The Department of Medicine's Ideas on Tap Research Mixer spearheaded by the Scholarly Activities Council returned in person on June 2, 2022. CDIS Researchers Julie Bobitt, PhD and Kate Merrill, PhD presented their work in rapid fire presentations along with other researchers from the Department of Medicine. Dr. Bobitt presented on her work on Medical [...]
Ashley Kendall, PhD and the Project AIM team won an award for the Best Poster in Implementation Science at the 2022 Midwest Clinical and Translational Research Meeting in Chicago, for the poster "Applying the EPIS Framework to Adapt and Implement a Meditation App to Reduce Risk Behaviors with Justice-Involved Youth on Probation."
Implementation strategies for widespread scaling of evidence-based programs into an integrated healthcare system Thursday, April 21, 2022 1:00pm-2:30pm via Zoom Register in advance: https://go.uic.edu/CDIS_Colloquium_Apr22 Jaime M. Hughes, PhD, MPH, MSW Assistant Professor Department of Implementation Science Section on Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine A behavioral scientist turned implementation scientist, Dr. Hughes [...]
The goal of the CDIS Summer Internship Program is to introduce or strengthen research skills, professional development skills, and knowledge of implementation science of undergraduates or those who have recently graduated. Interns support the efforts of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) to advance the field of dissemination and implementation science in the [...]
Julie Bobitt, PhD, guest edited a special issue of Public Policy & Aging Report, "Implementation Science: A Critical Tool for Research Utilization and Policy Evaluation." Published in February 2022, articles in this special issue in which the articles discuss how implementation science can and has informed the implementation of aging-related evidence-based practices (EBPs) in a variety [...]
Sharmilee Nyenhuis, MD Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago conducted an online survey of 501 adults with asthma to better understand the extent of, and the problems related to, mask use in the era of COVID-19. Even though study participants almost uniformly adhered to mask wearing in public, 84% experienced discomfort, and [...]
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) is offering a course on Dissemination and Implementation Science (IPHS 494) this spring 2022 on Thursdays at 1:00 pm - 4:20 pm online via synchronous instruction. The course combines on-line and in-person lectures and group activities and will address theories and frameworks, research methods, and innovative designs, [...]
Kate Merrill, PhD, received a K99/R00 award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. The study will address health disparities among Latina adolescents in partnership with community-based organizations in Chicago. Dr. Merrill and her team will adapt an evidence-based sexual and reproductive health intervention for Latina adolescents and their mothers/female caregivers and conduct a [...]
Geri Donenberg, PhD, Brenikki Floyd, PhD, and Nyssa Snow-Hill, PhD, with colleagues from Influents Innovations, Inc., David Smith, PhD, and Ed Feil, PhD, received funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to complete the technology-based training tool for juvenile justice staff to deliver PHAT (Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Teens) Life. The study seeks to increase uptake, dissemination, and [...]
How to Do Equitable Implementation Research? Thoughts of a Learner Thursday, September 9th, 2021 1:30PM – 3:00PM via Zoom Register in advance: https://go.uic.edu/CDIS_Colloquium_Sept9 Ana Baumann, PhD Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine Ana Baumann's research agenda focuses on identifying strategies to facilitate the implementation and dissemination of [...]
