Richard R. Owen

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   Richard R. Owen, M.D. | UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute

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   Biographical context: He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Biographical context: He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D).

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Biographical context: Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Biographical context: Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Degree: M.D.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Education record: He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Identity: Richard R. Owen, M.D.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Professional role: Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Professional role: Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Professional role: Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Professional role: Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Professional role: Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Research interests: Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence

   Research interests: This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior.

   Richard R. Owen, M.D. Positions Director, Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Associate Chief of Staff for Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Professor, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Contact Phone: [contact withheld] VA email: [contact withheld] Administrative assistant – Anita Laflora, [contact withheld] Research Expertise Dr. Owen is a psychiatrist with expertise in psychopharmacology and implementation of evidence-based practices in mental health. He completed a clinical research fellowship in the Clinical Neuroscience Branch and the Experimental Therapeutics Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the first psychiatrist to receive a career development award from the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D). Throughout his career, Dr. Owen’s research has focused on assessing and improving quality of care for schizophrenia, depression, and other mental health conditions. He has developed and tested interventions to implement medication management recommendations of clinical practice guidelines for schizophrenia. This work has recently focused on improving monitoring and management for metabolic side effects of antipsychotics, studying strategies to change provider and organizational behavior. Under Dr. Owen’s leadership from 1999-2009, the Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) was recognized for its outstanding contributions to VA mental health care and the rapidly growing field of implementation science. Research interests: schizophrenia, depression, psychopharmacology, implementation science, quality of care, medication adherence