E. Wayne Holden

Expertise

Community-Based Research
Childhood Illness and Family Function
Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health
Health Services Research

Biography

E. Wayne Holden, PhD, joined RTI International in 2005 as executive vice president of Social and Statistical Sciences. In this capacity, Dr. Holden oversees the largest unit at RTI with annual revenues of approximately $270 million, 1,200 employees, and projects that involve large-scale data collection and management with an emphasis on complex methodological, statistical, and epidemiological approaches. He is a distinguished researcher and clinical psychologist with over 20 years of professional experience. Dr. Holden has held faculty appointments at Auburn University, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and Duke University School of Medicine. He has authored more than 100 articles and 16 books or book chapters on various topics in clinical child/pediatric psychology and health services research. Before joining RTI, Dr. Holden was president of ORC Macro from 2003 to 2005 and a senior vice president at Opinion Research Corporation.

Education

PhD, Clinical/Community Psychology, University of South Carolina at Columbia; BS, Psychology (magna cum laude), University of South Carolina at Spartanburg.

Selected Publications

Farmer, E.M.Z., Mustillo, S., Burns, B.J., & Holden, E.W. (2008). Use and predictors of out-of-home placements within systems of care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 16 (1):5-14.

Volk, R.J., Hawley, S.T., Kneuper, S., Holden, E.W., Stroud, L.A., Cooper, C.P., Berkowitz, J.M., Scholl, L.E., Saraykar, S.S., & Pavlik, V.N. (2007 Nov). Trials of decision aids for prostate cancer screening: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33 (5):428-434.

Sheehan, A.K., Walrath, C.M., & Holden, E.W. (April 2007). Evidence-based practice use, training and implementation in the community-based service setting: A survey of children’s mental health service providers. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16 (2):169-182.

Holden, E.W., & Blau, G.M. (2006 Sep). An expanded perspective on children's mental health. American Psychologist, 61 (6):642-644.

Walrath, C.M., Ybarra, M.L., Sheehan, A.K., Holden, E.W., & Burns, B.J. (Fall 2006). Impact of maltreatment on children served in community mental health programs. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 14 (3):143-156.

Walrath, C.M., Sheehan, A.K., Holden, E.W., Hernandez, M., & Blau, G. (2006 Apr). Evidence-based treatments in the field: A brief report on provider knowledge, implementation, and practice. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 33 (2):244-253.

Brannan, A.M., Manteuffel, B., Holden, E.W., & Heflinger, C.A. (Mar 2006). Use of the family resource scale in children's mental health: Reliability and validity among economically diverse samples. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 33 (2):182-197.

Walrath, C.M., Ybarra, M.L., & Holden, E.W. (2006 Feb). Understanding the pre-referral factors associated with differential 6-month outcomes among children receiving system-of-care services. Psychological Services, 3 (1):35-50.

Holden, E.W., Grossman, E., Nguyen, H.T., Gunter, M.J., Grebosky, B., Von, W.A., Nelson, L., Robinson, S., & Thurman, D.J. (2005 Feb). Developing a computer algorithm to identify epilepsy cases in managed care organizations. Disease Management, 8 (1):1-14.

Holden, E.W., Thanh, N.H., Grossman, E., Robinson, S., Nelson, L.S., Gunter, M.J., Von, W.A., & Thurman, D.J. (2005 Feb). Estimating prevalence, incidence, and disease-related mortality for patients with epilepsy in managed care organizations. Epilepsia, 46 (2):311-319.

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