Learn More About the Implementation Science Core
By Kelly Hale, Communications Coordinator
Nov 30, 2023
Implementation Science is a growing priority for funding and research institutions and Frontiers Implementation Science Core has been busy working with Frontiers members to take this next step in their research, which can include providing feedback, helping with strategies to implement their science, web tools, articles, identifying a network of possible collaborators and more.
As of Nov 28th, 2023, the Core has had 30 consultations with six grants being awarded or articles published to date. In addition, they hosted or plan to host six events, which includes their quarterly meetup that brings together Frontiers members from partner institutions. During these meetings, participants will discuss the meeting topic while also sharing progress about their work. And this past August, one of the top people in Implementation Science, Anne Sales, Ph.D., RN, was the featured speaker on the Research and Discovery Grand Rounds seminar.
Three projects that have recently received funding after consultation with the Implementation Science Core are the KUMC Program in Digital Mental Health, which was awarded a grant from the Sunflower Foundation to support implementation of computer-based cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment of substance abuse disorder across rural Kansas, the Department of Precision Prevention, awarded a grant by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to support implementation of genetic risk assessment in breast cancer in Latin America, and the Department of Nephrology, awarded a PCORI subcontract to launch RHTHYM-B, a program to support management of hypertension among African-American patients.
“Collaboration with Dr. Shellie Ellis has provided a unique opportunity to advance the primary goal of the KU Medical Center Program in Digital Mental Health, which is to increase access to proven digital mental health interventions,” said Matthew Byerly, M.D. “Through the Frontiers Implementation Science Core, her expertise will be key to identifying and overcoming barriers to accessing these novel treatments, especially in communities with health inequities.”
“Implementation Science is vitally important,” Ellis said. “Many evidence-based health care interventions fail to produce successful outcomes when implemented into practice. It’s not enough to create the best therapies, we have to ensure that they are effectively delivered within clinical and community practice. Because a healthcare intervention that is 100% efficacious, but never used, is actually 0% effective.
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