Seven Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS) faculty members and affiliates have contributed to numerous posters and a presentation to be delivered at the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, the flagship annual meeting for the emerging field of dissemination and implementation science. This year’s theme is “Dissemination and Implementation Science in a Dynamic, Diverse, and Interconnected World: Meeting the Urgent Challenges of our Time.”
The seven CMIPS presenters and/or co-authors include Donna Spiegelman, ScD, Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), Director, CMIPS; Ashley Hagaman, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Public Health, YSPH; Elizabeth Rhodes, PhD, NIH K12 Scholar in Implementation Science, Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and YSPH; Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, Professor of Public Health, YSPH; Steven Bernstein, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health, YSM; Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, YSM; and Sheela Shenoi, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, YSM.
Their topics are highly diverse—learn-as-you-go study designs (Spiegelman), use of qualitative methods in implementation research (Hagaman, Rhodes, Spiegelman), rapid procedures for implementing and evaluating complex health systems interventions (Hagaman, Rhodes), rapid process evaluation of remote breastfeeding counseling during COVID-19 (Rhodes, Perez-Escamilla), pragmatic costing methods to estimate staff training expenses (Rhodes, Perez-Escamilla), effectiveness of a pediatric weight management intervention (Sharifi, co-author), mixed-methods evaluation of electronic decision support for the management of obesity in pediatric primary care (Bernstein, Sharifi, co-authors), and TB preventive therapy among healthcare workers in rural South Africa (Shenoi)—showcasing the theoretical robustness, methodological innovation, and practical engagement of the field.
The three-day conference (December 15-17), co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth, will be virtual. Online registration is available here.