Advancing the Science of Implementation across the Cancer Continuum

David A. Chambers, D.Phil, is Deputy Director for Implementation Science in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute, where he manages a team focusing on efforts to build and advance the field of implementation science through funding opportunity announcements, training mechanisms, dissemination platforms, and enhancement of partnerships and networks to integrate research, practice and policy. Dr. Chambers publishes on strategic research directions in implementation science, and serves as a plenary speaker at numerous scientific conferences. He received his A.B. degree (with Honors) in Economics from Brown University (1997), and an M.Sc. (1998) and D.Phil degree (2001) in Management Studies (Organizational Behaviour) from Oxford University (UK.)

Cynthia A. Vinson, PhD, MA, is a Senior Advisor for Implementation Science in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Vinson is involved with building and sustaining the field of implementation science to enhance the integration of evidence-based programs in cancer control in public health and clinical practice. In this role, she is responsible for working both within NCI and with other agencies and organizations at the local, state, national, and international level to translate research funded by DCCPS into practice. Dr. Vinson received her PhD in Public Administration and Health Policy at George Washington University, and her MPA in Public Administration/International Development from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Wynne E. Norton, PhD, is a Program Officer for Implementation Science in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Norton's research is focused on advancing the science of implementation of evidence-based practices and programs in cancer care delivery and public health. Dr. Norton received her MA (2008) and her PhD (2009) in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the NCI, Dr. Norton was an Assistant Professor in a School of Public Health (2009-2015), during which time her program of research was funded by NIH, AHRQ, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Donaghue Foundation.

Gregory A. Aarons, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Director, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
San Diego, CA

Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Cancer Prevention Fellow, Implementation Science
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD
Research Fellow, Public Health Research Institute of India
Mysore, India

Linda J. Ahrendt, MEd
Director, Child and Family Services
Division of Family and Community Health
South Dakota Department of Health
Pierre, SD

Catherine M. Alfano, PhD
Vice President, Cancer Survivorship
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA

Karla Alfaro, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Basic Health International
San Salvador, El Salvador

Peg M. Allen, PhD, MPH
Research Assistant Professor
Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Rinad Beidas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pyschiatry
Director, Implementation Research
Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Michelle Betts, MSW
Social Worker
St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute
Boise, ID

Sarah A. Birken, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Member, UNC Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Faculty Research Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES
Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavoir
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

Laura Brossart
Assistant Director of Communications and Dissemination
Center for Public Health Systems Science
Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Ross C. Brownson, PhD
Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health
Director, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
Brown School and Department of Surgery (Division of Public Health Sciences)
School of Medicine
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Mindy Clyne, MHS
Research Assistant, Implementation Science
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Todd B. Combs, PhD
Assistant Director of Research
Center for Public Health Systems Sciences
Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Alex Conway, BS
Research Assistant
George Washington University
Washington, DC

Gloria D. Coronado, PhD
Senior Investigator, Mitch Greenlick Endowed Scientist for Health Disparities
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Portland, OR

Miriam Cremer, MD, MPH
President and Founder
Basic Health International
San Salvador, El Salvador
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, OH

Janet S. de Moor, PhD, MPH
Behavioral Scientist and Program Director, Healthcare Assessment Research Branch
Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

James W. Dearing, PhD
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Communication
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Maryam Doroudi, MPH, PhD
Cancer Prevention Fellow
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Caitlin N. Dorsey, BA
Research Specialist
MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Seattle, WA

Nancy C. Edwards, RN, PhD
Professor and Distinguished Professor
School of Nursing
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Maria E. Fernandez, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor in Public Health and Medicine
Director, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
School of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX

Harold P. Freeman, MD
Founder and President/CEO
Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute
New York, NY

Julia C. Gage, PhD, MPH
Staff Scientist, Clinical Genetics Branch
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Krystal G. Garcia, BS
Graduate Student
Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Russell E. Glasgow, PhD
Research Professor, Family Medicine
Director, Dissemination and Implementation Science Program of ACCORDS (Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO

Heather Taffet Gold, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Director, Population Health Research
New York University School of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY

Vicky Gomez, MPH
Research Associate
Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Health Care
Oakland, CA

Lawrence W. Green, DrPH
Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Melvin Grimes, BS
Graduate Student
School of Science and Mathematics
Mississippi College
Clinton, MS

Erin E. Hahn, PhD, MPH
Research Scientist, Division of Health Sciences Research and Implementation Science
Department of Research and Evaluation
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Pasadena, CA

Emily Haines, BA
Public Health Analyst
RTI International
Research Triangle Park, NC

Alison B. Hamilton, PhD, MPH
Associate Director for Implementation Science
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service
Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy
Veterans Affairs, Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Associate Anthropologist, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Kathy J. Helzlsouer, M.D, MHS
Associate Director
Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Populations Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Kiley A. Hump, MS
Administrator, Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Family and Community Health
South Dakota Department of Health
Pierre, SD

Vivian Jiang, MD
Fellow, Family Medicine for America's Health
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

Amy Kennedy, PhD, MPH
Health Scientist Administrator
Center for Research Strategy
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Erin E. Kent, PhD
Scientific Advisor, Outcomes Research Branch
Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Jon Kerner, PhD
Expert Advisor, Knowledge Mobilization and Evaluation
Strategy Division, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
Director, Office of Public Health Genomics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Debbie Kirkland, BA
Director, Prevention and Early Detection
Co-Chair, National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA

