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Mimi Choy-Brown

  • Pronouns: she, her, hers

  • Associate Professor

Community mental health services research, implementation science, clinical supervision, qualitative, multilevel, and mixed methods research, trans-theoretical recovery-oriented, evidence-based, anti-oppressive practices (e.g.

    DEGREES

    PhD, New York University Silver School of Social Work 
    MSW, Silberman School of Social Work at City University of New York 
    BA, Barnard College, Columbia University

      AREAS OF INTEREST

      Community mental health services research, implementation science, clinical supervision, qualitative, multilevel, and mixed methods research, trans-theoretical recovery-oriented, evidence-based, anti-oppressive practices (e.g., person-centered care planning, assertive community treatment, measurement-based care)

        BIOGRAPHY

        My research interests are in community mental health services, implementation science, and clinical supervision. Informed by over a decade of practice experience, the primary focus of my research is elucidating clinical supervision strategies that can yield routine anti-oppressive, recovery-oriented, and evidence-informed service experiences in public mental health care and community settings.

        My work has examined supervision as an implementation strategy to integrate a range of efficacious interventions, including person-centered care planning, assertive community treatment, family-based crisis intervention, measurement-based care, trauma-systems therapy for refugees, and interpersonal therapy.

        My projects span across practices, practice settings, and research methods to identify effective strategies to implement effective care and improve meaningful outcomes for individuals, organizations, and communities.

          PUBLICATIONS

          Choy-Brown, M., Carlson, W., Williams, N., Studer, L., & Digari, S..  (2025) Keeping our ACT  team together: Supervisory strategies to promote workforce retention. Administration & Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-025-01458-7

          Choy-Brown, M., Ramirez, N., Esp, S., & Williams, N. (2023). Developing a pragmatic measure of clinical supervision techniques that support evidence-based practice implementation: The evidence-based clinical supervision strategies scale. Implementation Science Communications, 4(39), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00419-1

          Choy-Brown, M., Baslock, D., Cable, C., Marsalis, S., & Williams, N. (2022). In search of the common elements of clinical supervision: A systematic review. Administration & Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-022-01188-0

          Choy-Brown, M. (2021). “I see your punitive measure and I raise you a person-centered bar”: Supervisory strategies to promote adoption of person-centered care. Community Mental Health Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00783-z

          Stanhope, V., Choy-Brown, M., Williams, N., & Marcus, S.M. (2021). Implementing person-centered care planning: A randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric Services, 72(6), 641-646. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000361

          Choy-Brown, M., Hamovitch, E., Bornheimer, L., Acri, M., & McKay, M. (2020). Getting to the table: Agency characteristics and evidence-based intervention adoption. Children and Youth Services Review, 110, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104774

          Choy-Brown, M., Tiderington, E., Tran Smith, B., Stefancic, A., & Padgett, D.K. (2020). Strategies for sustaining intervention fidelity: A multi-state qualitative analysis in Housing First programs. Administration & Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research, 48(1), 36–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01041-2

          Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Williams, N., & Bond, L. (2020). Delivering person-centered care in community mental health programs. Research on Social Work Practice, 30(8), 907–917. https:/doi.org/10.1177/1049731520944568

          Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Wackstein, N., & Cole, H.D. (2020). Do social workers lead differently? Examining associations with leadership style and organizational factors. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance, 44(4), 332–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2020.1767744

          Choy-Brown, M. & Stanhope, V. (2018). The availability of supervision in routine mental health services. Clinical Social Work Journal, 46 (4), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-01806870

          Choy-Brown, M., Padgett, D., Smith, B.T., & Tiderington, E. (2016). Sorting it out: A card-sort technique for eliciting consumer priorities in recovery. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 19(3), 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2016.1197862

          Choy-Brown, M., Hamovitch, E., Cuervo, C. & Stanhope, V. (2016). I have my own lease - so why the service plan again? Perspectives on service planning in supportive housing. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 39(4), 313-320. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000202

          Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Tiderington, E., & Padgett, D. (2015). Unpacking clinical supervision in transitional and permanent supportive housing: Support or scrutiny? Administration & Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research, 43(4), 546-554. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-015-0665-6. https:/doi.org/10.1007/s10488-015-0665-6

            PRESENTATIONS

            Choy-Brown, M., Carlson, W., Williams, N. Studer, L., & Digari, S. (2025, June). Keeping our ACT Team Together: Team Leader Strategies to Fortify Resilience. Paper presented at the 7th European Conference on Integrated Care and Assertive Outreach, Copenhagen, Denmark.  

