Hannah Arem, PhD

Hannah Arem, PhD, MPH, is the Scientific Director of Implementation Science at MedStar Health Research Institute and an Associate Professor of Oncology at Georgetown University.

As Scientific Director of Implementation Science, she leads efforts to integrate implementation science methods into research and clinical operations across MedStar Health, helping investigators, clinicians, and health system leaders translate evidence into practice. Her work focuses on identifying effective strategies to implement, scale, and sustain evidence-based interventions that improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery.

Her research portfolio spans oncology, digital health, and other common conditions, including respiratory health and hypertension. Through this work, she seeks to understand not only what interventions are effective, but how they can be successfully adopted across different contexts. Current funded projects include delivery of geriatric assessment through the National Cancer Institute's Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) and electronic patient-reported symptom monitoring among cancer patients across the healthcare system. Using implementation science methods, she seeks to integrate evidence-based interventions into clinical care in a manner that can be sustained over time.

Through her role as the implementation science core lead for the Clinical Translational Science Award, she facilitates learning and collaboration among a multidisciplinary team of investigators, clinicians, and operational leaders across MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health, Georgetown University, and Howard University. Together, they integrate research and clinical operations to accelerate the adoption of evidence-based practices and improve patient outcomes.

She received her Master of Public Health in International Health, with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Interventions, from Johns Hopkins University, earned her doctorate in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from Yale University, and completed advanced training in implementation science through a competitive two-year mentored program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Research Interests

Dr. Arem's research interests include

• Behavioral Interventions
• Breast Cancer
• Cancer Disparities
• Cancer Survivorship
• Implementation Science
• MHealth

Selected Research

View Dr. Arem's publications on PubMed