Cancer Implementation Science
A research program focused on applying implementation science to cancer prevention and control. Our goal is to support communities in Massachusetts in developing sustainable strategies and partnerships to make evidence-based cancer control more accessible.
Key Research – Past
Our past work through the Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control Equity (ISCCCE) aimed to:
- Develop a Learning Community to build capacity and implementation readiness among Massachusetts community health centers and provide support for pilot study implementation and evaluation of evidence-based interventions among a subset of sites that are ready to undertake implementation activities.
- Form a Data Management Unit to coordinate data collection, data sharing, and data-related communication across health center partners and ISCCCE investigators.
- Establish a Practice Surveillance Unit to monitor ongoing implementation activities, track outcomes of the rapid-cycle pilot studies, inform the development of future pilot studies, and assess unintended negative impacts on other health equity initiatives across the community health centers.
ISCCCE and the comprehensive data ecosystem it created facilitated the below list of pilot studies and publications.
ISCCCE Pilot Studies
Clinical‒Community Partnerships for Cancer Prevention Equity
Project Lead: Rebekka Lee
Multi-level Stakeholder Perspectives on Defining, Measuring and Addressing Health Equity in Community Health Centers
Project Lead: Kelly Aschbrenner
Bridging the Gap: Understanding and Addressing Utilization of Immunotherapy for Melanoma
Project Lead: Alan Geller
Engaging Boundary Spanners in Cancer Communication: Responsive Feedback Approach
Project Lead: Rachel McCloud
Adapting Patient Navigation To Reduce Housing-Related Inequities In Cancer Screening
Project Leads: Fay Khudairi and Travis Baggett
Implementation of Paired Promotion of Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Social Needs Screening
Project Leads: Sanja Percac-Lima and Jennifer Haas
MASS CRC Screening: Making Adaptable and Sustainable Strategies for Community Colorectal Cancer Screening
Project Lead: Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa
Addressing Incomplete and Missing EHR Data in Implementation Science
Project Lead: Sebastien Haneuse
Development and Feasibility of Methods for Stakeholder and Equity Data-Driven Implementation in Cancer Control and Prevention
Project Leads: Kelly Aschbrenner and Steve Bartels
Development of Cost-Effectiveness Methods for Cancer Control Implementation Strategies
Project Lead: Doug Levy
Advancing Health Equity Through Implementation Science: Environmental Scans and Cross-Site Collaboration
Project Lead: Erica Warner
Human-Centered Design of a Stakeholder and Equity Data-Driven Implementation Process
Project Lead: Kelly Aschbrenner
Community-Engaged Development of Economic Evaluation Tools for Implementation
Project Lead: Doug Levy
Benefits of Participatory Systems Science Methods for Implementation Research
Project Lead: Natalie Riva Smith
Strategies for Leveraging Social Networks in Community-level Dissemination and Implementation Research: A Narrative Review
Project Lead: Shoba Ramanadhan
Practical Considerations and Strategies for Collecting Data on Implementation Determinants in Low Resource Healthcare Settings
Project Lead: Kelly Aschbrenner
Research Summaries
Click to read our publications and research summaries. A research plain language summary is a short, easy-to-understand description of a scientific study. During the ISCCCE implementation period, our team created several of these summaries from our published research to help more people understand and engage with our work. By offering these summaries, ISCCCE aims to better share our research with the public so that valuable insights reach more people.