Lighthouse Institute Director, Senior Research Scientist, and Director for the Center for Implementation Science at the Lighthouse Institute
Graduated University of Missouri—Columbia, 2003
Specialty areas: implementation science; prevention science; child welfare; intervention development; evidence-based practice; opioid and methamphetamine use intervention
Dr. Lisa Saldana is the Director and Senior Research Scientist at Chestnut Health Systems’ Lighthouse Institute and the Director of the Center for Implementation Science at the Lighthouse Institute. Lisa works out of the Eugene, Oregon office. She has a research emphasis on advancing the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in public serving systems. A clinical psychologist by training, she is an implementation scientist focused on the development, evaluation, and implementation of prevention focused EBPs. Dr. Saldana led a multidisciplinary team of researchers and, together, they developed the Stages of Implementation Completion® (SIC) and Cost of Implementing New Strategies (COINS) tools that have been adopted worldwide to measure, track, and facilitate implementation process, milestones, and resource use for different behavioral and physical healthcare programs. Dr. Saldana is also the developer of the Just Care for Families continuum of care service model providing prevention and intervention to families and addressing the social risk factors of health needs for parents experiencing or at-risk for opioid and methamphetamine use disorders. She and her team developed and implemented the Families Actively Improving Relationships (FAIR)® evidence-based model, an integrative treatment for child welfare involved families and the R3 supervisor implementation strategy for the child welfare workforce. She serves as a mentor to many emerging scientists with an interest in implementation science and evidence-based practice in her role as Core Faculty with the Implementation Research Institute (IRI) at Washington University and has the privilege of collaborating with investigators and community partners throughout the country.
Of note the Stages of Implementation Completion® and Families Actively Improving Relationships products are trademarked by Dr. Saldana’s former employer, Oregon Social Learning Center. FAIR® is jointly owned by the Oregon Social Learning Center and Oregon Community Programs.
Selected Publications:
Singh, R. R., Peterson, J. M., Chapman, J., & Saldana, L. (2024). Swimming Against the Current: Addressing Community Needs and Establishing Partnerships for the Prevention of Opioid and Methamphetamine use Among Parents. Prevention Science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 25(1), 193–198. PMID: 37882991. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01602-5
Alley, Z. M., Chapman, J. E., Schaper, H, Saldana, L. (2023). The relative value of Pre-Implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs. Implementation Science, 18, 30. PMCID: PMC10362770. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-023-01285-0
Beidas, R. S., Saldana, L., & Shelton, R. C. (2023). Testing psychosocial interventions in the contexts they are meant to be delivered. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 91(4), 189–191. PMCID: PMC10175148. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000797
Wong, D. R., Schaper, H., & Saldana, L. (2022). Rates of sustainment in the Universal Stages of Implementation Completion. Implementation Science Communications, 3(1), 2. PMCID: PMC8727078. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00250-6
Saldana, L., Ritzwoller, D. P., Campbell, M., & Block, P. (2022). Using economic evaluations in implementation science to increase transparency in costs and outcomes for organizational decision-makers. Implement Science Communications, 3, 40. PMCID: PMC9004101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00295-1
Saldana, L., Chapman, J. E., Campbell, M., Alley, Z., Schaper, H., & Padgett, C. (2021). Meeting the needs of families involved in the child welfare system for parental substance abuse: Outcomes from an effectiveness trial of the Families Actively Improving Relationships program. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2592. PMCID: PMC8283009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689483
Cruden, G., Campbell, M., & Saldana, L. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on service delivery for an evidence-based behavioral treatment for families involved in the child welfare system. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 129, 108388. PMCID: PMC8028689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108388
Cruden, G., Crawford, S., & Saldana, L. (2021). Prevention adaptation of an evidence-based treatment for parents involved with child welfare who use substances. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 689432. PMCID: PMC8639490. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.689432
Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., & Chapman, J. E. (2016). A supervisor-targeted implementation approach to promote system change: The R3 Model. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 43, 879–892. PMCID: PMC5033658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0730-9
Saldana, L., Chamberlain, P., Bradford, W. D., Campbell, M., & Landsverk, J. (2013). The Cost of Implementing New Strategies (COINS): A method for mapping implementation resources using the Stages of Implementation Completion. Children and Youth Services Review, 39, 177–182. PMCID: PMC3979632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.10.006
Selected Grants and Contracts:
Principal Investigator: Disrupting Social Risk Factors of Health to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes for Parents in Rural Regions (NIDA: R01 DA057556-01, 2022–2027)
Principal Investigator: Preventing Parental Opioid and/or Methamphetamine Addiction within DHS Involved Families: FAIR (NIDA: 1UH3DA050193-01, 2020–2024)
Appointments and Awards:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Blueprint for a National Prevention Infrastructure for Behavioral Health Disorders Appointment (2023–2024)
NIH HEAL Director’s Award for Excellence in Research (2023)
Related Links:
FAIR Research (Translational Science Benefits Model)
Centers
The Center for Implementation Science at Lighthouse Institute (CISLI)
Staffing and Supports for Implementing Cross-System Interventions with Peer Mentors (COSTARS)
This project tests the effectiveness of a supervision coaching strategy to promote workforce stability and START implementation while also creating conditions for strategy sustainment in Ohio’s child welfare system.
