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Douglas Luke

Douglas Luke is a leading researcher in the areas of public health policy, systems science and tobacco control. Luke directs work focused primarily on the evaluation, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based public health policies.

Over the past decade, Luke has used systems science methods, especially social network analysis and agent-based modeling, to address important public health problems. He published the first review papers on network analysis in public health in 2007, and on systems science methods in public health in 2012. He has written books on multilevel modeling and network analysis. Under Luke’s leadership, the Center for Public Health Systems Science has used network analysis to study diffusion of scientific innovations, to model the formation of organizational collaborations, and to study the relationship of mentoring to future scientific collaboration.

In addition to his appointment at the Brown School, Luke is a member of the Institute for Public Health, the director of evaluation for the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science and a founding member of the Washington University Network of Dissemination and Implementation Researchers. In addition, he served on an Institute of Medicine panel that produced a national report on the use of agent-based modeling for tobacco regulatory science.

Douglas Luke

Areas of Focus:

  • Evaluation of public health programs
  • Tobacco control and prevention policy
  • Systems science methodology
  • Social network analysis

In The News

Luke’s Expertise in Systems Science Contributes to New Report on U.S. Dietary Guidelines
January 23, 2023

Brown School Releases Progress Updates on its Strategic Plan
November 10, 2022

Well-Received Systems Science Summer Institute Back In-Person for its Third Year
May 12, 2022

Brown School Faculty Among Most-Cited Scientists
March 1, 2022

Luke Installed as Inaugural Horowitz Professor in Social Policy
February 16, 2022

PhD Program Linking Data, Social Science Sees Early Success
November 16, 2021

Center Uses Partnerships to Broaden its Public Health Impact
July 1, 2021

Over 60% of Public Schools Are Within 1,000 Feet of Tobacco Retailers, Finds New Study
October 21, 2020

ASPiRE, Tobacco-Free Kids Campaign Reaches More Than 3 Million
September 16, 2020

Over 60% of Public Schools Within 1,000 Feet of Tobacco Retailers, Finds New Study
August 26, 2020

Brown School Recognizes Faculty Authors and Editors
May 7, 2020

Featured Publications

Building Capacity for dissemination and implementation research: One university's experience
Implementation Science
2017