Seminar Series
The seminar series explores the evolution, current state, and future research agenda in implementation science through a series of seminars featuring lectures by leading implementation science experts, as well as facilitated panel discussions. Attendees will engage with implementation science theory, implementation strategy development, selection and tailoring, study design, evaluation approaches, and real-world application of implementation science.
The seminars are held virtually on Zoom and registration is open to the public. The intended audience is researchers, healthcare professionals, and other practitioners interested in implementation science.
We are pleased to offer 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® Credits for the above seminars in collaboration with the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, housed at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin. The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®). For questions about credits, please email us at [email protected]
Recordings from previous seminars can be found here.
2025 Seminars
| Date/Time | Topic and Speakers | Registration |
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September 9 |
"Supercharging implementation science with insights from behavioral economics" Rinad Beidas, PhD |
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October 14 |
"Scaling up complex interventions: Lessons learned from three studies" Jennifer Leeman, DrPH, MDiv |
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November 11 |
“Organizational transformation and implementation science: Managing the forest and the trees” Martin Charns, MBA, DBA |
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December 9 |
"Building and Sustaining Implementation Science across 5 Texas Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) networks" Facilitated Conversation Between: María E. Fernández, PhD, Darpan I. Patel, PhD, FACSM, Kathleen Stevens, EdD, FAAN, RN, ANEF, Molly Horstman, MD, MS, and George Jackson, MHA, PhD. Facilitated by Bijal Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD. |
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Workshop
The 2025 UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science Workshop is designed for early or mid-career researchers and healthcare professionals new to the field of implementation science who are interested in incorporating implementation science methodology into their research. The workshop complements the seminar series and will consist of four facilitated group sessions in which participants will present project proposals and receive additional training from experts in the field of implementation science. Preference will be given to UTHealth Houston applicants.
Workshop sessions will be held virtually on the following dates and times (Central Time):
2025 DATES:
- September 4, 2025: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- October 16, 2025: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- November 6, 2025: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
- December 4, 2025: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Application requirements:
- Personal details and biography
- Biosketch
- Project proposal
Application Deadline - We are no longer accepting applications for the 2025 Workshop.
Contact [email protected] for details.