Welcome
On average, it takes 17 years for evidence-based interventions and healthcare practices borne out of research to be adopted in hospital and community settings. This can lead to costly inefficiencies and missed opportunities to “do” healthcare and public health better. The emerging field of implementation science seeks to close that gap. By developing strategies, practices, and networks of dedicated researchers and practitioners, the University of Iowa Implementation Science Center is working to speed up the time it takes for healthcare professionals, public health practitioners, and policymakers to learn about—and appropriately implement—helpful, and even lifesaving, discoveries and practices that can benefit Iowans, the United States, and the world.
What is implementation science?
Implementation science is a growing field in the health sciences defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as “the study of methods to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions, and policies into routine health care and public health settings to improve our impact on population health.”
Current Events
Journal Club
Researchers discuss the latest research and their own works-in-progress.
3rd Thursday of the month at 1:00pm
1385 Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building (hybrid)
Past Events
Building a Big Tent for Implementation Science - 10/3/24
Building a Big Tent for Implementation Science Together: Reflections and Opportunities
Presented by David Chambers, DPhil
Thursday, October 3, 2024 - 2:00pm
Nursing Clinical Education Center (NCEC), W417 GH
"As scientists, we are trained to communicate to other scientists through publications or conferences. Implementation science takes this work a step further, ensuring that it doesn’t stay on the shelf. By also studying people, organizations, and systems, we can more effectively and efficiently help them integrate evidence-based practices into what they are already doing."