{"id":11904,"date":"2018-12-20T14:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/gwach\/?p=11904"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:53:48","slug":"researchers-attend-nih-implementation-science-grant-writing-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/globalwach\/2018\/12\/20\/researchers-attend-nih-implementation-science-grant-writing-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers attend NIH implementation science grant writing workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global WACh researchers, Drs. Kristin Beima-Sofie (Acting Assistant Professor, Global Health) and Anjuli Wagner (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Health), and UW School of Nursing\u2019s Dr. Erin Blakeney (Research Assistant Professor)<\/strong> recently returned from Bethesda, MD, where they completed their training with the National Institute of Health\u2019s Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH) program<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The three investigators were among a cohort of 50 investigators with varying levels of research experience and interests in studying dissemination and implementation (D&I) across health care, public health, and community settings. \u00a0They shared their training experience at Global WACh\u2019s latest Working in Implementation Science (WISE) Working Group<\/a> meeting.
\nSince 2011, TIDIRH has utilized a combination of a 4-month online course (webinar sessions with related homework assignments and facilitated Q&A) between mid-August and November, and a 2-day in-person training in Bethesda in early December.\u00a0 The program\u2019s goals are to train new investigators in D&I research, support the design of new D&I research proposals, to train the trainers in D&I, and to create new collaborations.<\/p>\n

The in-person training held interactive activities with representatives from NIH institutes including NCI, NINR, NIAAA, NHLBI, NIMH, FIC, NIDA, NIDDK, and OBSSR; a panel discussion around the question of how much evidence is needed to implement an approach; and guest speakers focusing on topics, such as de-implementation (stopping practices that are not evidence-based), community\/stakeholder engagement and partnerships, and sustainable scaled-up interventions.\u00a0 Drs. Blakeney, Beima-Sofie, and Wagner felt their participation in TIDIRH was valuable in their continued learning of how best to ensure that evidence-based strategies to improve health and prevent disease are effectively delivered in clinical and public health practice.<\/p>\n

From the training, Dr. Beima-Sofie has gained confidence in using current implementation science language and developed an interest in designing more effectiveness-implementation hybrid trials.\u00a0 The training has helped her revise and strengthen her study aims and methods for her in-progress R21 Targeted Implementation Science to Achieve 90\/90\/90 Goals for HIV\/AIDS Prevention and Treatment<\/em> grant proposal due on January 7th<\/sup>, 2019.<\/p>\n

The proposed study will expand Global WACh\u2019s ATTACH study\u2019s adolescent to adult HIV transition intervention\u2014adapting an effective US-based chronic disease transition tool for use in Kenya in combination with a HIV disclosure toolkit\u2014towards a hybrid implementation-effective trial, which could potentially speed the translation of ATTACH\u2019s research findings into routine practice in real world settings.<\/p>\n

Dr. Wagner\u2019s in-progress K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development<\/em> grant proposal (due on January 7th<\/sup>, 2019) also benefited greatly from the training.\u00a0 The proposed study will study determinants of successful implementation and test implementation strategies to improve PrEP delivery for pregnant and postpartum women in Kenya.\u00a0 It will also study the affordability of these strategies in a budget impact analysis. The training taught her new ideas and approaches for adding implementation science supplements to ongoing Global WACh studies, as well as for practical adaptation tracking for ongoing implementation science projects in which she is a collaborator.<\/p>\n

Dr. Blakeney is a current K12 scholar in the new UW Implementation Science Training Program, a mentored research and career development program led by multidisciplinary clinical and research experts.\u00a0 The TIDIHR training helped refine her current project\u2019s aims and methods to focus more on assessing adaptation and fidelity (looking at the intervention in practice) of structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds (SIBR)\u2014a care model that encourages staff communication with patients and their family members\u2014and barriers to sustainment in hospital settings. \u00a0Energized by TIDIRH, she is planning a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development<\/em> grant submission in 2019.<\/p>\n

We are pleased to hear how helpful TIDIHR was for our researchers and we wish them luck on their proposals!<\/p>\n

Interested in learning more about TIDIHR and other implementation science training opportunities?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n