The list highlights the top 2% of scientists whose research has made a significant impact on their fields and influenced research trends worldwide.
Brown School Among Top 2% Most Cited:
Ross Brownson, Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor; Leopoldo J. Cabassa, professor; Byron J. Powell, associate professor; Enola Proctor, research professor
Category: Featured Research
Center director helps publish new journal supplement on HIV research advancements (Links to an external site)
The latest supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society, released earlier this month, and co-edited by director of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation, Elvin Geng, MD focuses on the latest advancements and research in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
“D&I Day” offers insights, reflections and forward momentum in implementation science
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • February 7, 2024 Written by Vianca Cuevas-Soulette, manager, Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control and Anne Trolard, staff scientist, Center for Dissemination and Implementation More than 70 students, staff and faculty from across WashU’s implementation science community recently convened for the university’s annual “D&I Day”, held at Delmar Divine. The goal of […]
Dissemination and Implementation Science flourishes at WashU centers, institutes and initiatives
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 […]
Brown School Faculty published in Implementation Science (Links to an external site)
Assistant professor Rebecca Lengnick-Hall was published in a leading implementation science journal for collaborative research that describes eight characteristics of high-quality, multilevel implementation research. Make sure to check out the supplemental files where you’ll find tools to make things concrete .
Four faculty promoted to tenure track (Links to an external site)
By tinuola.adebukola • October 19, 2023
More work is needed to improve equity focus in public health departments (Links to an external site)
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.
McKay receives NIH support to test cancer treatment tool for children (Links to an external site)
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.
D&I Spotlight: Postdoc leverages passion for racial equity & justice to “Make the science care” (Links to an external site)
Cory Bradley, PhD, MSW, MPH wraps up his final year as a postdoc. Read about how he uses implementation science as tool for “justice making.”
Student collaborator works to support refugee mental health in Uganda (Links to an external site)
Learn about D&I collaborator, Flora Cohen, and her work in Uganda.
Study considers social determinants of health (Links to an external site)
Patients with social needs experienced a higher number of hospitalizations, obesity, prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes, finds a new study from Maura Kepper at the Brown School on the social determinants of health.
Student Spotlight: Callie Walsh-Bailey, MPH, doctoral candidate (Links to an external site)
Meet Callie Walsh-Bailey, MPH, doctoral student and emerging bright star on the implementation science scene.
2022 Dissemination & Implementation Proposal Development Bootcamp challenges and entertains participants (Links to an external site)
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation hosted its annual bootcamp, where 28 expert consultants and 24 investigator teams gathered for a full day of unique consultations.
HIGH IRI Institute nurtures global leadership in Implementation Science (Links to an external site)
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health recently convened more than 30 HIGH-IRI fellows and more than a dozen faculty from the U.S., Africa, Asia and South America for an annual three-day training event.
IPH Faculty Scholar uses center funding & IDDI engagement to advance research (Links to an external site)
Assistant Professor, Philip Marotta‘s research has benefitted from grant funding and other resources from the Center for Dissemination & Implementation, and its initiative, IDDI (Infectious Disease – Dissemination and Implementation Science Initiative). In its second year, IDDI cultivates implementation science research in infectious disease to improve evidence-based prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in St. Louis and beyond.
Network Analysis Useful in Real-World Applications for Practitioners, Study Finds (Links to an external site)
A network survey among agencies that address cancer risk in rural Missouri and Illinois, conducted by the Brown School and School of Medicine’s Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control, was found to be useful in helping those practitioners identify gaps, plan for how to establish future relationships and strengthen collaboration.
IPH Faculty Scholar helps boost program for women living with HIV (Links to an external site)
Institute for Public Health Faculty Scholar Ginger McKay and colleague, Kneeshee Parkinson, are working together to bring an international program for women living with HIV to St. Louis.
New study by doctoral student provides overview of frameworks and models to reduce ineffective healthcare services and public health programs (Links to an external site)
De-implementation is a process studied in a broad array of disciplines, yet implementation science has thus far been limited in the integration of learnings from other fields. A study led by Callie Walsh-Bailey that was published in Implementation Science offers an overview of frameworks and models that implementation researchers and practitioners can use to inform their […]
Infectious disease D&I initiative launches (Links to an external site)
A collaborative group from Washington University have launched the Infectious Disease Dissemination and Implementation Science (IDDI) Initiative. Led by Virginia McKay, research assistant professor at the Brown School, the initiative is designed to cultivate local and applied research related to the uptake and implementation of evidence-based innovations, practices, procedures or policies that reduce the spread […]
Commentary in Science suggests “three steps to a better pandemic response” (Links to an external site)
An editorial commentary, co-authored by Drs. Enola Proctor and Elvin Geng, was recently published in the journal Science; it makes recommendations about how adding a “new lane” of implementation science can improve the way we manage crisis’ like COVID-19 moving forward.