Texas Implementation Science Hub To End HIV

IS Hub Investigators

Principal Investigators
Chris Markham, PhD UTHealth Houston		Bijal Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD UTHealth Houston
Co-Investigators
Bich N Dang, MD Baylor College of Medicine	María E Fernández, PhD UTHealth Houston	Kayo Fujimoto, PhD UTHealth Houston	Sheryl McCurdy, PhD UTHealth Houston
Shital Patel, MD, MSc Baylor College of Medicine	Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM, FAAN UTHealth Houston	Irene Tami-Maury, DMD, MSc, DrPH UTHealth Houston	J. Michael Wilkerson, PhD UTHealth Houston
Serena Rodriguez, PhD UTHealth Houston

Highlights

Talk by Dr. Julia Moore

We hosted a talk by Dr. Julia Moore, Executive Director of The Center for Implementation, on the foundations of implementation science and how it can be used in practice to support the implementation of evidence-based initiatives.

A recording of the talk is available online.

Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI) Presentation 

We gave a presentation on some of our upcoming activities and general aims with the HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI). You can read more in the ISCI's blog post about the presentation. 

Capstone Event

We were so excited to recently host our 2023 capstone event where we gathered our EHE awardees and engaged in dynamic discussions about each implementation project! We were honored to hear from three distinct projects which included:

1. Drs. Graham and Jack from the University of Washington presented on their project about Mapping a Behavioral Economics-Informed Intervention to promote linkage to HIV prevention and behavioral health services for people releasing from jails and prisons in Washington state.  
2. Dr. Robert Deiss from the University of California San Diego presented his project on a collaborative approach for navigating, developing strategies, and uplifting the health of persons with substance use disorders.  
3. Dr. Alison Buttenheim presented her project on evaluating the B-OK bottles as an implementation strategy to improve treatment adherence counseling and retention support by medical case managers.

We talked about some of the barriers experienced when conducting implementation research and were able to learn from colleagues around the nation. We look forward to following these impactful projects and witnessing their efforts in ending the HIV epidemic.

Our Work

We are happy to announce that we have been selected to support six EHE projects across the nation with a focus on pharmacy-delivered research.

We are continuously working with colleagues in our local D-CFAR and have supported multiple investigators with their implementation science needs.