Profile

B.A. University of Guadalajara, Mexico 2007
M.Sc. Queen's University, Canada 2010
Ph.D. Queen's University 2014

I am a North American scholar whose academic journey spans three countries. I completed my undergraduate training in Mexico, my graduate training in Canada, and my postdoctoral training in the United States. I am an implementation scientist focused on addressing cardiometabolic diseases in diverse populations. My research has been supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K01 and R03 awards) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21 award). I have published more than 50 scientific articles, several of which have informed diabetes prevention recommendations by the American Diabetes Association and the World Health Organization. Currently, I serve as Director of Implementation Research at the Center for Community-Engaged Dissemination and Implementation Research at SPH-B.

Scholarly Interest

• Implementation science
• HIV
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular disease
• Behavioral science

A complete list of my publications can be found here. Examples of my published work are listed below.

Galaviz KI, Patel SA, Mark, Goss MC, Ali MK, Venter F, Marconi VC, Lalla-Edward S. Integrating hypertension detection and management in HIV care in South Africa: protocol for a stepped-wedged cluster randomized effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial. Imp Sci Commu. 2024;5:115. PMCID: PMC11476644.

Harden S, Galaviz KI, and Estabrooks P. Expanding methods to address RE-AIM metrics in hybrid effectiveness-implementation studies. Imp Sci Commu. 2024;4;5(1):123. PMCID: PMC11536891.

Galaviz KI and Barnes GD (2021). Implementation science opportunities in cardiovascular medicine. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 14:e008109. PMID: 34148352.

Galaviz KI, Breland JY, Sanders M, Breathett K, Cerezo A, Gil O, Hollier JM, Marshall C, Wilson JD, Essien UR. Implementation Science to Address Health Disparities During the Coronavirus Pandemic (2020). Health Equity, 4(1);463–467. PMCID: PMC7585610.

Galaviz KI, Narayan KMV, Manders OC, Torres-Mejia G, Goenka S, McFarland DA, Reddy KS, Lozano PR, Magana-Valladares L, Prabhakaran D, and Ali MK (2019). The public health leadership and implementation academy for non-communicable diseases. Preventing Chronic Disease, 16(180517), E49. PMCID: PMC6513477.

Galaviz KI, Weber MB, Straus A, Haw JS, Narayan KMV, and Ali MK (2018). Global diabetes prevention interventions: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of the real-world impact on incidence, weight and glucose. Diabetes Care, 41(7), 1526-1534. PMCID: PMC6463613.

Galaviz KI, Estabrooks P, Jauregui E, Janssen I, Lee RE, Lopez y Taylor J, Ortiz-Hernandez L, Levesque L (2017). Evaluating the effectiveness of physician counseling to promote physical activity in Mexico: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid study. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 7(4), 731-740. PMCID: PMC5684085.