Dear Colleagues,

The UCLA CHIPTS Rapid, Rigorous, Relevant (3R) and the San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hubs are co-hosting a methods workshop entitled, “Roll-out implementation optimization (ROIO) in Practice: Methodological Considerations and Case Examples,” on Friday, May 30, from 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT.  You don’t want to miss out on this workshop!

Featured Faculty: JD Smith, PhD, Anna Lau, PhD, Borsika Rabin, PhD, PharmD, MHP, Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH and Sylvanna M. Vargas, PhD, MPH

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define the ROIO study design and explain how it differs from traditional stepped wedge and hybrid implementation-effectiveness designs.
• Describe key methodological considerations for planning and executing a ROIO study, including timing of roll-out, adaptation tracking, and real-time optimization.
• Identify appropriate contexts and research questions for which the ROIO design is best suited, with attention to health systems implementation.
• Evaluate real-world case examples that illustrate application of ROIO methods across diverse clinical or public health settings.
• Apply lessons learned from ROIO studies to conceptualize and refine their own implementation research designs, including opportunities for co-design, stakeholder engagement, and continuous learning.

There will be a 20-minute drop-in group consultation offered after the workshop for those who are interested.

REGISTER HERE or copy and paste link: https://tinyurl.com/5n87asnt

Feel free to share this opportunity with your network – all are welcome. A flyer is attached.

If you have any questions, contact ucla3rhub@mednet.ucla.edu.

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Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to join the Center for Dissemination and Implementation at Stanford (C-DIAS), in collaboration with the UCLA CHIPTS 3R Implementation Science Hub, for an engaging panel discussion entitled “Methods for Rescuing Implementation Trials that Have Gone Off the Rails” on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, from 10 – 11:30 AM PT.

Featured panelists: Geoffrey Curran, PhD, Alison Hamilton, PhD, and JD Smith, PhD

Session description: In this panel, three principal investigators will describe how their extramurally funded implementation trials encountered potentially study-ending problems: Shifting context barriers (e.g., staffing, local policy, partner priorities) resulting in problems with site recruitment, retention, and/or engagement; missing data; mis-specified implementation strategies; and failed strategies.

To add this event to your Outlook calendar, click here calendar invite (or see attachment).

Join Zoom Meeting Here or use this link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/92083076417?pwd=cV6xWpfX5jmR2JM97k7nxdt0SU4KGQ.1

Feel free to share this announcement with your network.  Everyone is welcome.  No registration is required.

If you have any questions, contact Enrique Sanchez at eesanchez@mednet.ucla.edu 

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Dear colleagues,

The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) in collaboration with UCLA CHIPTS and UCLA-CDU CFAR are hosting the Fall 2024 CTSI Translational Science Seminar on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, from 12:00 PM-1:00 PM.

This upcoming seminar entitled, “Translation in Practice: Advancing HIV Treatment and Prevention for Everyone” will highlight the translational science journey of long-acting injectables for HIV treatment and prevention. The tools to bring a halt to new HIV transmissions have long been available, however, many people at risk for or with HIV struggle to remain on these medications. Long-acting injectables present new strategies for addressing these issues.

CHIPTS’ own Drs. Raphael Landovitz, Dilara Üsküp, and Ron Brooks are among the featured speakers who will discuss different phases of the journey of this innovation from the lab to addressing current implementation challenges in communities.

This event is in-person at the MacDonald Research Laboratories (MRL) Room 1-441.

Register here! Registered participants will receive lunch during the seminar.

For questions, please contact CTSIWD@mednet.ucla.edu.

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The California Statewide HIV and Aging Educational Initiative in partnership with Santa Clara County Getting to Zero invites you to participate in a Statewide Skill-Building Symposium: Addressing Mental Health among Older Adults with HIV on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, from 8:30 AM-4:30 PM PT, at Campbell Community Center’s Orchard City Banquet Hall.

Mental health is a critical concern among older adults with HIV in California. In honor of HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day, this one-day, in-person symposium will help equip California service providers and frontline staff to better address the mental health needs of older adults with HIV, including the unique needs of long-term survivors. Leading experts will offer engaging, interactive presentations on the intersection of mental health and loneliness & isolation, physical & cognitive decline, substance use, and more! By the end of the symposium, participants will be able to:

1. Identify at least three key issues impacting mental health among older adults with HIV in California.
2. Describe at least two strategies to address key issues impacting mental health among older adults with HIV in California.
3. Apply at least one strategy to help meet the mental health needs of older adults with HIV in their own work.

Registration is free and required for attendance and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Capacity is limited and registration will close once capacity has been reached, so please register early to ensure you have an opportunity to participate! A hotel room block with discounted rates is available to symposium participants near the venue at Larkspur Landing, Campbell. Continuing education credit for the symposium is being provided by the Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center – Bay Area, North, and Central Coast (BANCC).

Learn more and register here: https://paetc.caspio.com/dp/050e700090280c9da9194a3daf9c?ER_ID=20017702

The California Statewide HIV and Aging Educational Initiative is a collaborative capacity-building initiative led by the UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), APLA Health, the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC)—LA and BANCC, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. If you have any questions, please contact Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at erosenberg-carlson@mednet.ucla.edu.

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Please join our UCLA Rapid, Rigorous, Relevant (3R) Implementation Science Hub for the next Implementation Science Beachside Chat titled Qualitative Research in Implementation Science: Reflections on the Last Five Years coming up on Friday, February 9, from 9-10 AM PT! Hosted by Dr. Alison Hamilton, this Chat will feature an engaging discussion with the esteemed members of the Qualitative Research in Implementation Science (QualRIS) group commissioned by the National Cancer Institute to develop a White Paper on Qualitative Research in Implementation Science in 2019.

Please REGISTER HERE to join, and share this opportunity with your networks! A flyer is below.

To access past Chats and methods workshops hosted by the Hub, check out our YouTube playlist. If you have any questions, please contact Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at ERosenberg-Carlson@mednet.ucla.edu.

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