{"id":1325,"date":"2026-06-11T18:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dcis\/?page_id=1325"},"modified":"2026-10-26T19:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:46:03","slug":"irc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/dcis\/cobre\/irc\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation Research Core (IRC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

Current research highlights the major science-to-practice gap of many promising innovations that have emerged from biomedical research because they are either not well-integrated or a good fit with the system context workflows they were developed for. Recent recommendations for next-generation biomedical intervention research call for greater attention to end-user perspectives and user-centered design approaches, grounded in optimizing implementation, to systematically integrate innovations into their intended ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Two key priorities in this effort are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Aligning how implementation science frameworks, methods, and measurement approaches are applied across separate studies to enable between-study comparisons.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Fostering a deeper understanding of the factors that influence adoption and sustainment of evidence-based practices in different settings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Implementation Research Core (IRC) supports building researchers' capacity to integrate implementation science into their areas of research.<\/p>\n

    Seminars<\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Fundamentals<\/div><\/span><\/h4>\n

    The Center offers monthly Fundamentals of Implementation Science seminars with presentations from experts in the field.<\/p>\n

    In Spring 2026, the IRC hosted a four-part Fundamentals series on applying implementation science Theories, Models, and Frameworks (TMFs) in implementation research. The series included presentations on the following models and frameworks:<\/p>\n