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Sara J. Landes

High Impact

Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

PSY Psychiatry, College of Medicine

sjlandes@uams.edu

31 h-index 124 pubs 3,633 cited

Research Areas

Mental Health Research Topics Health Policy Implementation Science Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Behavioral Health and Interventions Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Healthcare Policy and Management COVID-19 and Mental Health

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Sara J. Landes is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine. Her research program focuses on implementation science, particularly within mental health services. She investigates methods to improve the uptake and sustainability of evidence-based practices in real-world clinical settings, with a significant emphasis on suicide prevention among vulnerable populations, including veterans.

Dr. Landes has been instrumental in evaluating and refining interventions for suicide risk reduction. Her work includes the development of predictive models for suicide risk in psychiatric inpatients and the assessment of programs like the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health–Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program. She also explores provider perspectives on delivering specific therapeutic modalities, such as dialectical behavior therapy, through telehealth, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods to understand stakeholder perceptions and to develop tools that engage service users in quality improvement initiatives.

Her scholarly contributions are reflected in a substantial publication record, with 124 total publications and over 3,600 citations, earning her recognition as a highly cited researcher. Dr. Landes actively collaborates with colleagues at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including JoAnn E. Kirchner, Rajinder Sonia Singh, Karen L. Drummond, and Geoffrey Curran.

Metrics

  • h-index: 31
  • Publications: 124
  • Citations: 3,633

Selected Publications

  • Implementation of a fully virtual enterprise-wide clinical evidence-based suicide prevention program in the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs: the suicide prevention 2.0 clinical telehealth initiative (2026) DOI
  • The Evidence for Dialectical Behavior Therapy Did Not Worsen: Interpreting the 2024 VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Suicide (2025) DOI
  • Collaborative Implementation Planning to Jumpstart Advance Care Planning with Alaska Native and American Indian peoples in Primary Care (2025) DOI
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Treatment Outcomes Across White and Non-White Patients in an Outpatient Private Practice Setting (2025) DOI
  • Improving health care through the U.S. Veterans Health Administration’s nationwide LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator Program (2025) DOI
  • Translating implementation science principles and methods to front-line clinicians: The Implementation Science Scholars Program (2025) DOI
  • Study protocol of a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation multisite trial: Dialectical behavior therapy skills group for Veterans at high-risk for suicide attempt (2025) DOI
  • Mixed-methods formative evaluation of implementing an adapted suicide prevention treatment: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Groups in the Veterans Health Administration (2024) DOI
  • Successful pilot implementation of mailing lethal means safety devices to veterans calling the Veterans Crisis Line (2024) DOI
  • Design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of a post‐discharge suicide prevention intervention for high‐risk psychiatric inpatients: The Veterans Coordinated Community Care Study (2024) DOI
  • Reducing Iatrogenic Blood Losses in Premature Infants (2024) DOI
  • A COLLABORATIVE CARE INTERVENTION TO PREVENT DEATH FROM OPIOID OVERDOSE AND SUICIDE AMONG THOSE WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (2024) DOI
  • Caring Letters Sent by a Clinician or Peer to At-Risk Veterans (2024) DOI
  • Getting to Fidelity: Consensus Development Process to Identify Core Activities of Implementation Facilitation (2024) DOI
  • Implementation of LGBTQ+ affirming care policies in the Veterans Health Administration: preliminary findings on barriers and facilitators in the southern United States (2024) DOI

Research Interests

implementation research; suicide prevention

Grants & Funding

  • Veteran Engagement Implementation Strategies to Prevent Rural Veteran Suicide VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Other
  • In vivo, noninvasive, ultrasensitive photoacoustic detection of early breast cancer metastasis in bone US Department of the Army Principal Investigator
  • Behavioral Health QUERI: Advancing 21st Century Mental Health Care for Veterans VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Program Principal Investigator
  • Military Suicide Research Consortium Dissemination and Implementation Core - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation US Department of the Army - Pass Through: University of Washington Principal Investigator
  • Jumpstarting Culturally-informed Advance Care Planning Conversations with AIAN People in Primary Care (JUMP) NIH/Nat. Inst. of Nursing Research - Pass Through: Southcentral Foundation Principal Investigator
  • Randomized Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Campaign for Service Members Transitioning to Civilian Life VA (QUERI) Partnered Evaluation Initiative Co-Investigator
  • Implementing Caring Contacts for Suicide Prevention in Non-Mental Health Settings NIH Principal Investigator
  • Jumpstarting Culturally-informed Advance Care Planning Conversations with AIAN People in Primary Care (JUMP) NIH/Nat. Inst. of Nursing Research - Pass Through: Southcentral Foundation Principal Investigator

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

JoAnn E. Kirchner University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 10 shared publications Rajinder Sonia Singh University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 9 shared publications Karen L. Drummond University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 7 shared publications Geoffrey Curran University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Jodie Trafton University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Benjamin S. Teeter University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Richard R. Owen University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Samuel J. House University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications

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