Bio:

Dr. Mullen is the Willma & Albert Musher Chair Professor at Columbia University. Previously he has been Professor at the University of Chicago and Fordham University and Visiting Professor at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Mullen was Principal Investigator for an NIMH funded predoctoral training program in mental health services research at Columbia University (1989-2007) and an NIMH funded predoctoral and postdoctoral training program at the University of Chicago (1984-1989). His research and publications have focused on evidence-based policy and practice, outcomes measurement in the human services, mental health services research, and research applications in social work practice. Dr. Mullen teaches evidence-based practice, social work research methods and systematic review methods. He has been a social work practitioner in the following organizations: Department of Child Welfare, Washington, D.C.; Alexandria Mental Health Clinic, Alexandria, VA; Traveler's Aid Society, Washington, DC; Big Brothers of the National Capital Area, Washington, DC; St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC; Jewish Family Services (JFS), New York (JFS). He was trained in family treatment at JFS. He has had a range of practice research positions with: Chapin Hall Center for Children, the University of Chicago; Family Focus, Inc., Evanston and Chicago, Illinois; Institute of Welfare Research Community Service Society of New York; Department of Research and Evaluation, Community Service Society of New York; Center for the Study of Social Work Practice, Columbia University and the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services.

Research Interests:

• Evidence-based Policy & Practice
• Outcomes Measurement
• Mental Health Services Research
• Evidence-based Behavioral Practice
• Evidence-based Gerontological Social Work Policy & Practice
• Meta-analysis and Systematic Review Methods

Current Projects:

• Evidence-based policy & practice
• Evidence-based Behavioral Practice
• Evidence-based Gerontological Social Work Policy & Practice
• Application of research methods in practice

Recent Publications & Presentations:

Books and Chapters
Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. (in press). Best Practices. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (20 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. (in press). Evidence-based social work practice. In R. M. Grinnell & Y. A. Unrau (Eds.), Social work research and evaluation: Quantitative and qualitative approaches (8 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Also to appear in: Hüttemann, M.,

Sommerfeld, P (Hrsg.). (in press): Evidenzbasierte Soziale Arbeit. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag.

Mullen, E. J. (2006). International impact of the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare Centre for Evaluation of Social Services. In S. Ljunggren (Ed.), Mellan Scylla & Charybdis -en skrift (alternativt vänbok) till Karin Tengvald. Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen.

Mullen, E. J. (2006). Facilitating practitioner use of evidence-based practice. Albert R. Roberts & Kenneth R. Yeager, editors. Foundations of evidence-based social work practice. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J., & Bacon, W. (2006). Implementation of practice guidelines and evidence-based treatment: A survey of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. Albert R. Roberts & Kenneth R. Yeager, (Eds.) Foundations of evidence-based social work practice. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J. & Streiner, D. L, (2006). The evidence for and against evidence based practice.  Albert R. Roberts & Kenneth R. Yeager, editors. Foundations of evidence-based social work practice. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, Edward J., Bellamy, Jennifer L., Bledsoe, Sarah E. (2005). Implementing evidence-based social work practice. In: Peter Sommerfeld (Ed.): Evidence-based social work – Towards a new professionalism? Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang, p. 149-172.

Mullen, E. J. (2004). Facilitating practitioner use of evidence-based practice. In A. R. Roberts & K. Yeager (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J., & Bacon, W. (2004). A survey of practitioner adoption and implementation of practice guidelines and evidence-based treatments. In A. R. Roberts & K. Yeager (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J., Lucas, C., Fisher, P., & Bacon, W. (2004). Clinician and patient satisfaction with computer-assisted diagnostic assessment in community outpatient clinics. In A. R. Roberts & K. Yeager (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practice Manual: Research and Outcome Measures in Health and Human Services. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J. (2004). Outcomes measurement: A social work framework for health and mental health. In A. Metteri, T. Kroger, A. Pohjola & P.-L. Rauhala (Eds.), Social Work Approaches in Health and Mental Health from Around the Globe. Bingham, NY: Haworth Press, Inc.

Mullen, E. J. (2004). Evidence-based Practice in a Social Work Context - The United States Case (FinSoc Working Papers 2/04). Helsinki, Finland: STAKES.

Mullen, E. J., Streiner, D., co-editors. (2004). Special issue: Evidence-based policy and practice. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 4(2 & 3).

Mullen, E. J., & Bacon, W. F. (2003). Practitioner adoption and implementation of evidence-based effective treatments and issues of quality control. In A. Rosen & E. K. Proctor (Eds.), Developing practice guidelines for social work intervention: Issues, methods, and a research agenda. New York City: Columbia University Press.

Journal Articles
Bledsoe, S. E., Weissman, M. M., Mullen, E. J., Betts, K., Gameroff, M. J., Verdeli, H., et al. (in press). Empirically supported psychotherapy in social work training programs: Does the definition of evidence matter? Research on Social Work Practice.

Mullen, E. J. (in press). Evidence-based policy & social work in healthcare. Social Work in Mental Health (special issue: Social Work and Mental Health, a Global Research and Practice Perspective) 46(2, 3, & 4).

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., Bledsoe, S. E., & Julia J Francois, J. J. (in press). Teaching evidence-based practice. Research on Social Work Practice 17(5).

Mullen, E. J., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. L. (in press). Implementing evidence-based social work practice. Research on Social Work Practice.

Mullen, E. (2006). Choosing outcome measures in systematic reviews: Critical challenges. Research on Social Work Practice. 16:1, DOI 10.1177/1049731505280950.

Mullen, E. J., Shlonsky, A., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. L. (2005). From concept to implementation: Challenges facing evidence based social work. Evidence and Policy: A Journal of Debate, Research, and Practice, 1 (1).

Mullen, E. (2004). Evidence-based policy and practice: Implications for social work as a profession. Sociale Interventie, 13(4).

Mullen, E. J. (2004). Outcomes measurement: A social work framework for health and mental health. Social Work in Mental Health, 2(2).

Mullen, E. J., & Streiner, D. L. (2004). The evidence for and against evidence based practice. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 4(2).

Mullen, E. J. (2002). Multi-site evaluation and research. Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, SVT ( Swedish Journal of Social Science), 9(2-3), 175-193.

Mullen, E. J. (2002). Problem formulation in practitioner & researcher partnerships. Social Work Education (United Kingdom), 23(3).

Presentations
Manuel, J, Bledsoe, S.E., Bellamy, J.L., Fang, L., Coppolino, C.F., Crumpley, J.LCSW, Jean-Francois, J., Chen, T., Mullen, E.J. (2007). Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Social Service Agencies through a University-Agency Partnership. Paper presented at: The Society for Social Work Research Eleventh Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 11-14, 2007.

Shlonsky, A., Baus, S., McCracken, S., Mullen, E.J., Gambrill, E., Gibbs, L. (2007). Practical Advances in Evidence-Based Practice. Presentation at: The Society for Social Work Research Eleventh Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 11 - 14, 2007.

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. V., Bledsoe (2006). Limits of evidence in evidence-based policy & practice. International Inter-Centre Network for the Evaluation of Social Work Practice Workshop 2006, The Danish University of Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., Bledsoe, S. E., & Julia J Francois, J. J. (2006). Teaching evidence-based practice. National Symposium on Improving the Teaching of Evidence-based Practice, The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.

Last updated December 03, 2007.