Annual D&I Proposal Development Bootcamp

October 30, 2024
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Washington University in St. Louis, exact location TBD

Note: While applications are no longer being accepted for this year’s Bootcamp, the Enola Proctor Lecture is open to the public. More info below.

Event overview

Bootcamp is an intensive day of tailored consultations aimed at advancing your dissemination & implementation grant proposal from idea to draft. Grantee teams will have the opportunity to network over lunch, consult with D&I experts, and attend our Enola Proctor Lecture with Rinad S. Beidas, PhD of Northwestern University.

Email dandi@wustl.edu if you have any questions or concerns.

The Enola Proctor Lecture

October 30, 9am CST

Join us for the third annual Enola Proctor Lecture! Rinad S. Beidas, PhD, of Northwestern University will discuss Harnessing implementation science methods to realize the promise of scientific discovery for all.

This lecture is free and open to the public. It will take place in person in the Moore Auditorium on the WashU Medical Campus and virtually via Zoom webinar. Please register to receive details on attending.

Location

This event will take place in person on Washington University’s Medical Campus.

9:00 am Enola Proctor Lecture: Moore Auditorium (1st floor of the North Building), 4580 Scott Ave, St. Louis, MO

11am Consults start

Read more about parking and directions here.

The Enola Proctor Lecturer

Rinad Beidas, PhD
Chair and Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science) at Northwestern University

Dr. Beidas’s research leverages insights from implementation science and behavioral economics to make it easier for clinicians, leaders, and organizations to use best practices to improve the quality and equity of care and enhance health outcomes. She works across areas including mental health, firearm safety promotion, cancer, HIV, and cardiovascular disease and collaborates closely with key stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, health system leaders, payers, and policymakers. As an international leader in implementation science, Rinad has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications in journals such as JAMA, NEJM Catalyst, and Implementation Science. She has led two NIH centers on behavioral economics and implementation science (P50 MH 113840, P50 CA 244690) and has a strong record of NIH-funded implementation research serving as MPI or PI of 11 NIH grants totaling approximately 31 million dollars. She is an associate editor for Implementation Science, the flagship journal for the field. Dr. Beidas holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from Colgate University and a doctorate of philosophy in psychology from Temple University. She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies President’s New Researcher Award; the American Psychological Foundation Diane J. Willis Early Career Award; the Perelman School of Medicine Marjorie Bowman New Investigator Research Award; and the Acenda Institute Research Pioneer Award.

Previously, Dr. Beidas served as founding Director of the University of Pennsylvania Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute (PISCE@LDI) from 2017-2022.

Read more about the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern.

This event is sponsored by the Institute for Public Health’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation at Washington University.