Practitioner Advisory Council (PRAC) for Training in Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice

The Practitioner Advisory Council (PRAC) is comprised of two sub-groups. One group includes expert clinicians who work with individuals, while the other includes public health experts who work with communities or populations. Members of the PRAC co-author EBBP modules on the needs and barriers faced by practitioners trying to engage in shared decision-making to support evidence-based practice.

Community PRAC Members

  • Ross Brownson, PhD (Chair)
  • Co-Director, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
  • George Warren Brown School of Social Work
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Elena T. Carbone, DrPH, RD, LDN
  • Graduate Program Director
  • Department of Nutrition
  • University of Massachusetts
  • Amherst, MA
  • Pam Eidson, MEd
  • CDC Program Manager
  • Directors of Health Promotion and Education
  • Decatur, GA
  • Jonathan N. Tobin, Ph.D.
  • President/CEO
  • Clinical Directors Network, INC. (CDN)
  • New York, NY
  • Cynthia Vinson, MPA
  • National Cancer Institute, Dissemination and Diffusion Coordinator
  • Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  • Rockville, MD

Individual PRAC Members

  • Karen Oliver, Ph.D. (Chair)
  • The Miriam Hospital/Brown University
  • Behavioral Medicine Clinic, CORO West
  • Providence, RI
  • Judith DePue, EdD, MPH
  • Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine
  • The Miriam Hospital/Brown Medical School
  • Providence, RI
  • Jeanne M. Gabriele, Ph.D.
  • Local Evidence Based Psychotherapy Coordinator
  • G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
  • Jackson, MS
  • Jamie L. Studts, Ph.D.
  • Department of Behavioral Science
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • Lexington, KY