Jonathan Purtle
Jonathan Purtle
Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management
Director of Policy Research at NYU’s Global Center for Implementation Science
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Professional overview
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Jonathan Purtle is Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health and also Director of Policy Research at NYU’s Global Center for Implementation Science.
Dr. Purtle is a mental health policy researcher and implementation scientist. His work examines questions such as how the implementation of policies “on the books” can be improved in practice, how research evidence can be most effectively communicated to policymakers and is used in policymaking processes, and how social and political contexts affect mental health policymaking and policy implementation. He is also studies population-based approaches to mental health, suicide prevention, and novel financing models for mental health services—such as earmarked taxes and fees.
Dr. Purtle’s work has been consistently funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). He is currently leading a NIMH-funded project focused on financing policies related to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (R01MH131649), a NIDA-funded study (through the CHERISH Center, P30DA040500) that is analyzing social media data to identify audience segments of state legislators who conceptualize substance use issues in different ways and experimentally testing different ways of communicating evidence these legislators, and co-leading a NCI-funded study focused on cancer policy implementation strategies (R21ACA293319). He is also a co-investigator on projects focused on mental health and health care system resilience following disasters is Puerto Rico (R01MD016426) and Hawaiʻi (R61MD019939).
He has published over 170 peer-reviewed journal articles, is an Associate Editor at Implementation Science, Co-Chairs the Policy Advisory Board at Psychiatric Services, is on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and is Core Faculty of the NIMH-funded Implementation Research Institute.
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Education
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BA, Psychology, Roger Williams UniversityMSc, Sociology, Universiteit van AmsterdamMPH, Drexel UniversityDrPH, Drexel University
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Publications
Publications
Association between local public housing authority policies related to criminal justice system involvement and sexually transmitted infection rates
Failed retrieving data.Changes in legislator vaccine-engagement on Twitter before and after the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic
Failed retrieving data.Determinants of using children’s mental health research in policymaking : variation by type of research use and phase of policy process
Failed retrieving data.Disseminating evidence to policymakers : Accounting for audience heterogeneity
Failed retrieving data.Does rental assistance improve mental health? Insights from a longitudinal cohort study
Failed retrieving data.Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health policy and practice implementation
Failed retrieving data.Linking Data on Constituent Health with Elected Officials’ Opinions : Associations Between Urban Health Disparities and Mayoral Officials’ Beliefs About Health Disparities in Their Cities
Failed retrieving data.Newspaper Coverage of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Toxic Stress in the United States, 2014–2020 : Consequences, Causes, and Solutions
Failed retrieving data.Partisan differences in twitter language among US legislators during the COVID-19 pandemic : Cross-sectional study
Failed retrieving data.Perceived Persuasiveness of Evidence About Adverse Childhood Experiences : Results From a National Survey
Failed retrieving data.Posttraumatic stress, depression, and sleep among young survivors of violence
Failed retrieving data.State Legislators’ Divergent Social Media Response to the Opioid Epidemic from 2014 to 2019 : Longitudinal Topic Modeling Analysis
Failed retrieving data.The effect of caregiver key opinion leaders on increasing caregiver demand for evidence-based practices to treat youth anxiety : protocol for a randomized control trial
Failed retrieving data.The Intersection of Dissemination Research and Acupuncture : Applications for Chronic Low Back Pain
Failed retrieving data.The Other US Border : Health Insurance Coverage Among Latino Immigrants In Puerto Rico
Failed retrieving data.Who Is Talking About Adverse Childhood Experiences? Evidence From Twitter to Inform Health Promotion
Failed retrieving data.Aligning dissemination and implementation science with health policies to improve children’s mental health.
Failed retrieving data.Association of Vaccine-Preventable Disease Incidence with Proposed State Vaccine Exemption Legislation
Failed retrieving data.COVID-19 and mental health equity in the United States
Failed retrieving data.Dissemination of urban health research to maximize impact
Failed retrieving data.Dissemination Strategies to Accelerate the Policy Impact of Children’s Mental Health Services Research
Failed retrieving data.Earmarked taxes as a policy strategy to increase funding for behavioral health services
Failed retrieving data.Factors associated with state legislators’ support for opioid use disorder parity laws
Failed retrieving data.Mental illness and bipolar disorder on Twitter : implications for stigma and social support
Failed retrieving data.Public opinion about evidence-informed health policy development in U.S. Congress
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