            Choy-Brown, M., Tarantino, M., Moreland, L., Harrison, M., Wharf, E., & Ross, A. (2025, January). Leveraging Implementation Science to Expand Suicide Prevention to Primary Care. Paper presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Seattle, WA.

            Choy-Brown, M., Tarantino, M., Ross, A., Wharf, E., Moreland, L., & Harrison, M. (2024, October). Effective Implementation of Suicide Prevention Interventions in Primary Care to Close the Health Gap. Paper presented at the 2024 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, Minneapolis, Minnesota.   

            Choy-Brown, M., Abdi, S., Banegas, J.M.*, Hodges, H.R.*, Soltani, L.*, & Suleiman, J.* (2024, May). Harnessing implementation science and community-based participatory research strategies to promote well-being among refugee and immigrant youth. Mini session presented at the All Network Conference of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Bethesda, MD.

            Choy-Brown, M. (2024, January). Assertive Community Treatment at 50 years: Current status and future directions. Symposium presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Washington D.C.

            Choy-Brown, M., Williams, N., Ramirez, N., Wilson, A., & Esp, S. (2023, January). Harnessing implementation science methods to embed organizational climates for change. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR), Phoenix, AZ

            Choy-Brown, M., Ramirez, N., Williams, N., Wilson, A., & Esp, S. (2022, December). Equifinality in Building organizational climates for effective implementation: Examining convergent paths within a randomized trial. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, Washington D.C.

            Choy-Brown, M., Williams, N., Ramirez, N., Wilson, A., & Esp, S. (2022, January). Advancing measurement of clinical supervision to support the implementation of evidence-informed practices. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington D.C.

            Choy-Brown, M., Williams, N., Ramirez, N., Wilson, A., & Esp, S. (2021, July). Psychometric evaluation of a pragmatic scale of clinical supervision strategies to implement evidence-based practices. Poster presented at the 15th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision, Washington D.C.

            Choy-Brown, M., Ramirez, N., Esp, C., & Williams, N. (2020, December). Developing a pragmatic measure of clinical supervision techniques that support evidence-based practice implementation: The Evidence-based clinical supervision strategy scale. Paper presentation at the 13th Annual Virtual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.

            Choy-Brown, M. (2020, January). Supervisory strategies to promote the delivery of person-centered care in behavioral health settings. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work Research, Washington D.C.

            Choy-Brown, M., Hamovitch, E., Bornheimer, L., & Acri, M. (2019, December). Getting to the table: Agency characteristics and evidence-based intervention adoption. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Arlington, VA.

            Choy-Brown, M., Tiderington, E., Tran Smith, B., Stefancic, A., & Padgett, D.K. (2019, June). A multistate qualitative analysis of housing first sustainability and fidelity challenges. Paper presented at the Society for Community Research and Action, Chicago, IL.

            Choy-Brown, M., & Stanhope, V. (2019, January). Association between direct supervisors’ implementation leadership and adoption of a new practice. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco, CA.

            Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Wackstein, N., & Delany Cole, H. (2019, January). Do social workers lead differently? Social workers’ leadership style and organizational climate. Poster presented at the Society for Social Work Research, San Francisco, CA.

            Choy-Brown, M. (2018, December). Identifying supervisory strategies to improve provider adoption of person-centered care planning in behavioral health services: A mixed methods study. 11th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Washington, D.C.

            Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Wackstein, N., & Delany Cole, H. (2018, October). Do social workers lead differently? Examining perspectives on leadership and organizational factors. Council for Social Work Education, Orlando, FL.

            Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Matthews, L., & Doherty, M. (2017, January). Clinical Supervision: A Key Factor for Organizational Readiness for Change Among Behavioral Health Service Providers.  Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA.

            Choy-Brown, M. (2016, August). Supervision: An embedded resource for organizational readiness. National Institute of Mental Health, Mental Health Services Conference, Bethesda, MD.

            Choy-Brown, M. (2015, September). Supervision practices and improved adherence across evidence-based practices: A literature review, 3rd Annual NIMH-funded Society for Implementation Research Conference, Seattle, WA.

            Choy-Brown, M., Stanhope, V., Tiderington, E., & Padgett, D. (2014, December). Unpacking supervision in supportive housing implementation, 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination  and Implementation, Bethesda, MD.

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