By Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging • April 2, 2024 Nancy Morrow-Howell, the Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy at the Brown School and co-director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging is the lead author of the study, “Age as a Factor in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education.” The study shows that […]
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WashU researchers’ discovery opens new doors to HIV treatment
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 […]
Missouri Medicaid enrollment down 158,000 since unwinding began
By Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research • March 21, 2024 Almost 36,000 applications remain pending, for an average for 57 days Written Timothy McBride, co-director of the Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research March 2024 (updates based on February 2024 data). As the process of unwinding continues, total enrollment in Missouri’s Medicaid […]
Center collaborator: “Connections ensure trust and sustainability”
By Institute for Public Health • If you hear a presentation by Professor of Medicine, Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD, from the Division of Infectious Disease at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, you immediately sense that she is passionate, well spoken, driven and committed to work that drives impact. Since joining the Department of Medicine in September […]
Center offers casual monthly collaboration for anyone interested in implementation science
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 […]
Physicians/Public Health Faculty Scholars publish review on current state of HIV
By Center for Dissemination & Implementation • December 7, 2023 In an article published in The Lancet on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, researchers Aaloke Mody, MD and Elvin Geng, MD, WashU physicians in infectious disease, provide insights into the evolving landscape of the global HIV response, offering updates on the current state of HIV epidemiology, treatment, and […]
Upcoming annual conference to focus on challenges and opportunities for implementation science (Links to an external site)
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.
Four faculty promoted to tenure track (Links to an external site)
By tinuola.adebukola • October 19, 2023
The Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CDTR) solicits applications (Links to an external site)
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.
Center collaborator uses implementation science to advance mental health treatment for HIV patients in South Africa (Links to an external site)
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!
Symposium helps advance antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention & implementation science (Links to an external site)
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.
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.
Request for Submissions! 2023 Dissemination and Implementation Proposal Development Bootcamp (Links to an external site)
Get ready for the 2023 D&I Proposal Development Bootcamp. Submit your proposal by Sept. 13th!
Center for Dissemination & Implementation awards seed funding to enhance opportunities in D&I Science (Links to an external site)
Four research projects have received pilot funding from the Center for Dissemination & Implementation.
Call for papers: Implementation science in epidemiology (Links to an external site)
This special issue solicits articles that use epidemiological methods to understand issues in the field of implementation science related to measurement, mechanisms and novel methods to measure impacts on population health. Guest editors: Elvin Geng and Byron Powell from WashU, and Gila Neta from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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.”
Dissemination and Implementation workshop: Dip your toe in, or take a deep dive! (Links to an external site)
Learn more about the D&I Introductory Workshop at WashU!
Center offers new funding mechanism for WashU D&I investigators (Links to an external site)
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation is offering a new funding mechanism for post-docs and faculty investigators. Read more!
Applications are open for the 4th annual SSSI Summer Training Institute (Links to an external site)
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.