Dispatches from Implementation Science at NCI
Reflections on my fellowship with the Implementation Science team at NCI
By: Prajakta Adsul
August 2019
The Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program is a postdoctoral program that trains future leaders in the field of cancer prevention and control. Selected through a competitive process, the program is truly multidisciplinary in that it brings researchers from basic biology, clinical, behavioral, epidemiological, and social sciences to develop and further refine their focus on cancer prevention.
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Reflections on Training Opportunities in Implementation Science
Understanding and Addressing Clinical Workflow to Facilitate Implementation
Paul B. Jacobsen
May 2019
Being a relative newcomer to implementation science, I am still learning about this field’s many contributions to the development of methods for promoting widespread adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies.
Sustainability of Cancer Control Coalitions as a New “Box”?
Cynthia Vinson
April 2019
This past week, our team had a strategic planning retreat that was designed to build on our previous work, challenge our current assumptions, and focus on developing new projects.
Amplifying Practitioner Perspectives to Strengthen Implementation Science
Margaret Farrell
March 2019
The NCI Implementation Science Team takes seriously our mission to advance the science of implementation and integrate implementation science within the broader cancer control and population sciences context.
Implementation science to advance clean cooking
Gila Neta
February 2019
In response to this major public health problem, a variety of intervention programs are being implemented by governments and NGOs across the globe to distribute and encourage the use of cleaner cooking technologies.
Sun Safety in the Physical Activity Context: Opportunities and Challenges
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.
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 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.
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