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.

Fogarty Grants

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

Recent News

• Opportunities to Advance Implementation Science in Global Cancer Control
  NCI Division of Cancer Control & Population Studies blog, May 2023
• How to turn evidence into policy, authored by NCI Center for Global Health’s Patti E. Gravitt
  Nature Medicine, May 17, 2023
• We Need More Implementation Science To Improve Health Equity in Clinical Preventive Services
  NIH Office of Disease Prevention blog, October 14, 2022
  

Related Fogarty News and Information

• Eight characteristics of rigorous multilevel implementation research: a step-by-step guide, co-authored by Fogarty grantee Gregory Aarons
  Implementation Science, October 23, 2023
• Implementation Science for Eliminating HIV Among Adolescents in High-Burden African Countries: Findings and Lessons Learned from the Adolescent HIV Prevention and Treatment Implementation Science Alliance (AHISA) , authored by Fogarty’s Susan Vorkoper, Fogarty Acting Deputy Director Rachel Sturke, and grantees Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Linda-Gail Bekker
  AIDS and Behavior, March 25, 2023
  • Related paper: Advancing Adolescent HIV Prevention and Care Through Implementation Science: An Agenda for Combating the Global AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa , authored by former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, Fogarty board member Judith Wasserheit, former Fogarty Director Roger Glass, and Acting Fogarty Director Peter Kilmarx
    AIDS and Behavior, March 24, 2023
    
• Lessons from the field: case studies in global implementation science, collection of global implementation science case studies from Fogarty's Center for Global Health Studies
  BioMed Central, January 2023
  

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
• Lessons from the field: case studies in global implementation science: Collection of case studies documenting examples of rigorous implementation research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
  co-edited by Fogarty's Blythe Beecroft and Rachel Sturke
  Implementation Science Communications, February 16, 2022
• 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 November 3, 2023