Rosalind E. Keith

Rosalind Keith is an expert in studying the context and processes through which organizations implement and deliver interventions. She has more than a decade of experience studying implementation in various settings, including primary care, child welfare, early childhood education, after-school education, vocational rehabilitation, and public health.

Since joining Mathematica in 2012, Keith has served in various lead roles on formative rapid-cycle evaluations of the implementation of national advanced primary care medical home models funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Currently, she is the principal investigator for a study of promising practices to improve COVID-19 testing, vaccination equity, and public health outcomes funded by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. For the Social Security Administration, she led a formative evaluation of the implementation of programs designed to help workers with recently acquired injuries or illnesses remain in the labor force. For the Administration for Children and Families, Keith led an evaluation of programs developed to prevent homelessness among youth and young adults with child welfare involvement.

Keith is a co-author of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. She has published methods papers describing best practices for using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to guide implementation studies, including a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Program Design and Implementation Evaluation. She has served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer for children involved in the child welfare system. Keith holds a Ph.D. in health services organization and policy from the University of Michigan.