Dissemination and Implementation Training Opportunities
Creation of this list is a joint project between SIRC and the ABCT Dissemination and Implementation Science Special Interest Group (DIS SIG)
*Please note that this page is under development and the list is being updated as we receive more information. If you have a training opportunity you would like to see listed or more information about one below, please email sara.landes@va.gov.
Training Institutes | Conferences | Workshops | Fellowships
Psychology Internship Programs with D&I Opportunities | Graduate Training, Certification Programs, & Degree Programs
Training Institutes
Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH)
Implementation Research Institute (IRI)
- 2 year fellowship
- Fellows spend one week each summer at a special institute receiving individualized mentoring to help them shape a research agenda in implementation science and prepare a competitive research grant proposal
- George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
- Funded by a five year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Service, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
- http://cmhsr.wustl.edu/Training/IRI/Pages/ImplementationResearchTraining.aspx
Enhancing Implementation Science in VA
- Cyberseminar training program with novice and mid-level/advanced tracks
- Sponsored by Department of Veterans Affairs, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) & Center for Implementation Practice and Research Support (CIPRS)
- Limited to VA employees
- More information: http://www.queri.research.va.gov/ciprs
KT Canada Summer Institute on Knowledge Translation
Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice
Teaching Evidence Assimilation for Collaborative Healthcare
- 3 day training
- The TEACH program is for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, librarians, and other health care professionals. It utilizes small group learning supplemented by plenary sessions.
- Sponsored by the Section on Evidence Based Health Care, The New York Academy of Medicine
Conferences
Global Implementation Conference
NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
Improvement Science Summit
- 2 day conference
- Official conference of the Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN). The goals of the ISRN are to accelerate improvement by conducting interprofessional landmark multisite studies and to enhance translation of research findings into health care.
- Sponsored by University of Texas, San Antonio
- http://acestar.uthscsa.edu/institute/su11.asp#improve
Workshops
Guideline Implementation Masterclass
- 1 day workshop
- Location: Seoul, Korea
- One day practical introduction to the art and science of implementing evidence-based practice and guidelines with experts who have both developed and implemented guidelines.
- Supported by the Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) and the Network’s Implementation Working Group
- http://www.g-i-n.net/events/8th-conference/guideline-implementation-course
Scientist Knowledge Translation Training Workshop
- 2 day workshop
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Intended for health science researchers across all four scientific pillars (basic, clinical, health services, population health), who have an interest in sharing research knowledge with (multiple) audiences beyond the traditional academic community, as appropriate, and in increasing the impact potential of their research.
- Also appropriate for KT professionals, policy and decision-makers, and educators, as the focus is on the practice of KT and the universal components of knowledge translation.
- Sponsored by SickKids
- http://www.sickkids.ca/Learning/AbouttheInstitute/Programs/Knowledge-Translation/Scientist-Knowledge-Translation-Training-Workshop/Scientist-Knowledge-Tranlation-Training-Workshop.html
Masterclass Researching Implementation of Complex Interventions
Fellowships
Postdoctoral Training Opportunity
- Postdoctoral training in mental health services and systems research with particular focus on the implementation of evidence based mental health care
- Center for Mental Health Services Research at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
- http://cmhsr.wustl.edu/Training/Pages/Post-DoctoralTraining.aspx
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Treatment Dissemination and Implementation Research with Children/Youth
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine/Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC),
- David J. Kolko, Ph.D., Amy D. Herschell, Ph.D., Barbara Baumann, Ph.D., Oliver Lindhiem, Ph.D.
