Cynthia A. Vinson, Ph.D., M.P.A., is a senior adviser for the Implementation Science Team in the Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). She currently works on building and sustaining the field of implementation science to enhance the integration of evidence-based guidelines, programs, and policies for cancer control in public health and clinical practice. As a member of the Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership 
she is responsible for working within NCI and with other agencies and organizations to translate research funded by DCCPS into practice. She also co-leads the DCCPS’s HPV vaccination efforts.
She has helped launch many of the current initiatives, including Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T., Evidence-Based Cancer Control Programs (EBCCP), SPeeding Research INTerventions , and many funding opportunities conferences and trainings.
Dr. Vinson has a doctorate in public administration and health policy from George Washington University, a master’s in public administration and international development from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Select Publications
- Oh A, Vinson CA, Chambers D. Future directions for implementation science at the National Cancer Institute: implementation science centers in cancer control. Transl Behav Med. 2020 Mar 7;ibaa018, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa018.
- White A, Sabatino S, Vinson CA, Chambers C, White M. The Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN): advancing public health and implementation science. Prev Med.2019;129(suppl):105824. doi:1016/j.ypmed.2019.105824.
- Vinson CA, Clyne M, Cardoza N, Emmons, K. Building capacity: a cross-sectional evaluation of the US Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health. Implement Sci.2019;14(97). doi:1186/s13012-019-0947-6.
- Gaysynsky A, Vinson CA, Oh A. Development and evaluation of the SPeeding Research-tested INTerventions (SPRINT) training program. Transl Behav Med.2019 Jul 22;ibz099. doi:1093/tbm/ibz099.
- Ratcliff CG, Vinson CA, Milbury K, Badr H. Moving family interventions into the real world: what matters to oncology stakeholders. Psychosoc Oncol. 2019;37(2):264-284. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2018.1498426.
- Vinson CA, Staples C, Shafir S, Given L, Miller N. Collaborating to conquer cancer: the role of partnerships in comprehensive cancer control. Cancer Causes Control.2018;29:1173-1180. doi:10.1007/s10552-018-1118-9.
- Chambers DA, Vinson CA, Norton WE, eds. Advancing the Science of Implementation Across the Cancer Continuum. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2018.
Interests
- Implementation science training
- Designing for dissemination & implementation
- Cancer control planning and implementation
- Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine uptake
- Sustaining coalitions