Training & Education

D&I Journal Club and Works in Progress

Monthly learning community to discuss the latest in D&I literature, workshop new proposals, and learn from D&I experts.

D&I Journal Club and Works in Progress is held monthly on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 2-3:30pm. Topic and location information sent in monthly emails.

D&I Journal Club and Works in Progress Archives:

Journal Club Date	Presenter/Discussant	Presentation	Readings & Resources
October 2019	Lindsey Yourman Mojdeh Motamedi	Quality Improvement and Improvement Science for Geriatrics Research & Practice "Creating a Learning Health System through Rapid-Cycle, Randomized Testing"
November 2019	James Pittman	VA Merit Resubmission
December 2019	Sapna Mendon	Part I of a mini-series focused on Innovative Methods in D&I Research "Novel approaches to implementation research: The utility and application of comparative configurational methods"
January 2020	Paul Estabrooks Monica Perez Jolles	Co-Production of Evidence to Promote Healthy Weights Part II of a mini-series focused on Innovative Methods in D&I Research "Core Functions and Forms of Complex Health Interventions"
February 2020	Haomiao Jin	Part III of a mini-series focused on Innovative Methods in D&I Research "Stepped Wedge Design"
March 2020	Radley "Chris" Sheldrick	Part III of a mini-series focused on Innovative Methods in D&I Research "Systems Thinking in Implementation Research"
April 2020	Rebecca Lengnick-Hall	"Service contracting as a bridging factor in implementation and sustainment of evidence-based practices"	Reading
May 2020	Ana Baumann and Leopoldo Cabassa	"Reframing Implementation Science to Address Inequities in Healthcare Delivery"	Reading
June 2020	Margaret Crane	"Under the Hood of Organizations Driving the Dissemination of Evidence-based Practices"
July 2020	Laurie Lindamer	"Improving EBP Training to Increase Access to Care for Veterans with TBI"
August 2020	Russell E. Glasgow	"RE-AIM Evolution, Iterative Use, and Health Equity: Applications and Ideas for Feedback"	Reading #1 Reading #2 Reading #3
September 2020	Erika Crable	"Using the EPIS Framework for Criminal Justice System Change"
October 2020	Jordan Farrar	"Applying the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) Framework to Testing Strategies for Scaling Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions in Fragile and Low-Resource Settings: An Example from Sierra Leone"	Reading
November 2020		"Racial Equity and Role of D&I Science: Ongoing Series"
December 2020	The Global Action Research Center (Global ARC)	"Authentic Community Engagement: Tools and Challenges"	Reading #1 Reading #2 Reading #3
January 2021	Shoba Ramanadhan	"Engaged Approaches to Capacity-building For Community-based Implementers" Email disc@health.ucsd.edu to request presentation materials.
February 2021	Bonnie Kaiser	"Ad-Hoc Adaptations Made During Delivery of a Family Therapy Intervention in Eldoret, Kenya"
March 2021	Blaine Garman-McClaine	"DISC Member and PhD Candidate in Special Education at Indiana University, will present on his F31 proposal."
April 2021	Borsika Rabin and Nicole Stadnick	"Novel Community Engagement Methods: Insights from COVID-19 Implementation Research."
May 2021	Emily Treichler	"Order Whatever You Want, as Long as It's from the Menu? Preliminary Results and Reflections on Adapting and Implementing Collaborative Decision Skills Training for Veterans with Psychosis"
June 2021	Eric Heckler	"Precision Health: Integrating Systems Science, Optimization Methods, and Implementation Science for Advancing a Community-Centered Learning Population Health Approach"
July 2021	James Pittman	"Solution-focused research can achieve its goals more rapidly by progressing through the 3 stages of create, trial, and sustain"
August 2021	Miya Barnett & Chris Miller	"The FRAME-IS: a framework for documenting modifications to implementation strategies in healthcare"	Reading
September 2021	Ross Brownson & Elva Arredondo	"Expanding Implementation Research to Prevent Chronic Diseases in Community Settings" and "Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity"
October 2021	Lindsey Wade & David Mier	"San Diego Community Health Needs Assessment – Opportunities for Engagement & Collaboration"	Slides
November 2021	Kimberly Hook	"Global Mental Health and Implementation Science: Perspectives and Opportunities in Ukraine"
December 2021	Bethany Kwan	"Methods of Stakeholders Engagement"

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D&I Training, Conference, and Publication Awards

DISC currently offers undergraduate internships for course credit through the UC San Diego Family Medicine and Public Health Department (Course Number: FMPH199 and FMPH198). E-mail DISC Manager, Clare Viglione, for application instructions at cviglione@health.ucsd.edu. Read the full internship description.

Current D&I Science Center Interns:

Reyna Bottone

Reyna is a second-year majoring in Clinical Psychology and double-minoring in Political Science and Health Care: Social Issues. She is interested in how mental health and public health relate to one another, and is excited to learn about how D&I research can be applied to health practices and improve health care. She is passionate about providing adequate access to both mental health and general health services to underserved communities.

Rohini Bulusu

Rohini is a second-year majoring in Public Health with a Concentration in Medical Sciences, as well as a minor in Health Care & Social Issues. She wants to pursue a career in medicine, while obtaining valuable D&I research experience regarding relevant public health issues to improve the overall healthcare outcomes, especially among vulnerable communities.

Maxwell Cain

Maxwell Cain is a second-year majoring in Psychology and minoring in Finance at SDSU with the goal of getting a Ph.D. in school psychology. Maxwell is interested in D&I methods and research due to his passion for mental health care and its applications for effectively implementing intervention and treatment services in the education system.

Olivia Fang

Olivia Fang is currently a part of UCSD Extension's Post Baccalaureate Pre-Health Program. She is an alumni of UC Berkeley where she majored in Psychology and minored in Creative Writing. She is interested in psychiatry and wants to learn about the interdisciplinary nature of D&I research and how such research can guide and improve the implementation of interventions in healthcare.

Laura Sheckter

Laura Sheckter is a first-year MPH student concentrating in Health Behavior and Health Policy. She hopes to learn how to help populations improve their overall well-being during her time at UCSD. More specifically, Laura is interested in learning about the process of writing D&I research and gaining the tools to apply that research through experiential learning.

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