Ms. Kowalski is an implementation scientist and qualitative analyst. She in trained in epidemiology and has extensive experience in health services research, applied implementation science, qualitative methodology, coalition-building, and communication. She has led and expanded several national implementation and qualitative methods collaboratives and managed the process of implementing the Cooperative Studies Program Implementation Plan requirements for the VA Office of Research and Development (ORD). She has served as a lead qualitative analyst on many HSRD and QUERI projects and her work has included leading rapid qualitative analyses with those teams. Her work focuses implementation science translation and on real-world impact.