Amanda Bettencourt is an Assistant Professor and vice chair in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She is the Director of Acute Care Implementation Research, the co-director of the Penn Implementation Science Institute, and a Senior Fellow at the Penn Implementation Science Center (PISCE@LDI), and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute. Dr. Bettencourt works at the intersection of implementation science and health services research, bringing a wealth of practical experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist that informs her research agenda in closing the evidence-to-practice gap with implementation research methods. Her research involves testing strategies that support evidence-based practice changes. Her research informs national and international clinical care for burn patients and policies related to the organization of nursing care. She is a recent Past President of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), and a nationally recognized advocate for healthy work environments and appropriate staffing. Dr. Bettencourt received her BSN from UNC Chapel hill, a master’s in nursing from Johns Hopkins University, a Masters in Health Care Research from the University of Michigan, and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.