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Funded Research

From the classroom to the hospital and the community, UW researchers are using implementation science to improve the lives of people around the world.

When it comes to research funding, the University of Washington has consistently been in the top five public or private universities in the United States since 1969.

As implementation science grows as a discipline an increasing portion of research funding at UW includes or focuses on implementation science. Below, you will find a listing of implementation science funding awards received by principal investigators at the University of Washington, organized by year received.

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2024 Funding Awards

 

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

December 3, 2024

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...

Dr. Jennifer Ross, MD, MPH headshot

TB PrEP – Integrating HIV prevention with TB household contact evaluation

September 9, 2024

Jennifer Ross, MD, MPH

Keith Hullenaar, PhD headshot

Examining the Implementation and Impact of School Resource Officer Policy Reform in the United States

April 16, 2024

Keith Hullenaar, PhD

Bradley Wagenaar

Safety Planning and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Suicide Prevention in Mozambique: A Hybrid Effectiveness/Implementation Cluster Randomized Trial

April 1, 2024

Bradley Wagenaar, PhD

Dr. Anjuli Wagner

Scaling up integrated PrEP delivery in Kenyan maternal and child health clinics for pregnant and postpartum women

January 1, 2024

Anjuli Wagner, PhD

2023 Funding Awards

 

Population strategies to reduce sodium intake and cardiovascular diseases in the United States: Applying RE-AIM to policy implementation

December 14, 2023

Yanfang Su, PhD

Dr. Savannah D'Evelyn headshot

Learning and Living with Wildfire Smoke: Creating Clean Air Environments in Schools through Youth Participatory Action Research

April 21, 2023

Dr. Savannah D'Evelyn, PhD

Kelli N. O'Laughlin, MD headshot

Achieving HIV viral suppression in refugee settlements in Uganda with Head StART: a cluster randomized trial evaluating the effectiveness of community ART delivery for people newly diagnosed with HIV

April 1, 2023

Kelli N. O'Laughlin, MD

Aaron Lyon

Optimizing Evidence-Based Practice Implementation for Clinical Impact: The IMPACT Center – Exploratory Project 3

February 1, 2023

Aaron Lyon, PhD

2022 Funding Awards

 

Accelerating Delivery of rheumatic heart disease preventive iNterventions in Uganda (ADUNU)

September 1, 2022

David Watkins, PhD

Addressing Clinician Bias to Improve Equitable Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice

September 1, 2022

Freda Liu, PhD & Aaron Lyon, PhD

2021 Funding Awards

 

Dr. Melissa Mugambi headshot

Evaluating and optimizing a virtual care model for PrEP delivery

October 21, 2021

Melissa Mugambi, MD, PhD

Dr. Monisha Sharma headshot, outdoors

Modeling the public health impact of using HIV ST for PrEP initiation

October 12, 2021

Monisha Sharma, PhD

Yasaman Zia, headshot outdoors

Optimizing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Seeking Reproductive Health Care in Kenya

September 17, 2021

Yasaman Zia

Bryan Weiner

MECHANISMS: The MECHANics of Implementation Strategies and MeasureS

September 17, 2021

Bryan J. Weiner, PhD & Cara C. Lewis, PhD

Dorothy Thomas headshot, outdoors

Addressing the Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Syndemic in Kampala, Uganda: Implementation Science for Intervention Optimization and Adaptation

September 16, 2021

Dorothy Thomas

2020 Funding Awards

 

Dr. Linda Eckert

Supporting the Provision of Quality Cervical Cancer Screening and Pre-Cancer Treatment Services for Women Living with HIV in Botswana under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

December 8, 2020
Dr. David Watkins headshot

Ejection Fraction as the Sixth Vital Sign for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: Improved triage through technologyenhanced point of care echocardiography

November 30, 2020
Dr. David Watkins headshot

Utilizing Technology to Facilitate Active Case Detection and Decentralized Dynamic Registry to Improve the Uptake of Rheumatic Heart Disease Secondary Prevention (ADD-RHD)

October 20, 2020
Dr. Jen Balkus headshot

Integrating expedited partner STI therapy during PrEP delivery for young women

September 24, 2020
Dr. Jillian Pintye headshot

mWACh-PrEP: A SMS-based Support Intervention to Enhance PrEP Adherence during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

September 23, 2020

2019 Funding Awards

 

Dr. Edwin Wong

Digital treatments for opioids and other substance use disorders (DIGITS) in primary care: A hybrid type-III implementation trial

November 18, 2019
Dr. Grace John-Stewart

PrEP optimized for mothers (PrOM): Efficient PrEP integration in MCH clinics

October 2, 2019
Bryan Weiner

The Optimizing Implementation in Cancer Control (OPTICC) Center

October 1, 2019
Dr. Jess Long

Pre-post study of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce intrapartum stillbirth in Mombasa, Kenya

September 27, 2019
Dr. Jared Baeten

A pilot one-stop service model to streamline the efficiency of PrEP implementation in public health facilities in Kenya

September 24, 2019

2018 Funding Awards

 

Dr. Jennifer Ross

Modeling approaches to prioritize TB prevention among people with HIV in Uganda

December 12, 2018
Dr. Ruanne Barnabas headshot

Leveraging routing science to optimize ART delivery for efficient scale-up, high ART coverage, and viral suppression in South Africa

November 1, 2018
Dr. J Randall Curtis

Evaluating Effectiveness of a Communication Facilitator to Reduce Distress and Improve Goal Concordant Care for Critically Ill Patients and Their Families

September 27, 2018
Dr. Joana Cunha-Cruz

OHEAL: Oral Health Equity in Alaska

September 19, 2018

Addressing adverse outcomes following acute illness among children in Sub-Saharan Africa: predicting risks and cost-effectiveness

September 18, 2018

2017 Funding Awards

 

Chris Kemp

Strengthening the Integration of Mental Health and HIV Services in South Africa: Implementation Science In Support Of Scale-Up, Adaptation, and Dissemination

September 16, 2017
Dr. J Randall Curtis

The University of Washington Implementation Sciences Training Program

September 1, 2017
Bradley Wagenaar

Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize task-shifted mental health diagnosis and treatment cascades (SAIA-MH)

September 1, 2017
Bryan Weiner

Measure Development to Accelerate the Translation of Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines into Practice

August 17, 2017
Dr. Carey Farquhar

Implementing Assisted Partner Services to HIV Test and Treat Men in Western Kenya

June 23, 2017

2014-2016 Funding Awards

 

Scott McClelland

RCT of an Implementation Science Tool to Integrate HIV Testing Into Family Planning Services

September 1, 2016
Bryan Weiner

Advancing Implementation Science through Measure Development and Evaluation

August 20, 2016
Dr. Paul Drain

Point-Of-Care Viral Load Testing to Enable Task Shifting for Chronic HIV Care

May 1, 2016
Alison Drake

Optimizing Repeat HIV Testing During Pregnancy and Postpartum for PMTCT

July 10, 2015
Dr. Carey Farquhar

Women and HIV: Translation Of Research Into Practice

May 15, 2015
Jill Locke

Staff and School Factors Affecting Implementation of ASD Interventions in Schools

September 25, 2014
Dr. Paul Drain

Clinic-Based Screening to Prevent HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Mortality

March 1, 2014