Brittany Rudd
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Brittany N. Rudd, PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University
Pilot Project PI
Biography
Dr. Brittany N. Rudd is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Rudd completed her doctoral training in clinical science at Indiana University, pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and postdoctoral training in implementation science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Research
The central theme of her program of research is accelerating research-to-practice implementation in settings that support young people who are marginalized due to race, socioeconomic status, and other factors. She is especially focused on efforts to transform the current legal system into one that enacts equitable justice and promotes mental health. A cornerstone of Dr. Rudd’s work is developing partnerships with community members from complex service settings and ensuring end-user feedback is integrated into interventions and implementation tools so that they are primed for adoption and implementation within those systems. In recognition of her contributions to the field, Dr. Rudd was named a NIMH Inspirational Change Maker and invited to share her vision for the future of mental health research at this year’s 75th Anniversary Event.
