8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health Co-hosted by National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth December 14-15, 2015 | Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC A forum for discussing the science of dissemination and implementation, the 8th Annual Conference aims to grow the research base by bridging the gap between evidence, practice, and policy in health and medicine.
Confirmed Speakers
Optimizing Personal and Population Health
• Tom Fowler, Genomics England
• Ambassador Deborah Birx, U.S. Department of State • Robert Califf, U.S. Food and Drug Administration • David Chambers, National Cancer Institute
The theme reflects the opportunities and challenges of integrating evidence-based practice and service delivery to improve both healthcare delivery and population health in the US and globally. This year’s agenda will feature keynote, plenary and breakout sessions complemented by peer-reviewed abstracts.
• Abdul Ghaffar, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research,
Plenary Sessions
• K.M. Venkat Narayan, Emory University
• Keynote Address: Implementation Science Toward Community Health America Bracho, Executive Director, Latino Health Access
World Health Organization
• Jeremy Grimshaw, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa
• Lisa Hirschhorn, Ariadne Labs and Harvard Medical School • Ruth Patterson, University of California, San Diego • Nirav Shah, Kaiser Permanente • Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth
• Crossing Boundaries, Changing Roles: Dissemination and Implementation Opportunities to Achieve Population Health
• Ida Spruill, Medical University of South Carolina
• Global D&I Research: Building a Worldwide Evidence Base
• Steven Woolf, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Leana S. Wen, Baltimore City Health Department
• Getting Personal: Implementing Precision Medicine Join researchers, evaluators and implementers to discuss, debate and explore in-depth approaches to advance dissemination and implementation science. Save $100 on your registration fee when you register by October 30.
Additional Co-Sponsors
In Collaboration With Centers for Disease Control and Prevention World Health Organization