Sara J. Landes

Federal Grant PI High Impact

Professor

UAMS primary University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2019–2025); Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (2023); University of Washington (2009–2023); VA Palo Alto Health Care System (2011–2017); Veterans Health Administration (2022–2025); Harborview Medical Center (2008–2016); Providence VA Medical Center (2022); Health Services Research & Development (2022); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2015–2026); National Center for PTSD (2013–2016); Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers (2016–2026); Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (2019–2026); Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (2012); South Central VA Health Care Network (2017); National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2011–2016); Arkansas Department of Health (2023); University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (2004–2008); University of Colorado Anschutz (2022); Cardinal Stritch University (2008); Catholic University of America (2012)

PSY Psychiatry, College of Medicine

32 h-index 141 pubs 4,114 cited

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Sara J. Landes is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on suicide prevention, particularly within veteran populations, and the implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies.

Landes has served as Principal Investigator on several federal grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting work in behavioral health, suicide risk modeling, and the implementation of suicide prevention strategies in non-mental health settings. Her scholarly output includes over 140 publications, with an h-index of 32 and more than 4,100 citations. She has collaborated extensively with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including JoAnn E. Kirchner and Rajinder Sonia Singh.

Her work has explored effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs, meta-analyses on the efficacy of treatments like Dialectical Behavior Therapy for suicidal behavior, and reviews of system-wide implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies for conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Landes also studies the nature of clinical depression and collaborative assessment and management of suicidality.

Metrics

h-index: 32
Publications: 141
Citations: 4,114

Positions

Professor 2025–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences PSY Psychiatry, College of Medicine Institutional directory
Psychologist 2016–present

Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System ORCID
Associate Professor 2019–2025

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatry ORCID
Assistant Professor 2015–2019

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Psychiatry ORCID

Selected Publications

Additional file 4 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 2 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 3 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 1 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 4 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 1 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 2 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Additional file 3 of Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Centering communities in policy implementation research: considerations for the integration of community-based participatory research principles into policy-focused implementation science (2026)

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Distinguishing between clinical interventions and implementation strategies in trials (2026)

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Promoting inclusivity and partnership with recipients of health services: short report on redesigning Engaging All Voices (previously Consumer Voice) (2026)

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Harmonizing intervention, context, and implementation strategies with Context-Driven Co-Design (CD2) (2026)

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Promoting inclusivity and partnership with recipients of health services: Short report on redesigning Engaging All Voices (previously Consumer Voice) (2026)

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Hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation studies: why and how to do them (2026)

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Evaluating a tailored communication tool to increase advance care planning among Alaska Native and American Indian people in primary care: A type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial protocol (2026)

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Federal Grants 3

VA Contact PI Oct 2020 - Sep 2025

Behavioral Health QUERI: Advancing 21st Century Mental Health Care for Veterans

Administered by Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System I50

VA Contact PI Oct 2019 - Sep 2022

Implementing Caring Contacts for Suicide Prevention in Non-Mental Health Settings

Administered by Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System I50

VA Contact PI Oct 2017 - Mar 2021

Risk Stratified Enhancements to Clinical Care: Targeting Care for Patients Identified Through Predictive Modeling as Being at High Risk for Suicide, with the Office of Mental Health Operations

Administered by Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System I01

Research Interests

implementation research; suicide prevention

Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile. Federal awards with verified records are shown above.

Veteran Engagement Implementation Strategies to Prevent Rural Veteran Suicide VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Other
In vivo, noninvasive, ultrasensitive photoacoustic detection of early breast cancer metastasis in bone US Department of the Army Principal Investigator
Military Suicide Research Consortium Dissemination and Implementation Core - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation - Continuation US Department of the Army via University of Washington Principal Investigator
Jumpstarting Culturally-informed Advance Care Planning Conversations with AIAN People in Primary Care (JUMP) NIH/Nat. Inst. of Nursing Research via Southcentral Foundation Principal Investigator
Randomized Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Campaign for Service Members Transitioning to Civilian Life VA (QUERI) Partnered Evaluation Initiative Co-Investigator
Impact of Intensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy Training on Therapist Behavior NIH Principal Investigator
Evaluating Rural Community Pharmacists’ Perceptions of Integrating Mental Health Services to Reach Underserved Populations UAMS TRI Health Challenges of Rural and Underrepresented Populations Pilot Program Principal Investigator
Adapting Caring Contacts to Counteract Adverse Effects of Social Distancing Among High-Risk Veterans During the COVID-19 Pandemic VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Co-Investigator