Implementation Science: Some Basics and Cutting-Edge Advances

December 14th, 2021

Implementation science is a newer discipline transitioning from organizing models and frameworks to more rigorous measures and methodologies. This session will first briefly introduce and review key terminology. Then several examples of newer approaches to selecting and evaluating implementation strategies will be described. As the “interventions” of any implementation or sustainment endeavor, examining the comparative effectiveness and costs of implementation strategies is of great importance to clinical researchers as well as public and private health systems stakeholders.

Mark McGovern

Dr. Mark McGovern is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the Co-Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences (Psychiatry) and Medical Director of Integrated Behavioral Health in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health (Medicine). Dr. McGovern has been continuously funded by NIH for implementation research since 2004 and is currently PI on a NIDA R01 implementing addiction medications across 64 community clinics in Washington state, and PI of a US Department of Health and Human Services national center translating evidence-based mental health prevention and treatment services across 57 US states and territories. At Stanford, Dr. McGovern is co-founder of the Stanford University Network for Dissemination & Implementation Research (SUNDIR), a group that spans the boundaries of Stanford Medicine departments and specialties and career stages.