Aims
- Produce research and scholarship that advances methods and meta-science in implementation research.
- Build capacity for local and international investigators to a) conduct methods and meta-science research in implementation research, and b) infuse rigorous and relevant methods into applied implementation research and practice efforts.
- Disseminate the products of research, scholarship, and capacity building efforts internationally to improve the rigor, relevance, and public health impact of implementation research and practice.
Meetings
Meetings are typically held every other Tuesday from 8:30-10:00 a.m. CST (in person and via Zoom) throughout the academic year.
Faculty Lead:
Interested in joining?
Email Byron (bjpowell@wustl.edu) with a quick note describing your interests.
- Assessing and prioritizing implementation determinants
- Identifying, developing, refining, and testing methods for designing tailored and adaptive approaches to implementation
- Building tools for assessing theoretical coherence of implementation strategies
- Applying rigorous mixed methods for identifying and assessing mechanisms of implementation strategies and interventions
- Parsing the independent and combined effects of complex, multilevel interventions and implementation strategies
- Developing and applying pragmatic and psychometrically strong measures
- Conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses to promote evidence synthesis in implementation science and advance associated methods (e.g., rapid evidence reviews, mechanism reviews, living meta-analyses)
- Generating best practices for organizational- and systems-focused implementation research
- Developing and refining reporting guidelines in implementation research and practice
Conceptual and Methodological (CAM) Review Grants awards funding to encourage WashU investigators to enhance conceptual and methodological understanding through the conduct of scoping, systematic or other review methods.
CAM grants can fund up to $20,000 for a 12-month award.
Funding can support investigator time, research assistants, conference expenses, or other costs of reviews that lead to an original perspective or insight for implementation science. A cost is adequately documented if it is supported by accounting records and source documentation, such as purchase orders, vouchers, invoices, payroll allocation reports, payroll summaries, timesheets, etc.
This opportunity is open to WashU researchers at the post-doctorate or faculty level. We welcome teams or individual investigators.
The Implementation Methods and Metascience Initiative is sponsored by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at Washington University’s Institute for Public Health.