Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2019: where
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Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2019: where the rubber meets the road: the intersection of research, policy, and practice - part 1 Sara J. Landes1,2,3*, Suzanne E. U. Kerns4, Meagan R. Pilar5, Callie Walsh-Bailey5, Stephanie H. Yu6, Y. Vivian Byeon6, Margaret E. Crane7, Madeline Larson8, Heather L. Bullock9,10, Ana A. Baumann5, Katherine Anne Comtois11, Doyanne Darnell11, Shannon Dorsey12, Phil Fizur13,14, Cara C. Lewis11,15, Joanna C. Moullin16, Andria Pierson11, Byron J. Powell5, Cameo F. Stanick17, Shannon Wiltsey Stirman18,19 and Robert P. Franks20 From 5th Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) Seattle, WA, USA. 12-14 September 2019
Introduction The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) evolved as a society following a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded conference grant (NIMH 1R13MH086159-01A1, PI Comtois) and has continued to develop as an international society [1]. At the 5th biennial conference held in in Seattle, WA, USA, on September 12–14, 2019, we announced that we had incorporated SIRC as an entity and obtained non-profit status with generous assistance from the Business Innovations Clinic at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, Bowen School of Law. SIRC’s goal is to improve the implementation of effective practices in behavioral health, health, and social care, notably through collaboration among communities, researchers, purveyors of evidencebased practices, practitioners, and policy makers. To * Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA 2 Behavioral Health QUERI, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR, USA Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
include and support a variety of member types, SIRC created Networks of Expertise (NoE). These networks include the Student, New Investigator, Established Investigator, Practitioner, and Mechanisms NoE. Each NoE focuses on activities relevant to their members, such as pairing Students with New or New with Established Investigator mentors, hosting office hours to share expertise, and developing conference content relevant to their interests. Conference activities related to the NoEs are highlighted throughout this summary. The 2019 conference, entitled “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: The Intersection of Research, Policy, and Practice,” brought together 432 attendees from across the globe with interests in implementation research, policy, and practice within and outside of academia. The conference theme was inspired by a discussion during a breakout session at a prior SIRC conference. One of the practitioner attendees suggested that SIRC further emphasize how researchers take what they learn from implementation science and better collaborate with practitioners to apply the concepts on the ground. This participant referred to this a
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