing first paper as lead author
Amanda Gusovsky Chevalier, PhD, MPH, with her first publication as lead author, received widespread attention for her work. The article, “Costs Are Still on the Rise for Commonly Prescribed Branded Neurologic Medications,” was published in the journal Neurology. After a news release was issued by the American Academy of Neurology, her work attracted the attention of U.S. News & World Report, which discussed her findings in their article. In the publication, Dr. Gusovsky Chevalier and her team reported that out-of-pocket costs for multiple sclerosis medications increased by an average of 217% from 2012 to 2021. They also found that while branded epilepsy medications cost more than generic equivalents, after the introduction of generic alternatives, annual out-of-pocket cost decreases ranging from 48% to 80% were seen for several medications.
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What is CATALYST?
CATALYST is a center focused on advancing research and discovery in the delivery of health services across the continuum of care using a team science approach.
Who works with us?
Our faculty includes experts in a number of fields, as well as many skilled staff members who support their work.
What's the latest news?
There are always dozens of projects in progress at CATALYST. Stay up to date with everything going with our news page.
How can I join in?
CATALYST is interested in working with well-trained individuals in health management, health services research, implementation science, public health, or other related T3 research fields.Stay updated on everything new with CATALYST
Meet our team
Meet our team of CATALYST researchers
Clinical Scholars Program
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Data Sources
Dissemination and Implementation Science
At CATALYST, we are committed to ensuring that evidence-based solutions reach the people and communities where they are needed the most.
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Support CATALYST
As a leading interdisciplinary health services and implementation science research program, CATALYST seeks to complement the mission of The Ohio State University College of Medicine “to improve people’s lives through innovation in research.” We ensure that the work of research faculty is impactful for the organization and the populations they serve.
You can support our goal to be leaders in health services and implementation science research by making high-impact discoveries that benefit patients, providers, and the communities we serve.
For more information about how to make a gift or to find a program to support, please email Development Services Specialist Christopher Kuraly at Christopher.Kuraly@osumc.edu. Thank you for helping to create an environment that supports success in research and discovery.
Our mission
To catalyze faculty at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to engage in meaningful health services research (HSR) and implementation science.
In achieving this mission, CATALYST seeks to complement the mission of The Ohio State University College of Medicine “to improve people’s lives through innovation in research” by ensuring that the work of research faculty is impactful for the organization and the populations they serve. CATALYST is a means of fostering a collaborative culture of research while providing an environment that supports success.
In achieving this mission, CATALYST seeks to complement the mission of The Ohio State University College of Medicine “to improve people’s lives through innovation in research” by ensuring that the work of research faculty is impactful for the organization and the populations they serve. CATALYST is a means of fostering a collaborative culture of research while providing an environment that supports success.
Our vision
To develop the infrastructure necessary to ensure extramural funding, improve the quality of scholarship, develop faculty in the area of health services and implementation science research, and increase the educational capacity of the institution while serving to extend the research, education and clinical enterprises of The Ohio State University College of Medicine.Our values
- Success through collaboration and sustained productivity
- Leadership with integrity and personal accountability
- Respect of all backgrounds and ideas through openness and mutual trust
- Innovation through creativity
- Passion in what we do by engaging with each other through kindness and fun
Our aims
Guided by its mission, CATALYST aims to:- Provide a shared HSR infrastructure to provide expedited access to highly trained research support staff and data
- Promote a team science-based, collaborative environment in which faculty and postdoctoral researchers are highly mentored by successful HSR faculty to be highly productive (both in papers and grants)
- Enhance the quality and quantity of published research in HSR and implementation science
- Identify opportunities for extending the educational mission of the College of Medicine
- Improve the success rate of applications for funding through initial scoping, review and critical assessment so as to improve submitted proposals