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Edward J. Mullen

Willma and Albert Musher Professor for Life Betterment through Science and Technology

B.A., M.S.W., Catholic; D.S.W., Columbia

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E-mail: ejm3@columbia.edu
Telephone: (212) 851-2413
Office: Room 1102

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Bio:

Dr. Edward 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


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Books and Chapters
Mullen, E. J., Editor-in-Chief (forthcoming). Oxford Bibliographies Online Social Work. Oxford University Press.

Bellamy, J., Bledsoe, S., & Mullen, E. J., (2009). The cycle of evidence-based practice. In H.-U. Otto, A. Polutta & H. Ziegler (Eds.), Evidence-based practice - Modernising the knowledge base of social work?. Leverkusen-Opladen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers. 21-29.

Mullen, E. J. (2009). Evidence-based policy & social work in healthcare. In M. St-Onge & S. Dumont (Eds.), Social Work and Global Mental Health: Research and Practice Perspectives Binghampton, NY: Haworth Press.

Mullen, E. J., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. L. (2009). Evidence-based Social Work Practice: Implementation Concepts & Issues. Otto, H.-U., Polutta, A., &
Ziegler, H. (Eds.). What Works - Welches Wissen braucht die Soziale Arbeit? Zum Konzept evidenzbasierter Praxis Opladen, Germany: Barbara Budrich Publishers.

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2008). Limits of evidence in evidence-based policy & practice. In I. M. Bryderup  (Ed.), The diversity of research methods, approaches and theories in evaluation of social work practice. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press.

Mullen, E. J., Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. (2008). Best Practices. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (20 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Journal Articles
Mullen, E. J. (forthcoming). Evidence-based practice: Overview. Oxford Bibliographies Online Social Work. OBO is an annotated online bibliography of social work published by Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J. (forthcoming). Evidence-based practice: Finding evidence. Oxford Bibliographies Online Social Work. OBO is an annotated online bibliography of social work published by Oxford University Press.

Mullen, E. J. (forthcoming). Evidence-based practice: Issues, controversies, & debates. Oxford Bibliographies Online Social Work. OBO is an annotated online bibliography of social work published by Oxford University Press.

Manuel, J. I., Mullen, E. J., Fang, L., Bellamy, J. L., & Bledsoe, S. E. (forthcoming). Preparing Social Work Practitioners to use Evidence-based Practice: A Comparison of Experiences from an Implementation Project, Research on Social Work Practice.

Satterfield, J., Spring, B. Brownson, R.C., Mullen, E,J., Newhouse, R., Walker, B., & Whitlock, E. (2009). Toward a transdisciplinary model of evidence-based practice. Milbank Quarterly. 87(2): 368-390.

Bellamy, J., Bledsoe, S.E., Mullen, E.J., Fang, L., & Manuel, J. (2008). Agency-University Partnership for Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work. Journal of Social Work Education. 44(3): 55-75.

Mullen, E. J. (2008). 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) 7(3).

Mullen, E. J., Bledsoe, S. E., & Bellamy, J. L. (2008). Implementing evidence-based social work practice. Research on Social Work Practice. 18(4): 325-338.

Presentations & Lectures

Video Lectures

Evidence-based Behavioral Practice http://www.ebbp.org/video.html

Evidence-based Pratice: Evolution and Current Status: September 10, 2008. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/ocit/media/ .

Conference Presentations

Mullen, E.J. (2009). Grading of Evidence in Evidence-based Clearinghouses: Introduction & Description of NYAM/SWLI Evidence-Based Database. The Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Better Evidence for a Better World. Oslo, Norway. May 18-20, 2009.

Mullen, E.J., Melly, J., Volland, P., Shuluk, J. (2008). What Can Be Concluded from General Reviews of Social Work Effectiveness? 11th Annual Inter-Centre Network for the Ealuation of Social Work Practice Meeting. University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Work & STAKES, Satellite Office, FinSoc Jyväskylä, Finland. September 24 - 26, 2008.

Rubin, A, Gambrill, E., Mullen, E.J., Proctor, E., Shlonsky, A., Howard, M.O., Soydan, H., Franklin, C., Springer, D.W., Jenson, J.M., Levy Zlotnik, J., Corcoran, K.J., Thyer, B.A. (2008). Issues in Teaching Evidence-Based Practice. Society for Social Work Research Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. January 18, 2008.

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