Disrupting Social Risk Factors of Health to Improve Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes for Parents in Rural Regions
This study evaluates how effectively the Just Care program helps parents involved in the child welfare system reduce their use of opioids or methamphetamines and improve their mental health.
Preventing Parental Opioid and/or Methamphetamine Addiction within DHS-Involved Families (FAIR)
This Hybrid Type II effectiveness-implementation trial examines the effectiveness of an evidence-based program – Families Actively Improving Relationships (FAIR) when adapted for upstream prevention (PRE-FAIR) of opioid and or methamphetamine use disorder.
Aalsma, M. C., Dir, A. L., Zapolski, T. C., Hulvershorn, L. A., Monahan, P. O., Saldana, L., & Adams, Z. A. (2019). Implementing risk stratification to the treatment of adolescent substance use among youth involved in the juvenile justice system: Protocol of a hybrid type I trial. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 14, 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-019-0161-5
Aalsma, M. C., Schwartz, K., Sun, D., O’Reilly, L. M., Brown, S. A., Monahan, P. O., Saldana, L., Wiehe, S. E., Zapolski, T. C. B., Hulvershorn, L. A., Adams, Z. W., & Dir, A. (2026). Learning health systems and substance use care cascade achievement among justice-involved youth: A cluster-randomized stepped-wedge clinical trial. JAMA Network Open, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.58222
Alley, Z. M., Chapman, J. E., Schaper, H., & Saldana, L. (2023). The relative value of pre-implementation stages for successful implementation of evidence-informed programs. Implementation Science, 18(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-023-01285-0
Alley, Z. M., Chapman, J. E., Schaper, H., & Saldana, L. (2021). Variability Across Programs in the Likelihood of Program Start-Up and Role of Pre-Implementation Activity Completion. Poster presented at 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. December 14-16.
Alsan, M., Gold., M., Grazier, K., Parekh, A., & Saldana, L., (2025, April 9). Blueprint for a national prevention infrastructure for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders [report release to sponsors]. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Baloh, J., Curran, G., & Saldana, L. (2022, Sept. 9). R3 Supervisor Strategy in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Settings: A Qualitative Formative Evaluation of Provider Perceptions in Arkansas. Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference.
