Implementation Science Hubs
MACC+ (Mid-Atlantic CFAR Consortium Plus)
Location: Baltimore, MD
Email: sschwartz@jhu.edu & llucas11@jhmi.edu
Areas of Expertise:
- IS Study Designs (quasi-experimental, adaptive interventions, preference methods)
- Human Centered Design
- Frameworks & Metrics
- Utilization of Program Data
- IS Qualitative Methods
Hub Director: Stefan Baral
Hub Director: Sheree Schwartz
Other Key Co-investigators: Laura Beres, Jill Owczarzak, Chis Hoffmann, Bhakti Hansoti, Patrick Sullivan, Elvin Geng
R3EDI (Rigorous, Rapid and Relevant Evidence aDaptation and Implementation to Ending the HIV Epidemic)
Location: New Haven, CT
Email: spiegelman@yale.edu & raul.hernandezramirez@yale.edu
Areas of Expertise:
- Implementation Science methods, frameworks, strategies, measures and outcomes
- HIV/AIDS research and study design
- Management of experimental and observational IS studies
- Data collection, sampling; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods analytic approaches; partnership formation, and community-based participatory research
hub Director: Donna Spiegelman
Other Key Co-investigators: Trace Kershaw, Paul Cleary, Brian S. Mittman, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Sten Vermund, Luke Davis, Ashley Hagaman, Rachel Nugent, Steven L. Bernstein, Elizabeth Rhodes, Fan Li, Xin Zhou, Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani, Laura Forastiere, Raul Hernandez-Ramirez, Debbie Humphries Christine Simon
San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub
Location: San Diego, CA
Email: SDCFARDISC@ucsd.edu
- Please also contact the IS Hub Manager, Clare Viglione at cviglione@health.ucsd.edu
Areas of Expertise:
- Application of IS frameworks (e.g., EPIS, RE-AIM, PRISM)
- Designing, adapting and implementing multi-site studies of complex, multi-level HIV interventions especially with paraprofessionals
- Mixed-methods approaches to understand impacts of programs and policy reforms in HIV
Hub Director: Borsika Rabin
Hub Director: Nicole Stadnick
Other Key Co-investigators: Gregory Aarons, Lauren Brookman Frazee, Maile Karris, Jessica Montoya, Sylvie Naar, Laramie Smith, Cathleen Willging
UAB CFAR Implementation Science HUB
Location: Birmingham, AL
Email: rlanzi@uab.edu & mmugavero@uabmc.edu
Areas of Expertise:
- Interface with Inter-CFAR working groups: HIV in the South, Faith & Spirituality & CNICS
- Multi-site coaching, consultation, collaboration with RW HIV Clinics: Client-level data collation and evaluation of care continuum outcomes
- Multi-site work with public health/eHARS data
- Community-engaged science & partnership: Local, state, regional and national networks
- Program evaluation and IS frameworks, measures & methods
Hub Director: Robin Lanzi
Hub Director: Michael Mugavero
Other Key Co-investigators: Aadia Rana, Bertha Hidalgo, Larry Hearld, Greer Burkholder, Dustin Long, Tom Creger, Alfredo Guzman, Edward Jackson, Samantha Whitfield, Claire Estep, Kaylee Burgan
UCLA Rapid, Rigorous, Relevant (3R) Implementation Science Hub
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Email: alisonh@ucla.edu
Areas of Expertise:
- Qualitative and mixed methods in implementation research
- Health equity in implementation research
- Innovative D&I study designs
- Theories/models/frameworks
- Complex interventions
hub Director: Alison Hamilton
hub Director: Norweeta Milburn
Other Key Co-investigators and Consultants: Chunqing Lin, Sung-Jae Lee, Ana Baumann, Matt Chinman, Geoff Curran, Erin Finley, and Russ Glasgow
