CIIS Leadership Update

Nicholas Bosch

head and shoulders image of woman with long reddish blond wavy hair smiling broadly — Kirsten Austad

The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, and Nick Bosch, MD, MSc, will transition from associate directors to co-directors of The Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Science (CIIS), effective Oct.1, 2024. Kathryn Fantasia, MD, will serve in the new role of education director, and

women with long dark straight hair wearing white blouse and dark suit jacket, smiling — Kathryn Fantasia

Head and shoulders of woman with long straight dark hair wearing light blue blouse, smiling — Kayla Jones

Head and shoulders shot of woman with chin length brown hair smiling broadly wearing purple shirt and necklace — Mari-Lynn Drainoni

current Research Specialist Kayla Jones will transition to assistant director.

Mari-Lynn Drainoni, PhD, MEd, who has been a founding director of CIIS for nine years, will assume the new CIIS role of research director, allowing her to mentor the growing number of early career faculty in CIIS.