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Diana Naranjo

Diana Naranjo, PhD, MPH

Dr. Naranjo is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the Department of Internal Medicine within the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah (UU), and an early-career Investigator at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Informatics, Decision- Enhancement and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center of Innovation (COIN). She has been working in Health Services Research for 14 years; she has been at UU and the VA Salt Lake City since September 2021. Prior to joining UU, she completed her PhD in Health Services Research (Health Systems Science Concentration) at the University of Washington School of Public Health after serving as a Health Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation 2013-2016. She is experienced in both qualitative and quantitative methods, and the application of Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Science theories and frameworks in conjunction with Systems Science. She uses mixed methodology as a tool to understand drivers of change in health care systems, specifically decision-making as it pertains to adopting practices and policies that improve care and reduce health inequities, across a variety of clinical domains.