Gila Neta, PhD, MPP is an epidemiologist and program director for Implementation Science in the Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Neta serves as the NCI scientific lead for the funding announcements in Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health, and assists with research and training activities related to implementation science across the Division. She has a secondary appointment within the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program.
Dr. Neta’s programmatic and research interests within implementation science include training, portfolio analysis, the use of PRECIS criteria in evaluating pragmatic trials, shared decision making and cancer screening, economic evaluation, de-implementation, and the use of standardized measurement and reporting. Dr. Neta is Co-Chair of the NIH-sponsored Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. She also leads the NIH D&I working group, a trans-NIH initiative providing leadership and vision for implementation science across the NIH.
Prior to joining DCCPS in May 2013, Dr. Neta conducted postdoctoral research within the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch, focusing on the potential unintended health effects of radiologic medical technologies. Dr. Neta received her Master of Public Policy degree at the University of California at Berkeley in 2001, and her Doctorate in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2009. She conducted her doctoral dissertation work at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development.
Select Publications
- Neta G, Johnson KE. Informing real-world practice with real-world evidence: The value of PRECIS-2. BMC Med. 2018;16(1):76. doi:10.1186/s12916-018-1071-1.
- Neta G, Brownson RC, Chambers DA. Opportunities for epidemiologists in implementation science: A primer. Am J Epidemiol. 2018;187(5):899-910. doi:10.1093/aje/kwx323
. - Brown CH, Curran G, Palinkas LA, et al. An overview of research and evaluation designs for dissemination and implementation. Ann Rev Public Health. 2017;38:1-22. doi:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031816-044215 .
- Rosenthal J, Balakrishnan K, Bruce N, et al. Implementation science to accelerate clean cooking for public health. Environ Health Perspect. 2017;125:A3-A7. doi:10.1289/EHP1018 .
- Rabin BA, Lewis CC, Norton WE, et al. Measurement resources for dissemination and implementation research in health. Implement Sci. 2016;11:42. doi:10.1186/s13012-016-0401-y .
- Johnson KE, Neta G, Dember LM, et al. Use of PRECIS ratings in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. Trials. 2016;17:32. doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1158-y .
- Neta G, Sanchez MA, Chambers DA, et al. Implementation science in cancer prevention and control: A decade of grant funding by the National Cancer Institute and future directions. Implement Sci. 2015;10:4. doi:10.1186/s13012-014-0200-2 .
- Neta G, Glasgow RE, Carpenter CR, et al. A framework for enhancing the value of research for dissemination and implementation. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(1):49-57. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302206 .
Interests
- Implementation science
- Epidemiology
- Environmental health
- Portfolio analysis
- Training
- Pragmatic designs
- Economic evaluation
- De-implementation