Alicia Bunger

Alicia C. Bunger, MSW, PhD is an Associate Professor at the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University. Her research program centers on how health and human service organizations coordinate to implement evidence-based interventions, promote service access across systems, and integrate care for children and families.

Bunger’s research engages community partners to examine organizational and system-level strategies by blending implementation and inter-organizational relationships research. This work often focuses on the intersection of child welfare and behavioral health systems. It is designed to inform strategies for closing gaps in care access and quality.

She is trained as a mental health services researcher with an emphasis on implementation in organizations and systems. Bunger earned a PhD in social work from Washington University in St. Louis and completed post-doctoral training in mental health services and systems research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and US Children’s Bureau, among others. Bunger's profile at the College of Social Work can be found here: https://csw.osu.edu/about/faculty-staff/faculty-directory/bunger-alicia-ph-d/