Amie Alley Pollack is an EDC Research Scientist and evaluator with expertise in behavioral health, primary care transformation, implementation research, and mixed-methods evaluation. She designs and leads evaluations that help health systems, communities, funders, and policymakers use evidence to strengthen services and improve outcomes.

Amie contributes to evaluation and learning focused on suicide prevention, behavioral health systems change, and community-based prevention for Safeguard Veterans and the Zero Suicide Institute at EDC. Her work includes developing evaluation frameworks, logic models, qualitative and quantitative methods, and practical tools that translate findings into action.

Before joining EDC, Amie was the Director of Research for Harvard Medical School’s Center for Primary Care. As the co-principal investigator on the Investing in Primary Care and Technology-Enabled Education for Community Health projects, she led mixed-methods research on primary care investment, behavioral health integration, and rural health system strengthening.

Previously, as a Senior Research Associate at Vanderbilt University, Amie led National Institutes of Health-supported research, evaluation, training, and technical assistance projects in Vietnam and Cambodia focused on mental health systems, psychosocial support, and evidence-based care in low- and middle-income settings. Her research in Vietnam was initially supported through a Fogarty Global Health Postdoctoral Scientist Fellowship.

Amie has co-authored peer-reviewed articles and applied reports on behavioral health integration, primary care transformation, trauma, child and adolescent mental health, and global mental health systems strengthening. She holds a PhD in Clinical Developmental Psychology from Bryn Mawr College.