Barnett, M. L., Dopp, A. R., Klein, C., Ettner, S. L., Powell, B. J., & Saldana, L. (2020). Collaborating with health economists to advance implementation science: A qualitative study. Implementation Science Communications, 1, 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00074-w
Barnett, M. L., Stadnick, N. A., Proctor, E. K., Dopp, A. R., & Saldana, L. (2021). Moving beyond Aim Three: a need for a transdisciplinary approach to build capacity for economic evaluations in implementation science. Implementation Science Communications, 2, 133. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00239-1
Barnett, M., Miranda, J., Kia-Keating, M., Saldana, L., Landsverk, J., & Lau, A. S. (2019). Developing and evaluating a lay health worker delivered implementation intervention to decrease engagement disparities in behavioural parent training: a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028988
Beidas, R. S., Dorsey, S., Lewis, C. C., Lyon, A. R., Powell, B. J., Purtle, J., Saldana, L., Shelton, R. C., Stirman, S. W., & Lane-Fall, M. B. (2022). Promises and pitfalls in implementation science from the perspective of US-based researchers: learning from a pre-mortem. Implementation Science,17(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01226-3
Beidas, R. S., Saldana, L., & Shelton, R. C. (2023). Testing psychosocial interventions in the contexts they are meant to be delivered. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 91(4), 189–191. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000797
Beidas, R., Saldana, L., & Shelton, R. C. (2024). Advancing a mission of translational intervention science: Comment on premature implementation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 92(5), 324–326. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000885
Block, P., Campbell, M., Cruden, G., & Saldana, L. (2023, Feb. 21). Anticipating and Accounting for Implementation and Intervention Costs with Evidence-Based Tools. 4th Annual NIH HEAL Initiative Investigator Meeting.
Block, P., Saldana, L., & Campbell, M. (2022, Dec. 13). Leveraging Economic Tools in the Context of the Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC) to Inform Implementation and Plan for Sustainment. 15th Annual Conference on the Science of the Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Washington DC, Dec. 13, 2022.
Block, P., Saldana, L.,& Campbell, M. (2022, Sept. 10). Implementation Costs and Resource Allocation of a Complex Intervention. Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference.
Borduin, C. M., Letourneau, E. J., Henggeler, S. W., Saldana, L., & Swenson, C. (2007). Multisystemic Therapy for youth with problem sexual behaviors: Treatment Manual. Charleston, SC: Family Services Research Center.
Brown, C. H., Chamberlain, P., Saldana, L., Padgett, C., Wang, W., & Cruden, G. (2014). Evaluation of two implementation strategies in 51 child county public service systems in two states: results of a cluster randomized head-to-head implementation trial. Implementation Science, 9, 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-014-0134-8
Bunger, A. C., Chuang, E., Girth, A., Lancaster, K. E., Gadel, F., Himmeger, M., Saldana, L., Powell, B. J., & Aarons, G. A. (2020). Establishing cross-systems collaborations for implementation: protocol for a longitudinal mixed methods study. Implementation Science, 15(1), 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01016-9
Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2017). Scaling Evidence Based Interventions: Challenges, Outcomes, and Lessons Learned. Presented at the Annual Society for Social Work and Research Conference. New Orleans, LA: January.
Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2015). Scaling up Treatment Foster Care Oregon: A randomized trial of two implementation strategies. In M. J. Van Ryzin, K. L. Kumpfer, G. M. Fosco & M. T. Greenberg (Eds.). Family-based prevention programs for children and adolescents: Theory, research, and large-scale dissemination (pp. 186-205). New York, NY: Psychology Press.
Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2014). Practice-research partnerships that scale-up, attain fidelity, and sustain evidence-based practices. In P.C. Kendall & R.S. Beidas (Eds.), Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices in child and adolescent mental health (pp. 127-142). New York: Oxford University Press.
Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2015). Bringing Evidence-Based Interventions to Scale: Examples from the US and England. Presented at the Annual Western Psychological Association Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada: April.
Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2013). Implementing Comprehensive Evidence-Based Preventive Intervention in the Real World. Presented at the Annual Addiction Health Services Research. Portland, OR: October.
Chamberlain, P., Brown, C. H., & Saldana, L. (2011). Observational measure of implementation progress in community based settings: the Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC). Implementation Science, 6, 116. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-116
Chamberlain, P., Brown, C. H., Saldana, L., Reid, J., Wang, W., Marsenich, L., Sosna, T., Padgett, C., & Bouwman, G. (2008). Engaging and recruiting counties in an experiment on implementing evidence-based practice in California. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 35(4), 250–260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-008-0167-x
Chamberlain, P., Feldman, S. W., Wulczyn, F., Saldana, L., & Forgatch, M. (2016). Implementation and evaluation of linked parenting models in a large urban child welfare system. Child Abuse & Neglect, 53, 27–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.09.013
Chamberlain, P., Landsverk, J., Saldana, L., & Wulczyn, F. (2014). Child Success NYC: Goals, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation. Presented at the 28th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, CA: January.