Lisa M. Klesges, PhD, MS
Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health
School of Public Health
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Sarah C. Kobrin, PhD, MPH
Branch Chief, Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch
Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Racquel E. Kohler, PhD, MSPH
Research Fellow, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard University
Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Barnett S. Kramer, MPH, MD
Director
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health
Fairfax Family Medicine Residency
Director, Ambulatory Care Outcomes Research Network
Virginia Commonwealth University
Fairfax, VA

Jennifer Leeman, PhD
Associate Professor, Systems/Policy/Informatics
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Cara C. Lewis, PhD
Associate Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Seattle, WA

Edwin A. Lomotan, MD
Medical Officer and Chief of Clinical Informatics
Division of Health Information Technology
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Rockville, MD

Douglas A. Luke, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Public Health Systems Science
Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Purnima Madhivanan, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Robert Stemple College of Public Health and Social Work
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Public Health Research Institute of India
Mysore, India

Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN
Professor, Adult Health and Geriatric Health Division
School of Nursing
Director, Cancer Survivorship
UNC Lineberger, Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Mauricio Maza, MD, MPH
Executive Director
Basic Health International
San Salvador, El Salvador

Kayne D. Mettert, BA
Research Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Health Research Institute
Seattle, WA

Brian Mittman, PhD
Research Scientist, Division of Health Services Reserach and Implementation Science
Department of Research and Evaluation
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Pasadena, CA

Paul Montgomery, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Hematologist/Oncologist
Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Boise, ID

Kathi Mooney PhD, RN, FAAN
Louis S. Peery and Janet B. Peery Presidential Endowed Chair in Nursing
College of Nursing
Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing
University of Utah
Co-Leader, Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah

Joanna C. Moullin, PhD
Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia
Investigator, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
San Diego, CA

Patricia Dolan Mullen, DrPH, MLS
Distinguished Teaching Professor of the University of Texas System
UTHealth President's Scholar
Professor, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas School of Public Health
Houston, TX

Jamie S. Ostroff, PhD
Chief, Behavioral Sciences Service and Vice Chair for Research
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Psychology, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Lynne Padgett, PhD
Health Psychologist
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Washington, DC

Mark Parascandola, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist and Program Director, Tobacco Control Research Branch
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Science
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Jane Peredo, ScM
Research Associate and Genetic Counselor
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Los Angeles, CA

Meagan R. Pilar, MPH
Graduate Research Assistant
Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Paul F. Pinsky, PhD
Branch Chief, Early Detection Research Branch
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Michael B. Potter, MD
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Byron J. Powell, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Fellow, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, MPH
Research Scientist, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Senior Scientist, Center for Community-Based Research
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Gurvaneet S. Randhawa, MD, MPH
Medical Officer, Health Systems and Interventions Research Branch
Healthcare Delivery Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD

Kurt M. Ribisl, PhD
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Health Behavior
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Barbara L. Riley, PhD
Executive Director
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Julia H. Rowland, PhD
Senior Strategic Advisor
Smith Center for Healing and the Arts
Washington, DC

Marcia Russell, MD
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Anne E. Sales, RN, PhD
Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences Associate Chair for Educational Programs and Health System Innovations
Director, Health Infrastructures and Learning Systems MS and PhD Programs
University of Michigan Medical School
Research Scientist, Center for Clinical Management Research
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, MI

Maren T. Scheuner, MD, MPH
Chief, Medical Genetics
Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Professor, Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM, FTOS
Professor, Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine
Associate Director of Population Sciences
Penn State Cancer Institute
Hershey, PA

Donna Shelley, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Population Health
Co-Director, Section on Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use
Department of Population Health
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY

Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
George H. Gardner, MD, Professor of Clinical Gynecology
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (General Obstetrics and Gynecology)/Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Sudha Sivaram, MPH, DrPH
Branch Chief, Public Health, Networks and Research Branch
Center for Global Health
National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD

Marisa Sklar, PhD
Project Scientist, Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
San Diego, CA

Ted A. Skolarus, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology
University of Michigan
Core Investigator, Center for Clinical Management Research
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, MI

C. Scott Smith, MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Section Head
Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Boise, ID

Carol P. Somkin, PhD
Associate Professor
University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing
San Francisco, CA
Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Oakland, CA

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Acting Deputy Director, Dissemination and National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, CA

Angela M. Stover, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Member, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Rachel G. Tabak, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Prevention Research Center in St. Louis
Brown School
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Nicole Thurston, MD
Psychiatrist
St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute
Boise, ID

Robin C. Vanderpool, DrPH, CHES
Associate Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
University of Kentucky College of Public Health
Lexington, KY

Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH
President and CEO
Advancing Synergy, LLC
Baltimore, MD

K. Viswanath, PhD
Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Director, Center for Translational Health, Communication Science, DFCI/HSPH
Director, Harvard Chan India Research Center
Co-Director, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness
Boston, MA

Timothy J. Walker, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX

Judith M.E. Walsh, MD
Primary Care Internist
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA

Bryan J. Weiner, PhD
Professor of Global Health and Health Services
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Stephanie B. Wheeler, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Meagan Whisenant, PhD, APRN
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Symptom Research
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Department of Symptom Research, Division of Internal Medicine
Houston, TX

Cameron D. Willis, PhD
Cause Communications Researcher
The Movember Foundation
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Scientist and Research Assistant Professor
Propel Centre for Population Health Impact
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH
Director, Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy
Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Yan Yu, MD
Resident Family Physician
Alberta Health Services
Calgary, Alberta, Canada