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Center for Dissemination & Implementation News
SPOTLIGHT: Faculty Scholar works domestically and globally toward a cure for HIV
Learn more about the important work this infectious disease expert is doing both here and in Africa to eradicate HIV.
D&I SPOTLIGHT: Student collaborator works to support refugee mental health in Uganda
Learn more about our Center for Dissemination & Implementation student collaborator, Flora Cohen and her work in Uganda.
Call for Pilot and Small Grant Applications!
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health calls for grant applications for 2023 Pilot Projects Program and Small Grants Program. Our center’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 […]
As variant cases continue, the Institute collaborates with community & university partners to provide 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines
Two centers, community health workers and partner community organizations are rallying together to provide Covid-19 vaccines to area communities.
Student Spotlight: Callie Walsh-Bailey, MPH, doctoral candidate
Meet Callie Walsh-Bailey, MPH, doctoral student and emerging bright star on the implementation science scene.
Center funding extends research projects beyond initial strategies
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation has awarded researchers with RAD and MMAD funding. Find out what this funding is and how it can impact key projects.
COVID-19 widened health disparities in employment, food (Links to an external site)
This School of Medicine story highlights several studies, including one by the Institute for Public Health in conjunction with the St. Louis County Health Department, that reveal gaping disparities in the U.S. that are negatively affecting non-white women.
D&I Rural Health Symposium helps build “stronger collaborations in broader communities”
The recent D&I Rural Health Symposium helped build collaborations among rural health care providers and implementation scientists.
2022 Dissemination & Implementation Proposal Development Bootcamp challenges and entertains participants
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation hosted its annual proposal development bootcamp. Read more about who attended and what they learned.
HIGH IRI Institute nurtures global leadership in Implementation Science
HIGH IRI first and second cohorts of fellows and faculty convene in person for the first time at a three-day training at WashU.
Faculty Scholar uses center funding & IDDI engagement to advance research
Learn about how one researcher has used his engagement with our center and its programs to expand funding and amplify his work.
Request for Submissions! 2022 Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Proposal Development Bootcamp
Submit your request to participate in the eighth annual D&I Proposal Development Bootcamp!
Can digital health tools help lower cancer risk in rural communities?
Faculty Scholar & primary investigator, Maura Kemper and team are looking at digital tools as a means to prevent cancer in rural Missouri. The study was funded in part, by a pilot grant from the institute’s Center for Dissemination & Implementation.
Faculty Scholar helps boost program for women living with HIV
Institute Faculty Scholar, Ginger McKay and colleague, Kneeshe Parkinson, are working to bring an international program for women living with HIV to St. Louis.
HIGH-IRI marks a successful first year of training and collaboration
HIGH-IRI has completed its first year of training to great success. See what a few of its participants are saying about their training.
Center’s “RAD” funding boosts research projects in multiple ways
RAD funding from the Center for Dissemination & Implementation can boost your research projects’ established intervention or extend the spectrum of the work.
Center director featured on WashU podcast: Easing the fear of vaccines (Links to an external site)
Elvin Geng, MD, director of the Center for Dissemination & Implementation speaks on the podcast, “Show Me the Science” about establishing more effective communications to quell public fear of vaccines.
New center associate director will also head new Methods and Metascience Initiative
Byron Powell is the new associate director of the Center for D&I. He has big plans working alongside Director, Elvin Geng.
Institute adds new staff
The Institute for Public Health continues its mission as a connector, convener and catalyst for public health solutions by adding new staff.
Center director pens NEJM-published article on achieving “chain of trust” between doctor and patient
Center for Dissemination and Implementation Director, Elvin Geng, MD, has written an article, recently published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine about the idea that a relationship – the kind that can emerge between a doctor and a patient — however attenuated, is one way to add to the “chain of trust”. Read, […]
Call for grant applications!