Chamberlain, P., Landsverk, J., Saldana, L., & Wulczyn, F. (2014). Goals, Designs, Implementation and Evaluation of Child Welfare Reform Using Linked Evidence Based Practices. Presented at the 28th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment. San Diego, CA: January.
Chamberlain, P., Saldana, L., Brown, C. H., & Leve, L. (2010). Implementation of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care in California: A randomized control trial of an evidence-based practice. In M. Roberts-DeGennaro & S.J. Fogel (Eds.), Using evidence to inform practice for community and organizational change (pp. 218-234). Lyceum Books.
Chamberlain, P., Snowden, L. R., Padgett, C., Saldana, L., Roles, J., Holmes, L., Ward, H., Soper, J., Reid., J, & Landsverk, J. (2011). A strategy for assessing costs of implementing new practices in the child welfare system: Adapting the English cost calculator in the United States. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Review, 38(1), 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-010-0318-8
Chokron Garneau, H., Assefa, M. T., Jo, B., Ford, J. H., 2nd, Saldana, L., & McGovern, M. P. (2022). Sustainment of integrated care in addiction treatment settings: primary outcomes from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric Services, 73(3), 280–286. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000293
Cruden, G., & Saldana, L. (2021). Aligning Decision Makers’ and Researchers’ Definitions of “Evidence-Based.” Poster presented at 14th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. December 14-16.
Cruden, G., Campbell, M., & Saldana, L. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on Service Delivery Frequency and Volume for an Evidence-Based Behavioral Treatment for Child Welfare-Involved Families. Virtual Interactive Poster. 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. December 15-17.
Cruden, G., Crawford, S., Campbell, M., & Saldana, L. (2022). Leveraging a System Dynamics Simulation Model to Facilitate Clinician Learning During Pre-Implementation. Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference. Sept. 10, 2022.
Cruden, G., Schaper, H., Crawford, S., Wong, D., & Saldana, L. (2022). Illuminating the Impacts of the Outer Context on Implementation. 15th Annual Conference on the Science of the Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Washington DC, Dec.13, 2022.
Daniel, A. E., & Saldana, L. (1999). Evaluating allegations of sexual abuse. Presented to the University of Missouri Medical School Fellows Program.
Daniel, A. E., & Saldana, L. (1999). Special cases in custody evaluations. Presented to the University of Missouri Medical School Grand Rounds.
Dir, A. L., Saldana, L., Chapman, J. E., & Aalsma, M. C. (2019). Burnout and Mental Health Stigma Among Juvenile Probation Officers: The Moderating Effect of Participatory Atmosphere. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 46(2), 167–174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0902-x
Dubowitz, H., Saldana, L., Magder, L. A., Palinkas, L. A., Landsverk, J. A., Belanger, R. L., & Nwosu, U.S. (2020). Protocol for comparing two training approaches for primary care professionals implementing the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) model. Implementation Science Communications, 1, 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-020-00059-9
Eisman, A. B., Kilbourne, A. M., Dopp, A. R., Saldana, L., & Eisenberg, D. (2020). Economic evaluation in implementation science: Making the business case for implementation strategies. Psychiatry Research, 283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.06.008
Emerson, A., Allison, M., Saldana, L., Kelly, P. J., & Ramaswamy, M. (2021). Collaborating to offer HPV vaccinations in jails: results from a pre-implementation study in four states. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 309. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06315-5
Ford, J. H., Kaur, A., Rao, D., Gilson, A., Bolt, D. M., Garneau, H. C., Saldana, L., & McGovern, M. P. (2021). Improving Medication Access within Integrated Treatment for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders in Substance Use Treatment Agencies. Implementation Research and Practice, 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/26334895211033659
Ford, J., Cheng, H., Gassman, M., Schaper, H., Saldana, L., & McGovern, M. (2023, December 11). Tracking pathways of implementation strategy participation and fidelity in an adaptive implementation trial [Presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States.
