Rosalind E. Keith

For more than 15 years, Rosalind Keith has been conducting research that assesses the factors and processes that influence the implementation of public programs and evidence-based interventions. Her research has focused on a range of program delivery contexts, including primary care, vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, child welfare, and public health. She is an expert in implementation science and qualitative research methods.

Keith has served in leadership and technical roles on formative rapid-cycle evaluations of the implementation of national advanced primary care medical home models funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. She is currently leading implementation evaluations of three Disability Innovation Fund programs designed to transition youth and adults with disabilities to competitive integrated employment, funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.   

For the Social Security Administration, she recently led an implementation evaluation of programs designed to help workers with recently acquired injuries or illnesses remain in the labor force. For the Administration for Children and Families, she led an evaluation of programs developed to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults with child welfare involvement.

Keith is a co-author of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. She has published methods papers describing best practices for using the framework to guide implementation evaluations, including a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Program Design and Implementation Evaluation. She has served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer for children involved in the child welfare system. Keith holds a PhD in health services organization and policy from the University of Michigan. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.