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health calls for grant applications for its 2022 Pilot Projects Program and Small Grants Program. Our center’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 […]
Center assists in forming new initiative focused on infectious diseases
The Institute for Public Health’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation, the Brown School and the School of Medicine’s Infectious Disease Division at Washington University in St. Louis have collaborated to launch the Infectious Disease Dissemination and Implementation Science (IDDI) Initiative. “The time is right for a collaborative effort in implementation science and a broad swath of […]
Two studies receive “RAD” funding
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation at the Institute for Public Health has awarded Rapid Cycle D&I Add-on (RAD) awards to two research studies in order to rapidly respond to untapped opportunities in D&I. Our center’s Rapid Cycle D&I Add-on (RAD) grants fund up to $20,000 in direct costs and enable researchers doing clinical or effectiveness research […]
Study assesses the impact of policy changes on HIV treatment for all
Prior to recent shifts in global policy, in Zambia and many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, people living with HIV were only treated once their disease had progressed to a point where it caused some degree of immunosuppression or they had complications of HIV like tuberculosis. In the past five to seven years, policies to […]
Commentary in Science suggests “three steps to a better pandemic response” (Links to an external site)
How can we help the public understand and more positively react to social media messages and medical experts about national crises’ such as COVID-19? An editorial commentary recently published in the journal Science makes recommendations about how adding a “new lane” of implementation science can improve the way we manage crisis’ like COVID-19 moving forward. […]
New HIGH IRI training program focuses on intersection between D&I Science and Infectious Diseases
Researchers at the post-doctoral or junior faculty level who are interested in Infectious Disease, HIV and Global Health now have a new, world-class training and mentorship opportunity. Hosted by the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis, the HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Health Implementation […]
Study on vaccine preferences shows breaking down population by preference is important to meeting needs of the unvaccinated public
We know that the U.S. has been successful in vaccinating those who want the shot however, as we continue to hear about vaccine hesitancy or outright opposition, WashU dissemination and implementation researchers have conducted a study to get to the root of public preference. The study, entitled, “Preferences for COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategies in the […]
Center helps launch new university-wide D&I website
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation at the Institute for Public Health has helped launch a new website for the Washington University D&I community. The brand new, Dissemination and Implementation Research website features news and information about D&I-related faculty profiles, projects, and events; implementation research across WashU; video interviews with nationwide and local D&I experts […]
Early COVID-19 shutdowns helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths (Links to an external site)
Written by Julia Evangelou Strait A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis estimates the number of deaths that could have occurred had public health orders been delayed for one week, two weeks or four weeks as the pandemic was first taking hold in St. Louis city and St. Louis County. […]
Why vaccine hesitancy? Newly published study assesses predictors
Dr. Elvin Geng outlines a recent study he co-authored that explains predictors of those who are hesitant or on the fence about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Research team uses implementation science to positively affect breast cancer patients
An ongoing project lead by Institute Faculty Scholar, Ashley Housten, is using implementation science to adapt an evidence-informed intervention.
Center for Dissemination & Implementation awards pilot grant
Read more about the projects that have most recently been granted funding through the Center for D&I pilot grant program.
D&I science aids researchers studying perioperative mental health
The Center for D&I helps researchers find opportune ways in which to add D&I Science to their research. Read more.
Two Institute for Public Health centers award funding
Two centers have awarded funding to research projects focusing on mental health and the cost of prostate cancer.
