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 prevention.
Category: Research
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)
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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.
How Health Departments Can Offer More Programs That Work (Links to an external site)
As public health departments across the U.S. face increased scrutiny, the Brown School’s Prevention Research Center has partnered with the Brookings Institution in a groundbreaking investigation to identify ways to improve decision making and more effectively use health department resources.
Institute contributes to study identifying 8 novel competencies for implementation science (Links to an external site)
A new article, published in Implementation Science Research and Practice, highlights recommendations to sustain current Implementation Science (IS) capacity building programs (ISCBPs) and includes novel and emerging IS competencies for the field.
Call for D&I Pilot and Small Grant Applications! (Links to an external site)
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation’s seed funding programs are designed to support a broad range of dissemination and implementation studies, and aim to support the development of projects to the point at which they are ready to compete for external funding.
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.