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Jesse Dallery, PhD

Jesse Dallery, PhD

Dr. Jesse Dallery is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida, and a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Florida.  Jesse received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Emory University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Behavioral Pharmacology.  Jesse’s research focuses on integrating information technologies with behavioral interventions for cigarette smoking and other health-related behavior (e.g., physical activity, and medication adherence).

Jesse also conducts translational research on choice and decision-making in the human laboratory, with a special emphasis on quantitative models of operant behavior.  He has published over 120 articles, and he has received grant support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.  He is co-editor of the book Behavioral Health Care and Technology: Using Science-Based Innovations to Transform Practice.  In 2014, Jesse was named a Teacher of the Year in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.  He is a fellow in Division 25 of the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Behavior Analysis International.  In his free time, he enjoys reading, watching movies and shows, exercising, cooking, and adventuring with his wife and two kids.


Ramzi Salloum, PhD

Ramzi G Salloum, PhD

Dr. Ramzi Salloum is an associate professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics at the University of Florida College of Medicine and the director of the Learning Health System Initiative at the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He is a member of the UF Health Cancer Center and the Institute for Child Health Policy.

Dr. Salloum’s research focuses on the implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practices, especially in cancer prevention and control. He has a demonstrated research record in the area of health services research across diverse health system and policy settings, with a particular focus on the implementation of evidence-based programs. This work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Florida Department of Health, the International Development Research Centre, Cancer Research UK, and the CVS Foundation.

Dr. Salloum is well-versed in implementation science methods and frameworks and has served as faculty for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)’s Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC). He is the recipient of two NCI-supported fellowships from the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN)’s Cancer Research Network (CRN) Scholars Program (2015-2017); and the Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (MT-DIRC) Program (2016-2018).

Dr. Salloum teaches Fundamentals of Dissemination and Implementation Research (GMS 6851).