College of Education and Human Development

School of Social Work

Mimi Choy-Brown

  • Pronouns: she, her, hers

  • Associate Professor

Mimi Choy-Brown

Areas of interest

Behavioral Health Services Research; Implementation Science; Supervision, Leadership, and Organizations; Recovery-Oriented, Evidence-Based Practices (Person-Centered Care, Assertive Community Treatment, Housing First); Qualitative, Multilevel, and Mixed Methods Research

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

Biography

Dr. Choy-Brown's research interests are in community mental health services and implementation science. The overall goal of her research is to promote accessible and effective mental health care for people who experience a serious mental illness. Informed by over a decade of practice and supervisory experience, the primary focus of her research is identify and test methods to integrate interventions into routine public mental health care. In particular, her work focuses on clinical supervision as a strategy to implement and sustain high quality care. Her current projects span across mental health delivery settings, evidence-based practices, and research methods to characterize and measure supervision techniques and test their impact on improved implementation and individual outcomes. Findings from her projects will inform the development of supervision methods that yield routine anti-oppressive, recovery-oriented, and evidence-informed mental health service experiences.

Publications

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. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000361

Ross, A., Choy-Brown, M., Hu, Y., Stanhope, V. (2022). Perception of recovery orientation as a predictor of clinician turnover in community mental health clinics. Administration & Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services. 49, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-021-01142-6

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

Bunger, A.C., Birken, S.A., Hoffman, J.A., MacDowell, H., Choy-Brown, M., Magier, E. (2019). Elucidating the influence of supervisors’ roles on implementation climate. Implementation Science, 14(93), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-019-0939-6

Stanhope, V., Ross, A., Choy-Brown, M., & Jessell, L. (2019) A mixed methods study of organizational readiness for change and leadership during a training initiative within community mental health clinics. Administration & Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research,46(5), 678-687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-019-00946-x

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

Stanhope, V., Choy-Brown, M., Barrenger, S., Manuel, J., Mercado, M., McKay, M, & Marcus, S.C. (2017). A Comparison of how behavioral health organizations utilize training to prepare for health care reform. Implementation Science, 12(19), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0549-0

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

Padgett, D.K., Smith, B.T., Choy-Brown, M, Tiderington, E., & Mercado, M. (2016). Trajectories of recovery among formerly homeless adults with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 67(6), 610-614. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500126 

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., 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., Hamovitch, E., Bornheimer, L., & Acri, M. (2020, January). Associations between organizational size and implementation behavior in children’s mental health. Paper presented at the Society for Social Work Research, Washington D.C.

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.