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Annual Seminar Series

About the Seminar Series

Our 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.

This event is hosted by the UTHealth Institute for Implementation Science and sponsored by the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research: UTSPH, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I contact education contact hour. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 0. Continuing Competency credits available are 1.” Provider ID#1153624

Recordings from previous seminars can be found here.

2026 Seminar Series

Date

Topic and Speakers 

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Sept. 16, 2026
11AM - 12PM CT

"Foundation Funding Priorities in Implementation Science"

Speaker Panel from the Alzheimer's Association and the American Heart Association

  • Jessica M. Biddinger, MS, National Senior Director, Research and Grants Administration, American Heart Association

  • Lycia Neumann, PhD, MPA, Senior Director, Health Services Research, Alzheimer's Association

Register

Oct 21, 2026
11AM - 12PM CT

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Nov. 11, 2026
11AM - 12PM CT

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Dec. 9, 2026
11AM - 12PM CT

"Advancing the Science of Sustainability in Implementation Science"

Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Deputy Chair for Faculty Development & Research Strategy, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health,?Co-Director (for Translational and Implementation Science) of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Director, Implementation Science Initiative, Columbia’s Irving Institute CTSA

Register

Jan 13, 2027
10AM - 11AM CT

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