By Institute for Public Health • August 12, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager, Institute for Public Health The Next Era of Public Health Equity-informed approaches to innovative technologies& workforce development Monday, October 215:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Clark-Fox Forum | Hillman HallWashU Danforth Campus Tuesday, October 228:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) WashU […]
By Deb Parker July 17, 2024 The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the crucial role of public health, while simultaneously exposing deep political divides and systemic flaws. Confidence in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plummeted by about 20 points per a State Policy Network opinion poll, showing how quickly public trust can be lost and how hard […]
By Guest Author • March 27, 2024 Written by April Houston, MSW, MPH, knowledge translation & communications director, HLB-SIMPLe Research Alliance, Division of Infectious Diseases, WashU School of Medicine Scientists from Washington University have uncovered new insights into how HIV weakens the immune system of those it infects. Their findings were published in a recent edition of the journal Cell. CD4 T […]
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • February 6, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow and Ashley Sturm, Center for Dissemination and Implementation The Center for Dissemination and Implementation invites those who have a new interest in or who are entrenched in implementation science to visit the monthly WUNDIR Café. WUNDIR stands for Washington University Network of Dissemination and Implementation […]
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • January 3, 2024 Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager at the Institute for Public Health Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) science takes what we know and seeks to improve how evidence-based public health solutions are adopted, implemented, and maintained in the real world. As public health is a key focus of WashU’s […]
Join the 30+ WashU researchers attending the 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Arlington, VA. This gathering will concentrate on advancing methodologies while also focusing on areas to grow into.
The CDTR’s 2023 funding cycle offers two levels of awards for its 2023 Pilot and Feasibility Program. Letters of intent are due November 1.
Institute for Public Health leaders are pleased to announce that Brown School Associate Professor, Byron J. Powell, PhD, has been named co-director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation alongside Director, Elvin Geng, MD. Powell also will continue to lead the center’s Implementation Methods & Metascience Initiative.
Meet Asst. Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at WashU’s School of Medicine, Lindsey Filiatreau, PhD, MPH. She’s in the center collaborator dissemination & implementation SPOTLIGHT!
Read more about the collaborative symposium on Antimicrobial Stewardship’s role in health care and infectious disease prevention. It was recently hosted by the Center for D&I at the Institute for Public Health and WashU’s Division of Infectious Diseases.
A new study by researchers at WashU’s Prevention Research Center and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors surveyed public health departments in the U.S. to understand current health equity-related work practices and identify ways to bolster equity-focused work in chronic disease prevention and control efforts.
This summer, researchers from across the U.S. gathered in St. Louis for the second Institute for Implementation Science Scholars (IS-2) in-person Institute. The Institute, which is a core component of the IS-2 mentored training program, was held in St. Louis at Washington University’s Bauer Hall (learn more about the first Institute here). In total, over 50 IS-2 Scholars, […]
Get ready for the 2023 D&I Proposal Development Bootcamp. Submit your proposal by Sept. 13th!
Brown School Research Assistant Professor, Virginia McKay, PhD, is leading a five-year $3.5 million project to test whether an effort to improve cancer treatment for children in Latin America is sustainable over the long term. Read about her work and funding award.
Learn more about the D&I Introductory Workshop at WashU!
The 4th annual Systems Science for Social Impact (SSSI) Summer Training Institute will be held at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, from July 31 – August 4, 2023. This 5-day Institute offers a hands-on intro to systems science methods. Applications are open.
Open to early career researchers (PhDs/MDs and equivalent) at post-doctoral or junior faculty level, the HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Health Implementation Research Institute is a training program is accepting applications for its third cohort through April 3 at 5pm CST.
Scholars from across the US gathered at the Brown School and on Zoom in November to participate in the first in-person training by the Institute for Implementation Science Scholars, IS-2 for short.
Two WashU centers, community health workers and partner community organizations are rallying together to provide Covid-19 vaccines to area communities.
The recent D&I rural health symposium helped build collaborations among rural health care providers and implementation scientists.