Ph.D. Student Profile

Amy Rusch, BS, MPH

Amy Rusch, BS, MPH

  • Rachkam Meritfellow
  • Cognate: Health Behavior & Health Equity

Education

  • MPH, Health Behavior, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  • BS, Neuroscience; Gender & Health, University of Michigan 

Research Interests & Projects

  • Mental Health 

  • School & community health 

  • Implementation Science 

  • Mixed Methods

  • Health inequities & disparities

  • Global Health 

 

Selected Publications

  • Rusch, A., DeCamp, L. M., Liebrecht, C. M., Choi, S. Y., Dalack, G. W., Kilbourne, A. M., & Smith, S. N. (2021). A Roadmap to Inform the Implementation of Evidence-Based Collaborative Care Interventions in Communities: Insights From the Michigan Mental Health Integration Partnership. Frontiers in Public Health, 597.

  • Rusch, A., Rodriguez-Quintana, N., Choi, S. Y., Lane, A., Smith, M., Koschmann, E., & Smith, S. N. (2021). School Professional Needs to Support Student Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Education, 193.

  • Smith, S. N., Almirall, D., Choi, S. Y., Koschmann, E., Rusch, A., Bilek, E., ... & Kilbourne, A. M. (2022). Primary aim results of a clustered SMART for developing a school-level, adaptive implementation strategy to support CBT delivery at high schools in Michigan. Implementation Science, 17(1), 1-19.

  • Choi, S. Y., Rusch, A., Koschmann, E., Bilek, E. L., Lane, A., Abelson, J. L., Eisenberg, D., Himle, J. A., Fitzgerald, K. D., Liebrecht, C., Kilbourne, A. M., & Smith, S. N. (2022). How Effective Are School Professionals at Identifying Students Who Might Benefit From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? Baseline Data From the Adaptive School-Based Implementation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Trial. Frontiers in Education, 90.

Additional Information

Amy Rusch, MPH, is a doctoral student and Rackham Merit Fellow in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research interests revolve around mental health in school- and community-based settings. Utilizing Implementation Science frameworks, theories, and strategies, she aims to focus her work on improving the availability and accessibility of evidence-based mental health resources and programming. She plans to deploy rigorous qualitative and quantitative methods to identify effective ways to bridge gaps and improve mental health access for underserved populations through an equity lens.