2020 in review: Center for Dissemination & Implementation and partners fund seven projects
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health didn’t let 2020 dampen its efforts to fund vital research projects. A total of $144,070 has been awarded via CDI’s Pilot/Small Grants programs and its Rapid Add-On (RAD) funding program to seven projects each led by Institute for Public Health Faculty Scholars. Two […]
Community advocate works to amplify voices of people living with HIV/AIDS
Fast-Track Cities St. Louis just celebrated its first anniversary as one of 300+ cities around the world working to end HIV/AIDS by the year 2030. One year ago, on “World AIDS Day” (12/1), Institute for Public Health leaders joined St. Louis city and county officials to sign a proclamation that commits St. Louis to achieve […]
2020 in review: Center for Dissemination & Implementation works with state to inform COVID-19 response
Since March 2020, the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at the Institute for Public Health has partnered with both the St. Louis region and the state of Missouri to provide data analysis and modeling related to COVID-19. These partnerships influenced the region to issue shelter-in-place orders sooner than they might have, allowed state officials to […]
Advancing D&I Science
CTSA Working Group Advances Dissemination and Implementation Science Written by Leslie Roettger, Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences The CTSA program provides opportunities for hub members to come together and advance knowledge and progress around various topics. One way this is accomplished is through working groups. Working groups consider and develop solutions around a specific […]
Center for Dissemination and Implementation Awards Rapid Add-On (RAD) Funding
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation has awarded $15,000 in Rapid Add-on Funding to the following study, which centers on the impact of a lapse in education to Pakistani and Afghani children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The RAD funding mechanism enables investigators to rapidly “add-on” measurements or pilot data collection to an existing observational or experimental research […]
From evidence-based practice to improvements in patient care – A D&I Spotlight on Byron J. Powell
Byron Powell never intended to become an academic. He wanted to become a high school social worker and a basketball coach, and to have the opportunity to support the growth and development of young people and their families. In preparation, he earned an MA from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of […]
Institute for Public Health names new director of its Center for Dissemination and Implementation
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager for the Institute for Public Health The Institute for Public Health announces the appointment of Elvin H. Geng MD, MPH, as the new director of the Institute’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDI). He is also named professor of medicine for the Washington University Medical School’s Division of […]
View Dissemination & Implementation Videos
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation has been active in on-campus events, talks and activities. Videos representing talks by center staff and Faculty Scholars are available here: How to Engage with Policymakers a workshop for academics with Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, MSWDr. Prusaczyk draws on her experience as a health and aging policy fellow to discuss how […]
D&I Spotlight: Beth Prusaczyk explains D&I Science & how she uses it
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager at the Institute for Public Health and Beth Prusacyk, PhD, MSW, Institute faculty scholar & instructor of medicine in the Division of General Medical Sciences “It’s the wonkiest science of science,” says Beth Prusaczyk, PhD, Institute of Public Health Faculty Scholar and Dissemination and Implementation Science practitioner. She gets […]
Childhood Obesity Treatment
Written by Paola Montalvo Ayala, coordinator & Matthew Brown, (former) manager of the Center for Dissemination & Implementation Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity (FBT) is a behavioral weight control intervention for children with obesity. Despite its recognized efficacy, it is mainly available in specialty clinics. Due to barriers posed by fragmentation of care and lack […]
Center for Dissemination & Implementation awards four pilot project grants
Written by Kim Furlow, communications manager for the Institute for Public Health The Center for Dissemination and Implementation (CDI) Seed Funding Program annually awards funding to multiple projects to help advance D&I research. The awards are managed by the CDI, and funded in part or fully by various partners. These seed funding awards are designed […]
Center for D&I and partner funds five projects
The Center for Dissemination and Implementation pilot and small grants program at the Institute for Public Health announces the award of funding for five new projects. One of the grants is fully funded by the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine and four are fully funded by our Center for Dissemination and Implementation. Dissemination of […]
Third annual Dissemination and Implementation Proposal Development Bootcamp
On April 5, 2017 the Center for Dissemination and Implementation held its third annual Dissemination and Implementation Proposal Development Bootcamp. The bootcamp is designed to stimulate the development of innovative grant proposals in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science and to prepare researchers to compete successfully for grant funding. Dr. Mark McGovern of Stanford University kicked off the […]
Center for Dissemination & Implementation Partners Fund Seven Projects
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation pilot and small grants program at the Institute for Public Health announces funding for seven projects. Two are co-funded by our Center for Global Health, two fully funded by the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine, and three are fully funded by our Center for […]
Washington People: Enola Proctor (Links to an external site)
Faculty Scholar Enola Proctor works to speed research, brings people together to solve ‘hard problems’.