Dispatches from Implementation Science at NCI
Sun Safety in the Physical Activity Context: Opportunities and Challenges
By: Frank Perna
November 2018
Earlier this fall, I had the honor of organizing the NCI Exercise Science and Skin Cancer Prevention Research meeting on September 26-27, 2018, in Rockville, MD. The meeting brought together a multidisciplinary group of approximately 30 researchers and practitioners spanning exercise science disciplines, scientific officers of professional organizations, sports apparel and material science experts, engineering and atmospheric scientists, exercise behavior change investigators, skin cancer prevention and dermatology experts, and implementation scientists.
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Collaboration between NCI’s Research-Tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs) website and Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative Clearinghouse Database
Annabelle Uy
October 2018
On September 2016, a new collaboration was established between NCI’s Research-Tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs) website and the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative Clearinghouse Database.
Design thinking and community-based participatory research for Implementation Science
April Oh
September 2018
We need innovation to address our chronic disease burden, and design thinking has emerged as a promising tool.
Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership
Prajakta Adsul
August 2018
As defined by the CDC, Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) is an approach that brings together key partners and organizations to develop a plan to reduce the numbers of community members that develop and are diagnosed with cancer.
Where have we been and where should we go?
Gila Neta
July 2018
Building off of our previous efforts to analyze the NCI-funded research portfolio, we recently completed an analysis of dissemination and implementation research funded through the DIRH Program Announcements.
Trials in Implementation Science
Wynne Norton
June 2018
Clinical trials—and randomized clinical trials in particular—have long been argued as having characteristics that seem at odds with the goals of implementation science.