- DrPH, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- MHSA, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- MBA, Organizational Behavior and Computer Information Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, Smith College, , Northampton, MA
Department of Medicine
Division of Public Health
Northeast Rural Health Research Center
UVM Cancer Center
Areas of expertise
health services research, implementation science, team science, quality improvement, patient-centered research, practice facilitation, patient and stakeholder partnering in research.
BIO
Constance van Eeghen is Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont and a Practice-Based Researcher certified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Centers of Excellence. As a mixed methods, implementation scientist, her research, teaching and service work focuses on health services and stakeholder engagement in research, quality improvement, and organizational change in health care. She received her MBA (Information Systems and Organizational Behavior) and MHSA (Health Services Administration) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and her DrPH at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Health Policy and Leadership). Dr. van Eeghen has a 25-year history in helping front-line health care providers and staff redesign processes. She has educated health care professionals in quality improvement, strategic planning, and the use of the Toyota Production System concepts and methods known as “Lean.” She facilitates health care teams in structured improvement processes and has authored three “Implementation Toolkits” that redesign primary care processes to improve patient outcomes: behavioral health integration, opioid prescription management, and hypertension. She is a published author in the transformation of primary care practices integrating behavioral health and in evaluation of health care education programs on interprofessional, team-based care related to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and from private funders.
She is a Senior Advisor and Visiting Professor at Dartmouth COOP and Adjoint Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado.
Courses
- Quality in Health Care Department of Medicine
- Resident Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum
- From Cell to Society
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 1984 Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
- 1999 President’s Award, Copley Hospital
- 2008-2012 Faculty Scholar in Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Vermont College of Medicine
- 2011-2014 Jeffords Fellowship, James M. Jeffords Center for Policy Research, University of Vermont
- 2016-Current Member of the Larner College of Medicine Teaching Academy
- 2018 & 2019 Nominated for the Department of Medicine Quality Scholarship Award in the Larner College of Medicine; one of five nominees
- 2020 Department of Medicine Quality Scholarship Award
- 2021 Engagement Award Digest, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. “Spotlight on 2023 2016 article “Integrating behavioral health in primary care using lean workflow analysis: a case study,” J Am Board Fam Med. 2016;29(3):385-93. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.03.150186. PMID: 27170796 selected by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for their systematic review on “Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: A Hybrid Review”
- 2023 draft report. 2023 2023 article “A Cluster Randomized Trial of Primary Care Practice Redesign to Integrate Behavioral Health for Those Who Need It Most: Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions” selected by Annals of Family Medicine for discussion in follow-up issues https://www.annfammed.org/content/21/6/483
- 2024 Nominated for the Larner College of Medicine Excellence in Research Award; one of two nominees 2025
- 2025 Outstanding Poster Award by vote of peers for “Perspectives on Needs for Developing Climate-Informed Primary Care in Northern New England” at North American Primary Care Research Group PBRN Annual Meeting, Reston, VA
- 2026 Two prior grant applications: “Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care” and “Analysis of Potential Approaches to Population-Based Hospital Budgeting in Vermont” were selected by the LCOM Office of Research and Engagement as successful, competitive applications to be included in the LCOM Grants Library to assist postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty in gaining insight into grant writing strategies.
Bio
Constance van Eeghen is Associate Professor in the Division of Public Health, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont and a Practice-Based Researcher certified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Centers of Excellence. As a mixed methods, implementation scientist, her research, teaching and service work focuses on health services and stakeholder engagement in research, quality improvement, and organizational change in health care. She received her MBA (Information Systems and Organizational Behavior) and MHSA (Health Services Administration) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and her DrPH at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Health Policy and Leadership). Dr. van Eeghen has a 25-year history in helping front-line health care providers and staff redesign processes. She has educated health care professionals in quality improvement, strategic planning, and the use of the Toyota Production System concepts and methods known as “Lean.” She facilitates health care teams in structured improvement processes and has authored three “Implementation Toolkits” that redesign primary care processes to improve patient outcomes: behavioral health integration, opioid prescription management, and hypertension. She is a published author in the transformation of primary care practices integrating behavioral health and in evaluation of health care education programs on interprofessional, team-based care related to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Institute of Mental Health, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and from private funders.
