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When to Start Caring About Implementability? Pretty Much Now Thursday, October 19, 2023 11:00am-12:30pm 909 S. Wolcott Ave, COMRB Room 2175, If you cannot attend in person, a zoom link is available. Register in advance: [...]

Bridging the Gap: Communicating Research to Accelerate Policy Impact Wednesday, April 5, 2023 11:00am-12:30pm 909 S Wolcott Ave, COMRB Room 2175, Zoom Link Available Register in advance:https://go.uic.edu/CDIS_Colloquium_April2023 Carolyn Kiman, MSPH Senior Strategic Communications Advisor United [...]

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 [...]

Alyssa Debra, UIC MD/PhD student, presented at the Xavier University of Louisiana's 16th Health Disparities Conference in February, 2023. She presented on her work on a diversity supplement to the IMARA South Africa project. Her [...]

The Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) is offering a course on Dissemination and Implementation Science (IPHS 440) this spring on Thursdays at 1:00pm – 4:30pm online via synchronous instruction. To register, use CRN 46572. [...]

Dear Colleagues, Please join us to discuss the formal establishment of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science in Health Disparities in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago. CDIS was established [...]

This month, the IMPAACT Social Behavioral Scientific Core SpotLight Series will feature a moderated panel discussing mental health and trauma in research and the populations we serve. Panelists include Mary Fabri, PsyD; Geri Donenberg, PhD; [...]

Use of the Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) for Trials Utilizing Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Approaches Thursday, September 15, 2022 11:00am-12:30pm 909 S Wolcott Ave, COMRB Room 2175, Zoom Link Available Register in advance: https://go.uic.edu/CDIS_Colloquium_Sept2022 J.D. Smith, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

CDIS Researchers presented their work at the 13th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics 2021, which showcased the latest developments in pediatric and maternal HIV research in an interactive, virtual global platform. In a “poster walk” session highlighting the [...]

Brianna Griggs, MPH, Kate Merrill, PhD, and Nyssa Snow-Hill, PhD presented a symposium at the 18th Biennial Conference for the Society for Community Research and Action – “Using Innovative Health Promotion Programs and Implementation Strategies to [...]

Molly Martin, MD, MAPP CDIS Associate Director for Community Engagement The University of Illinois Chicago has been selected by the National Institutes of Health as the principal site of a multi-center collaborative in [...]

Julie Bobitt, PhD, has received funding from the Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation to conduct a mixed-method evaluation of Wits Wellness, a holistic, multi-modal workshop series for adults ages 50 and over. Using a [...]

Friday, April 16th, 2021 12:00pm-2:30pm via Zoom Register in Advance: https://go.uic.edu/CDIS-DI-Workshop This virtual workshop will: Provide the foundation to understand dissemination and implementation science Review terminology, theory and methods Discuss key concepts, frameworks, and innovative [...]

This year's Summer Institute on Innovative Methods, "Building effective just-in-time adaptive interventions using micro-randomized trial designs," will be offered on October 25-26th. Susan Murphy, professor of statistics and computer science and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor [...]