TIDIRH 2019

Along with fellow faculty mentor, Dr. J.D. Smith of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, I am thrilled to participate as faculty of the clinical care delivery cohort of the 2019 NIH Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH).

Congratulations to the 2019 Clinical Care Delivery TIDIRH Cohort:

  • Westyn Branch-Elliman, MD, MMSc – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, VA Boston Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research
  • Stella Kang, MD – Assistant Professor and Director of Outcomes and Comparative Effectiveness Research, New York University, Langone Health
  • Jacob Kurlander, MD – Clinical Lecturer, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Cameron Randall, PhD – Acting Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Dentistry
  • Thomas Sitzman, MD – Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
  • Lesli Skolarus, MD, MS – Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan

Here is a description of the goals of the Institute from the TIDIRH 2019 website:

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) in coordination with a number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes and Centers and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), are hosting this training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting D&I research in health across all areas of health and health care. In 2019, the institute will utilize a combination of a 5-month online course (six modules with related assignments) between September 3, 2019 and January, 2020 culminating in a 2-day in-person training to be held January 23-24, 2020, in Bethesda, MD. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts in theory, implementation, and evaluation approaches to D&I; creating partnerships and multilevel, transdisciplinary research teams; research design, methods, and analyses appropriate for D&I; and conducting research at different and multiple levels of intervention (e.g., clinical, community, policy).

TIDIRH 2018

Along with fellow faculty facilitators, Dr. Nick Bowersox of QUERI and University of Michigan, and Dr. Denise Pintello of the National Institute of Mental Health, I am thrilled to participate as faculty of the mental health cohort of the 2018 NIH Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH).

Congratulations to the 2018 TIDIRH Mental Health Cohort:

  • Alex Dopp, PhD – Assistant Professor, in the Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas
  • Brenna Maddox, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Licensed Clinical Psychologist, at the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Kelsie Okamura, PhD – Evaluator (Organizational Change), State of Hawaii Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division & University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Lana Pinsky, PhD – Associate Professor, Columbia University
  • Ana Progovac, PhD – Instructor, Harvard Medical School
  • Robyn Shepardson, PhD – Clinical Research Psychologist, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare
  • Addie Weaver, PhD – Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan School of Social Work

Here is a description of dissemination and and implementation science from the TIDIRH 2018 website:

One of the most critical issues impeding improvements in public health today is the enormous gap between what we know can optimize health and health care and what actually gets implemented in everyday practice. The science of dissemination and implementation (D&I) seeks to address this gap by understanding how best to ensure that evidence-based strategies to improve health and prevent disease are effectively delivered in clinical and public health practice.

  • D&I research draws from a variety of behavioral and social science disciplines and employs approaches and methods that in the past have not been taught comprehensively in most graduate degree programs.
  • Though this field of research has gained incredible momentum in recent years, the need remains to grow a cadre of both new and established scientists who are prepared to (1) address the complex process of bridging research and practice in a variety of real-world settings and (2) conduct research that balances rigor with relevance and employs study designs and methods appropriate for the complex processes involved in D&I.