Bridging the ‘Know-Do Gap’ – First experiences in the USA and in implementation science

Written by Cathal Rafferty, MD Candidate at University College Dublin, Ireland; University College Dublin Summer Research Scholar at the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Coming to Washington University in St Louis this summer for the Summer Research Program – Public and Global Health Track, implementation science was a totally new concept to me. […]

Could policy strategies be the missing piece in the implementation science puzzle?

Written by Morgan C. Shields, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School On September 7th, the Center for Dissemination and Implementation was pleased to host Karen Emmons, PhD, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, for her talk, The Role of Policy in Implementation Science and Health Equity. While understanding how policy […]

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. […]