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The University of Washington Prepares to Shine at D & I 2024

17 UW attendees at D&I 2022 gathered in front of a Christmas tree in the hotel lobby for a group picture.

UW faculty, staff, and students from six different departments have been selected to present at the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health.

We are thrilled to announce that 28 faculty, staff, and students from the University of Washington have been selected to present their research at the 17th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. This prestigious event, also known as D&I 2024, is co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and AcademyHealth and will take place from December 8-11, 2024, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA.

The conference theme, “Moving Fast and Slow: Optimizing the Pace of Implementation,” explores the balance between the speed and effectiveness of implementing evidence-based practices in healthcare and public health systems. Over the course of four days, our university’s representatives will share their innovative research and findings through pre-conference workshops, opening and closing plenary sessions, multiple concurrent podium sessions, and numerous poster presentations. These researchers represent six different UW departments: Global Health, Health Systems and Population Health, Family Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, and General Internal Medicine.

The selection of such a large group of researchers from across the Schools of Medicine and Public Health underscores the excellent quality of implementation science at the University of Washington and our community’s commitment to advancing the field of dissemination and implementation science. Their research, covering subject areas from climate change to maternal healthcare, mental healthcare, and chronic pain management, highlights the importance of scientific implementation across the full range of health and human services. We are proud of our colleagues’ achievements and look forward to their contributions to the conference and the field.

For a full conference agenda, please visit AcademyHealth’s website.

Listed below are the events featuring presenters from the University of Washington. Click “Learn More” on any tile to see the full event details:

December 8th, 2024

10:00am – 6:00pm

Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Dissemination & Implementation in Embedded Pragmatic Trials: Getting the Timing Right in Real-World Research
 
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December 9th, 2024

9:15am – 10:30am

Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH

OPENING KEYNOTE

Keeping Pace with a Changing Climate: Implications for Dissemination and Implementation Science

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1:15pm – 2:30pm Poster Sessions

Akash Malhotra

Building the Future of D&I Science: Capacity Building, Infrastructure, and Emerging Research Areas

Strengthening capacity for health economic evaluation in low-resource settings: A multi-country collaborative approach

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Arianna Means, PhD, MPH

Building the Future of D&I Science: Capacity Building, Infrastructure, and Emerging Research Areas

Developing implementation science capacity within health departments located in Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) priority areas
 
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Arianna Means, PhD, MPH

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Process mapping to derive core and peripheral activities of community-wide mass drug administration programs in Benin, India, and Malawi

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Harriet Adhiambo, MSN, RN

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Application of FRAME-IS to adaptations for optimizing implementation of a screen and treat approach with thermal ablation for cervical cancer prevention in Kenya: Lessons learned and recommendations on data capture

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Barbara Burke, MPH

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Organizational, structural, and service readiness to implement a transdiagnostic mental health intervention for adolescents in 30 HIV clinics in 3 counties in Kenya: a cross-sectional study among frontline providers and clinic in-charges

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Grace Umutesi, MPH, ICDP

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Operationalization of An Acceptability Framework in the Context of HPV Vaccination in Kenya

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Priyanka Shrestha, MSc

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Understanding inequity in implementation of a community-based digital health intervention in western Kenya: stakeholder perspectives from a qualitative study

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George Wanje, MPH

Nominees for the Inaugural Lisa Simpson Best Poster Award

Cost of implementing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase cervical cancer screening in family planning clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya: a micro-costing study

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David Katz, PhD, MPH

Building the Future of D&I Science: Capacity Building, Infrastructure, and Emerging Research Areas

Evaluation of equitable engagement methods in a community-academic partnership to enhance the provision of holistic services at three community-based organizations in King County, Washington
 
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Christian Helfrich, MPH, PhD

Clinical Care Settings: Patient-level Interventions

AppyorNot: Appendicitis shared decision-making

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Kristin Beima-Sofie, PhD, MPH

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Using Theories, Models and Frameworks in LMIC Settings: Experiences and recommendations from researchers, implementers and policymakers in adolescent HIV

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Megan Coe, PhD, RN

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

The Team Approach to Malnutrition Services (TeAMS) Toolkit: A mixed-methods usability, feasibility, and teamwork outcomes study of a tailored implementation strategy for pediatric malnutrition treatment guidelines in Kenya

