2025 – 2026  Dissemination & Implementation Science Pilot Project Awardees

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Medicine (DOM) Implementation Science Research Program in collaboration with the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Research & Education (COERE), and the Forge AHEAD Center are pleased to announce our 2025-2026 Dissemination & Implementation Science Pilot Project Awardees.

2025-2026 Dissemination and Implementation Science Pilot Awardees

We are pleased to announce the newly funded Dissemination and Implementation Science Pilot Projects.

Sponsored By:

Annie Glover, PhD, MPH, MPA

Project Title: “Tailoring Implementation Approaches: Transferring Rural Obstetric Readiness to New Policy and Health System Contexts”

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy & Organization

Soumya Niranjan BPharm, MS, PhD

Project Title: “The GUIDE Study: Genetic Testing Uptake Insight and Decision Evaluation”

Associate Professor, School of Health Professions, Department of Health Services Administration

Previous Pilot Award Recipients

The 2023-2024 Dissemination & Implementation Science Pilot Project Awardees

Lori Bateman, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine

Project Title: Integrating Genomic Medicine into Underserved Environments: Identifying Barriers, Facilitators and Implementation Strategies. 

 

 

Brandon Rocque, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Division

Project Title: Understanding factors that limit screening polysomnography in individuals with myelomeningocele.

 

 

Ariel Salas, MD, MSPH

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology

Project Title: Increasing expressed breastmilk feeding rates in infants born preterm weighing less than 1500 grams.

 

The 2024-2025 Dissemination & Implementation Science Pilot Project Awardees

Kristy Broman, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

Project Title: Implementation of Evidence in Melanoma Management within an Integrated Health  System and its Community Sites of Care

Annabelle Fonseca, MD, MHS, FACS

Associate Professor, Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

Project Title: Engaging Stakeholders to Understand Communication Preferences and Perspectives on a Shared Decision-Making Tool for Pancreatic Cancer Care

Chloe Taub, PhD

Assistant Professor, Heersink School of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine

Project Title: Remotely-Delivered Stress Management for Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Therapy Living in High Disadvantaged Neighborhoods

Internal Funding Opportunities

2025-2026 Pilot Project Awards RFA

Program Overview: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Medicine (DOM) Implementation Science Research Program in collaboration with the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Research & Education (COERE), and the Forge AHEAD Center invite applications for enterprise-wide dissemination and implementation science pilot projects. Dissemination and implementation science broadly seeks to improve how evidence based practices, interventions, and policies are disseminated, implemented, and maintained in real-world settings.

Pilot funding is intended to provide initial project support for new investigators, allow exploration of possible innovative new directions for established investigators in dissemination and implementation science that is different or distinct from ongoing funded research, and encourage investigators from other areas to use their expertise for dissemination and implementation science. Pilot projects should focus on data collection or data analysis in any area of research related to dissemination and implementation science.

Research Focus: The pilot projects should: 1) ask dissemination and implementation research questions, 2)
use a dissemination and/or implementation science framework to guide the research, and 3) employ
appropriate research designs and/or methods. Priority will be given to applications that demonstrate likelihood
of future R01 (or equivalent) funding.

Key Dates:

Full Application Due Date: June 27, 2025
Notification of Awards: August 18, 2025
Funding Period: September 1, 2025-August 31, 2026

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External Funding Opportunities

NIH Funding Announcements/Opportunities
Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science