Ford, J., Saldana, L., Schaper, J., Campbell, M., Zehner, M., & McGovern, M. (2016, Sept.). Adaptation of the Stages of Implementation Completion for NIATx Implementation Strategies. [Conference Presentation] Addiction Health Services Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
Franz, D. J., Griffin, A. M., Saldana, L., & Leve, L. D. (2019). A Longitudinal Examination of Service Utilization and Trauma Symptoms among Young Women with Prior Foster Care and Juvenile Justice System Involvement. Child Welfare, 97(5-6), 199–215.
Funk, M., Saldana, L., & Peterson, L. (1996). A basic internet primer for behavior therapists: Part I. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 3, 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1077-7229(96)80034-4
Grover, T., Vredevoogd, M., Saldana, L., Schaper, H., Bhat, A., & Bennett, I. (2023, December 11). Longitudinal remote coaching for collaborative care: Outcomes of a hybrid Type III trial [Poster presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States.
Henggeler, S. W., Rowland, M. D., Chapman, J. E., Halliday-Boykins, C. A., Randall, J., & Schoenwald, S. K. (2006, March). Practitioner implementation of contingency management across state substance abuse and mental health service sectors. In L. Saldana (Chair), Improving youth outcomes by importing evidence-based practice for substance abuse [Presentation conducted by A. J. Sheidow]. Annual Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Baltimore, MD.
Holmes, L. & Saldana, L. (2014). Organizational Overhead Costs to Increase Program Sustainability in the Child Welfare System: A Cross-Cultural Challenge. Presented at the 13th European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents Conference: Copenhagen: September.
Holmes, L., Landsverk, J., Ward, H., Rolls-Reutz, J., Saldana, L., Wulczyn, F., & Chamberlain, P. (2014). Cost calculator methods for estimating casework time in child welfare services: A promising approach for use in implementation of evidence-based practices and other service innovations. Children and Youth Services Review, 39, 169–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.10.003
Hunziker, M. H., Saldana, R. L., & Neuringer, A. (1996). Behavioral variability in SHR and WKY rats as a function of rearing environment and reinforcement contingency. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 65(1), 129–144. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1996.65-129
Jaramillo, E., Willging, C., Saldana, L., Self-Brown, S., Weeks, E. A., Whitaker, D. J. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based interventions in the context of a randomized clinical trial in the United States: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09079-2
Jaramillo, J., McCart, M., Saldana, L., Sheidow, A., Chapman, J., Drazdowski, T., Cruden, G., & Singh, R. (2024, May). Integrating evidence-based practices in juvenile justice systems through cultural exchange [Poster presentation]. Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC, United States
Jaramillo, J., Stoolmiller, M., Alley, Z., Schaper, H., Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2022). R3 Supervisor Implementation Strategy increases evidence-based supervisor-caseworker interactions. Society for Implementation Research Collaboration Conference. Sept. 9, 2022.
Kuklinski, M. R., Gibbons, B. J., Bowser, D. M., McCollister, K. E., Smart, R., Dunlap, L. J., Shenkar, E., Bonar, E. E., Boomer, T., Campbell, M., Fiellin, L. E., Hutton, D. W., Rao, V., Saldana, L., Su, K., Walton, M. A., & Yilmazer, T. (2025). Investing in interventions to prevent opioid use disorder in adolescents and young adults: Start-up costs from NIDA’s HEAL Prevention Initiative. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-025-01835-6
Landsverk, J., Brown, C. H., Smith, J. D., Chamberlain, P., Curran, G. M., Palinkas, L., Ogihara, M., Czaja, S., Goldhaber-Fiebert, J., Vermeer, W., Saldana, L., Rolls Reutz, J. A., & Horwitz, S. M. (2017). Design and analysis in dissemination and implementation research. In R. C. Brownson, G. A. Colditz,& E. K. Proctor (Eds.), Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice (2nd ed., pp. 201-228). New York: Oxford University Press.
Laws, M., Saldana, L., & Barton, J. (2012). Engagement Strategies and Building Resources for Mothers Referred for Substance Abuse and Child Neglect. Presented at the 2012 Western Psychological Association Convention. San Francisco, CA: April.
Letourneau, E. J., & Saldana, L. (2007). Relevant distinctions between juveniles who sexually offend. Presented at the ATSA Annual Colloquium. San Diego, CA. November.