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Amanda Brumwell

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Categorizing micro-changes to capture how implementation strategies achieve goodness-of-fit: Lessons learned across multiple systems engineering-oriented implementation trials

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Grace Umutesi, MPH, ICDP

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Factors Associated with Increased Acceptability of the Single-Dose HPV Vaccination Schedule Among Healthcare Professionals in Kenya

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Yuwei Wang, MPhil, MHS

Global Dissemination and Implementation Science

Prioritizing barriers and implementation strategies to integrated perinatal mental healthcare in maternal-child-health clinics in western Kenya: a survey among healthcare workers

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4:15pm – 5:30pm Poster Sessions

Nok Chhun, MS, MPH, PhD

Clinical Care Settings: System-Level Interventions

Application of the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a data-informed stepped care intervention for adolescents and youth living with HIV in western Kenya: A mixed methods approach

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Kathryn Bruzios, PhD

Prevention and Public Health

The role of implementation strategies in enhancing the pace of intervention responsiveness & outcomes for a self-directed preventive intervention for caregivers of first-year college students

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Chloe Morozoff, MPH

Prevention and Public Health

Rapid methods to identify and prioritize barriers and solutions for reducing STI/HIV disparities in South King County, WA

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George Wanje, MPH

Nominees for the Inaugural Lisa Simpson Best Poster Award

Cost of implementing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase cervical cancer screening in family planning clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya: a micro-costing study

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Tessa Concepcion, MSGH

Prevention and Public Health

Integrating Long-Acting Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis into Antenatal Care Settings for Pregnant and Postpartum Kenyan Women: An Implementation Science Approach to Identifying Determinants and Strategies for Service Delivery

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December 10th, 2024

8:00am – 9:15am Poster Sessions

Ian Bennett, MD PhD

Behavioral Health

Results of a Randomized Trial of Longitudinal Remote Coaching for Implementation of Collaborative Care for Perinatal Depression

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Dorothy Mangale, PhD

Behavioral Health

“I honor all my clinic visits because the money is motivating.” An examination of youth experiences with conditional cash transfers in the Adapt for Adolescents (A4A) trial in western Kenya

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Akash Malhotra

Models, Measures, and Methods

Standardizing implementation strategies and mediators for integrated HIV and hypertension care in low resource settings

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Kathryn Bruzios, PhD

Models, Measures, and Methods

Understanding implementation dimensions as predictors of evidence-based program and practice outcomes: A scoping review

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Leah Marcotte, MD, MS

Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities

An analysis of multilevel determinant contributions to breast cancer screening inequities in an academic health system

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Lesley Steinman, PhD, MSW, MPH

Behavioral Health

Early-stage implementation outcomes for a lay health led behavioral activation program to improve access to quality depression care for community-dwelling older adults

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George Wanje, MPH

Nominees for the Inaugural Lisa Simpson Best Poster Award

Cost of implementing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to increase cervical cancer screening in family planning clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya: a micro-costing study

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Aaron R. Lyon, Ph.D.

Models, Measures, and Methods

Measuring usability in complex psychosocial innovations

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John Fortney, PhD

Models, Measures, and Methods

Similarities and Differences Between Pragmatic Trials and Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trials

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Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH

Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities

Adapting a nurse care management model to implement evidence-based non-pharmacological chronic pain care in rural patients

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9:30am – 10:45am

Arianna Means, PhD, MPH

Session Chair

Participatory Methods: Investing Time in the Co-Development of Implementation Strategies

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December 11th, 2024

8:30am – 9:45am

Bryan Weiner, PhD

Cutting-Edge Methods for Advancing Implementation Research

New Methods for Prioritizing Implementation Barriers

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10:15am – 11:30am

Lesley Steinman, PhD, MSW, MPH

Advancing Implementation of Effective Interventions in Populations Experiencing Health Disparities through CDC Prevention Research Centers Dissemination & Implementation Research

Adaptations as an implementation strategy for health equity: Partnering with community-based organizations to modify PEARLS dissemination and implementation strategies to reduce depression and disconnect for systematically marginalized older adults

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Ermyas Birru

Organizational Readiness: Making Change for More Effective Implementation

Effectiveness of Management Training and System-Level Audit and Feedback Strategies to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Mozambique: A Longitudinal Study from 2019-2022

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11:45am – 1:00pm

Christian Helfrich, MPH, PhD

Panelist

Plenary Session: Maximizing Implementation Decision-Making in the Long Term

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