PISCE Team

Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP

Executive Director
Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP Website

Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM is a perioperative implementation scientist and practicing anesthesiologist and intensive care physician. At the University of Pennsylvania, she is the Executive Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center (PISCE). Her lab’s research focuses on the application of implementation science to improve patient safety and communication in perioperative and critical care settings, and she collaborates on projects in maternal health and health equity. Meghan holds leadership roles in multiple health services research training programs, including a K12 career development program and several other center grants. She serves as the David E. Longnecker Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, with a secondary faculty appointment in epidemiology. Dr. Lane-Fall is also on the Boards of Directors of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research.

Meghan Lockman, MS, MBA

Managing Director

Meghan Lockman has worked in nonprofit leadership and management, as well as environmental consulting, and is excited to bring these skills and background to the Penn Implementation Science Center. Meghan has a MBA from Loyola University of Maryland (2010), a MS in Environmental Management from Vanderbilt University (2001), and a BA in Environmental Studies and Philosophy from The College of William and Mary (1999).

Amanda Bettencourt, PhD

Director, Acute Care Implementation Science
Amanda Bettencourt, PhD Website

Director, Acute Care Implementation Science; Assistant Professor, Family and Community Health, Penn Nursing

Christopher Bonafide, MD, MSCE

Director, Pediatric Implementation Research
Christopher Bonafide, MD, MSCE Website

Chris Bonafide, MD, MSCE is a pediatric hospitalist and implementation scientist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. He completed an Academic General Pediatric Fellowship at CHOP and the MSCE degree at Penn, and subsequently received training in implementation science and mentorship from Rinad Beidas, PhD. Chris now serves as Associate Chief for Research Integration and Implementation in the Division of General Pediatrics, Associate Director for Implementation Science at Clinical Futures, and Director of Pediatric Implementation Research at the Penn Implementation Science Center (PISCE). Within implementation science, he is especially interested in finding the best strategies to deimplement ineffective practices in pediatric hospital care. He currently co-leads a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-deimplementation trial focused on eliminating monitor overuse (EMO) with Dr. Beidas and is Site PI for a type 1 hybrid effectiveness-deimplementation trial focused on reducing unnecessary follow-up visits to primary care after hospitalization (the FAAN-C, or “fancy” trial).

Katharine Rendle, PhD, MPH

Director, Cancer Implementation Research
Katharine Rendle, PhD, MPH Website

Director, Cancer Implementation Research; Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health; Associate Professor, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine

Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD

Director, Mental Health Implementation Research
Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD Website

Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Associate Director of the Penn Center for Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry, and the Director of Mental Health Implementation Research at PISCE. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and an implementation scientist. The long-term goal of her research is to develop and evaluate strategies to promote the uptake of evidence-based care into routine practice, with the ultimate goal of improving the effectiveness of mental health services for children and adults in non-specialty mental health settings.