- http://www.pitt.edu/~kolko/postdoc.html
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Child and adolescent mental health
Health Services/Comparative Effectiveness Research Training
Indiana Children’s Health Services Research Fellowship
Psychology Internship Programs with D&I Opportunities
Duke University Medical Center
- Durham, NC
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Zach Rosenthal, Laura Weisberg
- D&I Opportunities: Amount of research time during internship may depend on rotations
University of California at San Francisco
- San Francisco, CA
- Department of Psychiatry
Vancouver Coastal Health
- Vancouver, BC
- D&I Opportunities: Half-day set aside for research during internship
Pacific University, School of Professional Psychology
University of Washington
- Seattle, WA
- Track: Adult, Child
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Kate Comtois, Shannon Dorsey
- D&I Opportunities: Opportunities for research involvement during internship
Palo Alto VA
- Palo Alto, CA
- Tracks: National Center for PTSD, HSR&D rotations
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research:D&I Opportunities: One of 4 rotations may be in clinical research
- National Center for PTSD: Joe Ruzek, Sara Landes, Craig Rosen, Marylene Cloitre, Afsoon Eftekhari
- Health Services Research & Development: Ken Weingardt
Boston Consortium
- Boston, MA
- Track: Women’s health rotation at the National Center for PTSD
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman
Medical University of South Carolina
- Charleston, SC
- Tracks: Adult, child
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research:
- Child-focused track: Rochelle Hanson, Michael de Arellano
- Adult-focused track: Connie Best, Ken Ruggiero, Elizabeth Santa Ana, Peter Tuerk
- D&I Opportunities:
- Child-focused track: Strong focus on getting trauma-focused EBTs into community settings
- Adult-focused track: Recent projects on telemental health. Several web-based products for clinician training have been developed here.
Yale University Medical School
- New Haven, CT
- Tracks: The Consultation Center, Substance abuse, other adult rotations
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Steve Martino
- D&I Opportunities:
- Consultation Center track: Implementation projects on EBT at underserved and nontraditional settings (e.g., schools)
- Substance Abuse track and other adult rotations: Amount of research time during internship may depend on rotations
VA Connecticut, West Haven
- West Haven, CT
- Tracks: General Mental Health, Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Health Psychology
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Steve Martino
- D&I Opportunities: Opportunities for research on internship may be available depending on rotations
Mississippi Psychology Residency Training Program
- Jackson, MS
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Scott Coffey, Julie Schumacher
- D&I Opportunities: Opportunities to do training; program evaluation; effectiveness research in community substance abuse treatment settings
Brown University Medical School
- Providence, RI
- Track: Adult clinical
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Dan Squires, Brian Borsari, Richard Brown
- D&I Opportunities: Clinical research rotations involve interns in ongoing faculty research. Options exist to become involved in independent research with faculty supervision.
University of California at San Diego
- San Diego, CA
- Track: VA rotation
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Ruthlyn Fox
- D&I Opportunities: Opportunities for research on internship may be available
University of Illinois at Chicago
- San Diego, CA
- Department of Psychiatry
- Tracks: Adult and child tracks both include individualized training plan with research component
- Faculty Involved in D&I or Health Services Research: Marc Atkins, Tara Mehta, Lisa Razzano
- D&I Opportunities: 20% clinical research time. Several investigators involved in dissemination or implementation work.
Graduate Training, Certification Programs, & Degree Programs
Certificate Program in Implementation and Dissemination Science
Master’s Degree Program in Clinical Research, Implementation Science Track
Ph.D. Program in Health Services Research and Policy
- 5 year program
- Program Mission: To produce cross-disciplinary researchers who translate basic social science theories into clinically and policy relevant explanations and applications for health care issues.
- University of Rochester sponsored by University of Rochester Medical Center
- Program is funded by a training grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate/phd/health-services-research/
Master of Health Care Delivery Science – Dartmouth College
PhD Program in Implementation Science
University of Wisconsin Health Services Research and Healthcare Quality Improvement Training Program
Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate
- 5 day professional development course
University of Connecticut
- Courses in development
- Jeffrey Fisher, PhD, Director of the Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention (CHIP)
Course at University of Alabama, Birmingham for MPH students
- Dissemination and Implementation in Health course
Courses at the University of Toronto
- Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation Department
- Course: Knowledge Translation and Information Behaviour in Health Care (HAD5729H)
- Instructor: Anu MacIntosh-Murray (anu.macintosh@utoronto.ca)
- Course: Knowledge Transfer and Exchange: The Art and Science of Making Research Relevant and Increasing Utilization (HAD5727H)