Letourneau, E. J., Henggeler, S. W., Borduin, C. M., Schewe, P. A., McCart, M. R., Chapman, J. E., & Saldana, L. (2009). Multisystemic therapy for juvenile sexual offenders: 1-year results from a randomized effectiveness trial. Journal of Family Psychology, 23(1), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0014352
Leve, L. D., Chamberlain, P., & Saldana, L. (2016). The KEEP Foster Parent Interventions: Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported. Presented at the Blueprints for Health Development 2016 Conference. Denver, CO: April.
Lynch, F. L., Dickerson, J. F., Saldana, L., & Fisher, P. A. (2014). Incremental Net Benefit of Early Intervention for Preschool-Aged Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Foster Care. Children and Youth Services Review, 36, 213–219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.025
McCollister, K., French, M., Henggeler, S., Sheidow, A., & Saldana, L. (2007). Juvenile drug court and the economic costs associated with criminal activity. Presented at the Joint Meeting on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness. Washington D.C. April.
Moise, N., Jones, A., Gadbois, D., Little, V., Fleck, E., Duran, A., Saldana, L., Dixon, L., Smith, T., Carruthers, J., & Schwartz, J. (2023, December 13). A theory-informed multi-level strategy for sustaining collaborative care models for depression in primary care settings (Transform DepCare): Impact on fidelity, clinical and reach outcomes across New York State [Presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States
Nadeem, E., Saldana, L., Chapman, J., & Schaper, H. (2018). A Mixed Methods Study of the Stages of Implementation for an Evidence-Based Trauma Intervention in Schools. Behavior therapy, 49(4), 509–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2017.12.004
Norman, M. Z., Spiro, K., Saldana, L., Naranjo, N., Wong, J., Reed, A., Harris, M., & Wagner, D. (2024, May 30). Piloting implementation of a community-based intervention in diverse healthcare systems with populations historically marginalized [Presentation]. Society for Prevention Research 32nd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States.
Norman, M. Z., Torres, K. A., Saldana, L., Spiro, K., Naranjo, D., Wong, J. C., Reed, A. Bensen, R., Barry-Menkhaus, S., Harris, M. A., & Wagner, D. V. (2025). Addressing disparities across systems: Initial implementation of Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH). Global Implementation Research and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43477-025-00182-6
O'Byrne, K. K., Peterson, L., & Saldana, L. (1997). Survey of pediatric hospitals' preparation programs: evidence of the impact of health psychology research. Health Psychology,16(2), 147–154. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.16.2.147
Palinkas, L. A., Brown, C. H., Saldana, L., & Chamberlain, P. (2015). Association between inter-organizational consensus on use of research evidence and stage of implementation of an evidence-based practice. Implementation Science,10(Suppl 1), A20. https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-10-S1-A20
Palinkas, L. A., Saldana, L., Chou, C. P., & Chamberlain, P. (2017). Use of Research Evidence and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Youth-Serving Systems. Children and Youth Services Review, 83, 242–247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.11.005
Patel, S. V., Cance, J. D., Bonar, E. E., Carter, P. M., Dickerson, D. L., Fiellin, L. E., Fernandes, C. S. F., Palimaru, A. I., Boomer, T. M. P., Saldana, L., Singh, R. R., Tinius, E., Walton, M. A., Youn, S., Young, S., Philbrick, S.,& Lambdin, B. H.(2023). Accelerating Solutions for the Overdose Crisis: an Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Protocol for the HEAL Prevention Cooperative. Prevention Science: The Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 24(Suppl 1), 40–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01465-2
Perez Jolles, M., Mack, W. J., Reaves, C., Saldana, L., Stadnick, N. A., Fernandez, M. E., & Aarons, G. (2021). Using a participatory method to test a strategy supporting the implementation of a state policy on screening children for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in a Federally Qualified Health Center system: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science Communications, 2, 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00244-4
Peterson, L., & Saldana, L. (1996). Accelerating children's risk for injury: mothers' decisions regarding common safety rules. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 19(4), 317–331. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01904759
Peterson, L., Crowson, J., Saldana, L., & Holdridge, S. (1999). Of needles and skinned knees: Children's coping with medical procedures and minor injuries for self and other. Health Psychology, 18(2), 197–200. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.18.2.197
Price, M. A., Mulkern, P. J., Condon, M., Rakhilin, M., Johansen, K., Lyon, A. R., Saldana, L., Pachankis, J., Woodward, S. A., Roeder, K. M., Moran, L. R., & Jerskey, B. A. (2025). Leveraging Community Engagement and Human-Centered Design to Develop Multilevel Implementation Strategies to Enhance Adoption of a Health Equity Intervention. Research Square, rs.3.rs-5702080. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5702080/v1
Saldana, L. (2025, August 14). Monitoring implementation process fidelity and costs [Oral presentation]. Mountain States Community-Engaged Dissemination and Implementation Science Training, Solitude, UT, United States.
