Implementation science news, resources and funding for global health researchers

Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions and policies into routine health care and public health settings. Implementation research plays an important role in identifying barriers to, and enablers of, effective global health programming and policymaking, and leveraging that knowledge to develop evidence-based innovations in effective delivery approaches.

As outlined in the Center's Strategic Plan, Fogarty aims to support research and research training in implementation science using a distributed approach across its programs. Also, projects coordinated by the Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) at Fogarty support implementation science research methods and frameworks, and use innovative approaches to supporting implementation science. These projects address a wide variety of critical global health research areas, such as HIV prevention, transmission and treatment; household air pollution; mobile health; and brain disorders.

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Recent News

• Supplement: Implementation research and the HIV response: Taking stock and charting the way forward
  Journal of the International AIDS Society, July 5, 2024
  • Examining barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation in infants living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa despite the availability of point-of-care diagnostic testing: a narrative systematic review, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipients Mina C. Hosseinipour and Victor Mwapasam and Fogarty trainees Maggie Nyirenda Nyang'wa, Mitch Matoga, and Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando
  • Providing HIV-assisted partner services to partners of partners in western Kenya: an implementation science study, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Carey Farquhar and Fogarty trainees Barbara Wanjiku Mambo, Sarah Masyuko, Beatrice Wamuti, Paul Macharia, and Rose Bosire
  • Effectiveness of HIV self-testing when offered within assisted partner services in Western Kenya (APS-HIVST Study): a cluster randomized controlled trial, co-authored by Fogarty grant recipient Carey Farquhar Carey Farquhar Farquhar and Fogarty trainees Sarah Masyuko, Paul Macharia, and Rose Bosire
• Better heart health through education: Q&A with Gene F. Kwan, MD, MPH
  Global Health Matters, May/June 2024
• US-Sweden Cancer Summit - Bridging the Research to Implementation Gap
  National Cancer Institute, Center for Global Health news, March 13, 2024
• Implementation science can advance environmental justice research
  Environmental Factor, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), February 2024
• Advances in Global Implementation Science at NCI
  Dispatches from Implementation Science at NCI blog, January 2024

Related Fogarty News and Information

Fogarty Grants

View a full list of active and recent grant awards focusing on implementation science research

NIH News and Resources

• Toolkit: Overcoming Barriers to Implementation in Global Health from Fogarty's Center for Global Health Studies
  
• Implementation Science Information and Resources
  from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Implementation Science Practice Tools
• NCI Implementation Science Webinar Series
  
• Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) - facilitated and OpenAccess on demand
• Dissemination and Implementation resources
  from the NIH Office of Disease Prevention
  
  

Other US Government Resources

• USAID MEASURE Evaluation M&E Learning Center's Fundamentals of Implementation Research course provides an introduction to implementation research; available in downloadable and interactive formats

Other Online Resources

• Implementation Science: Open access, peer-reviewed online journal aiming to publish research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in both clinical and policy contexts
  
• Consortium for Implementation Science
• Implementation Science Exchange
• Implementation Science e-Hub from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
• Dissemination and Implementation Models in Health Research and Practice
  from the Center for Research in Implementation Science and Prevention
• Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR): Implementation research training materials
  

Other Training Opportunities and Resources

• Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC)
• Washington University in St. Louis: Dissemination and Implementation Toolkits

Updated December 19, 2024