She is a Senior Advisor and Visiting Professor at Dartmouth COOP and Adjoint Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado.
Courses
- Quality in Health Care Department of Medicine
- Resident Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum
- From Cell to Society
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 1984 Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
- 1999 President’s Award, Copley Hospital
- 2008-2012 Faculty Scholar in Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Vermont College of Medicine
- 2011-2014 Jeffords Fellowship, James M. Jeffords Center for Policy Research, University of Vermont
- 2016-Current Member of the Larner College of Medicine Teaching Academy
- 2018 & 2019 Nominated for the Department of Medicine Quality Scholarship Award in the Larner College of Medicine; one of five nominees
- 2020 Department of Medicine Quality Scholarship Award
- 2021 Engagement Award Digest, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. “Spotlight on 2023 2016 article “Integrating behavioral health in primary care using lean workflow analysis: a case study,” J Am Board Fam Med. 2016;29(3):385-93. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.03.150186. PMID: 27170796 selected by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for their systematic review on “Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: A Hybrid Review”
- 2023 draft report. 2023 2023 article “A Cluster Randomized Trial of Primary Care Practice Redesign to Integrate Behavioral Health for Those Who Need It Most: Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions” selected by Annals of Family Medicine for discussion in follow-up issues https://www.annfammed.org/content/21/6/483
- 2024 Nominated for the Larner College of Medicine Excellence in Research Award; one of two nominees 2025
- 2025 Outstanding Poster Award by vote of peers for “Perspectives on Needs for Developing Climate-Informed Primary Care in Northern New England” at North American Primary Care Research Group PBRN Annual Meeting, Reston, VA
- 2026 Two prior grant applications: “Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care” and “Analysis of Potential Approaches to Population-Based Hospital Budgeting in Vermont” were selected by the LCOM Office of Research and Engagement as successful, competitive applications to be included in the LCOM Grants Library to assist postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty in gaining insight into grant writing strategies.
Select Publications
- van Eeghen, C., Soucie, J., Clifton, J., Hitt, J., Mollis, B., Rose, G., Scholle, S., Stephens, K., Zhou, X., Baldwin, L.M. Implementation Outcomes from a Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Strategy to Improve Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care Services. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 1361 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11801-7. PMID: 39511571.
- Stephens, K. A., van Eeghen, C., Zheng, Z., Anastas, T., Ma, K. P. K., Prado, M. G., Clifton, J., Rose, G., Mullin, D., Chan, K. C. G., & Kessler, R. Associations of intervention stage completion on practice level of integrated behavioral health and behavioral health outcomes in an integrated behavioral health and primary care randomized pragmatic intervention trial. Annals of Family Medicine, 23 (1) (2025). PMID: 39870540.
- van Eeghen C, O’Rourke Lavoie J, Kelley KS, Brown G, Canin B, Hitt J, Paron K, Robinson T, Schweitzer H and Van Serke H (2025) Community case study of patient and clinician early engagement in research on multiple chronic conditions using an implementation guide. Front. Med. 12:1642655. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1642655. PMCID: PMC12549578 PMID: 41140661.
- van Eeghen, C., Burke, M., Daudier, Z., Kennedy, A.G., Korsen, N., Littenberg, B., Mulligan, M., Pomeroy, D., Raymond, J., Stabler, M.E, MacLean, C.D. A Panel Management Approach Using Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data for Primary Care Patients with Chronic Pain Treated with Opioids: A Feasibility Study. BMC Prim Care. 2025 Nov 18;26(1):371. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-03070-y. PMID: 41254524. PMCID: PMC12625535.
- Rose, G.L., Shepard, M., Devine, D., Gallese, C., van Eeghen, C. Clinical screening and peer interventions to prevent substance use in at-risk adolescents: A longitudinal single-arm trial protocol. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2026. 51: p. 101647 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2026.101647