Saldana, L. (2025, October 15). Wool and Copper Anniversary: Seven Years of TFA’s Implementation Process Tracking [Conference presentation]. 48th Annual TFA Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
Saldana, L. (2026, Feb. 17). Monitoring implementation process fidelity and costs [Guest lecture]. Developing and Evaluating Implementation Strategies in Health and Social Services, Washington University Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Saldana, L. (2019). Facilitating Implementation Fidelity through the Assessment of Implementation Process and Milestones: The Stages of Implementation Completion. Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute. Philadelphia, PA. April 2.
Saldana, L. & Cruden, G. (2020). The Families Actively Improve Relationships Program: Building Prevention from Treatment for Child Welfare Involve Families. Society for Prevention Research, Annual Meeting. July 21-23 Virtual Meeting.
Saldana, L. Chapman, J., Cruden, G., Schaper, H., Dennis, C., Campbell, M, & Ewen, V. (2020). From SIC to SIC-Coaching: Facilitating Implementation Success. Virtual Interactive Poster. 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Virtual Event. December 15-17.
Saldana, L. Chapman, J., Cruden, G., Singh, R., & Campbell, M. (2023) Preventing Parental Opioid and/or Methamphetamine Addiction with Families Involved with DHS. 4th Annual NIH HEAL Initiative Investigator Meeting. Feb. 22, 2023.
Saldana, L., Cruden, G., Dir, A., & Glass, J. (2025, September 29). Testing implementation strategies to scale-up a multicomponent continuum of service intervention for families involved in systems with parental opioid and methamphetamine use [Oral presentation]. JCOIN 2.0 Kick-off Meeting, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Saldana, L., Cruden, G., Peterson, J., Singh, R., Bybee, M., Jaramillo, J., & Glass, J. (2026, Feb. 4). Preventing escalation of opioid and methamphetamine use and mental health disorders in parents referred to child welfare [Guest lecture]. Mental Health Services Research, Washington University Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO, United States.
Saldana, L., Dakof, G., Cruden, G., Schaper, H., Young, W., Liddle, M., & Chapman, J. (2025). Facilitating implementation of a substance use intervention for youth: Outcomes from a randomized trial of the SIC-Coaching implementation strategy. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment, 173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2025.209696
Saldana, L., Davis, J., & Chamberlain P. (2016). Targeting Supervisors to Create Child Welfare System Change: A State-Initiated Rollout of the R3 Supervision Model. Presented at the EUSARF International Conference. Oviedo, Spain: September.
Saldana, L., Singh, R., Cruden, G., & Campbell, M. (2023, December 12). A multilevel implementation strategy to support scale-up of an innovative practice for parental opioid and methamphetamine use disorders [Presentation]. Academy Health 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington, DC, United States.
Williamson, L., Singh, R. R., McClelland-Bishop, R., & Saldana, L. (2025, October 15). Understanding high retention rates in longitudinal implementation science research: Rapport-building strategies for parents at risk for opioid or methamphetamine use [Conference presentation]. Oregon Public Health Association 81st Annual Conference, Hillsboro, OR.
Yule, A. M., Bohnert, A. S. B., Ridenour, T. A., Montgomery, B., Wilens, T. E., Walton, M., Bonar, E. E., Saldana, L., Fiellin, L. E., Knight, D. K., Yang, Y., Williams, J., Khan, S., Tucker, L., Wondimagegnehu, F., & Ahrens, K. (2025). Cross sectional multi-sample study of nonfatal overdose in adolescents and young adults in the fentanyl era. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112921