Action Groups
CCIS action groups advance the Consortium's work by developing public goods—widely available tools and resources—that address key challenges and move cancer implementation science forward. To get involved with an action group, please contact us.
Active Action Groups
Community Participation in Implementation Science
Est. 2020
The goal of this action group is to advance implementation science through identifying, elevating, and enhancing community-engaged research. Major goals include building competencies in research design and evaluation.
- Chair
- Samantha Harden, PhD, 500 RYTVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Vice Chair
- Elizabeth Cohn, RN, NP, PhD, FAANCity University of New York
Complex/Multi-level Contexts and Interventions
Est. 2020
The goals of this action group are to explore the interface of complex/multilevel interventions and implementation science, and to produce goods, tools, and tutorials to guide others seeking to apply implementation science to understand, design, and evaluate complex/multilevel interventions.
- Chair
- Katelyn Fox, PhDBrown University
- Vice Chair
- Rachel Meadows, PhD, MPHJPS Health Network
Contextual Drivers in Implementation Science
Est. 2019
The Contextual Drivers of Implementation in Cancer Control action group focuses on understanding and addressing multi-level contextual factors that influence fair and ethical implementation of evidence-based practices along the cancer control continuum.
- Chair
- Callie Walsh-Bailey, PhD, MPHNorthwestern University
- Vice Chair
- Junqiang Zhao, PhDUniversity of Rochester
Environmental and Occupational Health in Implementation Science
Est. 2023
The goals of this action group are to foster transdisciplinary, multi-sectoral interactions and collaborations, and to learn to address key environmental and occupational health challenges using and advancing implementation science.
- Chair
- Cory Bradley, PhD, MPH, MSWNorthwestern University
- Vice Chair
- Virginia (Ginger) McKay, PhD, MAWashington University in St. Louis
Implementation and Technology
Est. 2019
The goal of this action group is to identify effective, evidence-based technologies; understand best practices, barriers, and facilitators of their adoption; and identify and address the evidence gaps that must be filled to move the field forward. This action group focuses on how health information and digital technologies can support the provision of guideline-concordant cancer prevention and care.
- Chair
- Melanie Powis, PhDUniversity of Toronto; Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Vice Chair
- Thomas Odeny, MD, MPH, PhDWashington University in St. Louis
Implementation Science in Global Health
Est. 2020
The goal of this action group is to focus on implementation science research and practice for global cancer control through collaboration and capacity building. The group aims to identify opportunities and potential strategies to increase the translation of evidence-based cancer control interventions into practice in both scalable and sustainable ways.
- Chair
- Godfrey Sama Philipo, MD, MPH, MGSCEast, Central, Southern Africa Health Community Secretariat
- Vice Chair
- Thembekile Shato, PhD, MPHWashington University in St. Louis
Learning Healthcare Systems as Natural Laboratories
Est. 2021
The goal of this action group is to identify opportunities and challenges to employing implementation science in learning healthcare system development, innovation, and evaluation. The action group hopes to promote and guide implementation research that examines the individual and collective importance of patient, clinician, and organizational/administrative attributes driving the systematic uptake of proven-effective interventions within learning healthcare systems.
- Chair
- Jennifer LeLaurin, PhDUniversity of Florida
- Vice Chair
- Maram Museitif, DrPH, MPH, CPHCentral Health
Public Health Strategies in Implementation Science
Est. 2019
Our group facilitates work at the intersection of cancer implementation science and legislation, regulation, and public health decision-making, and their impact on cancer control. We will do this by bringing together experts to understand the landscape, develop strategies, and create public goods.
- Chair
- Amanda Petrik, PhDKaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
- Vice Chair
- Jessica Currier, PhDOregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute
Inactive / Archived Groups
These action groups have completed their primary objectives or are currently on hiatus. Some have produced valuable public goods that remain available.
Economics and Cost in Implementation Science
Years Active: 2019 - 2020
The goal of this action group was to better understand implementation costs and who bears them, and to distinguish between the intervention and implementation costs.
Implementation Science Study Designs
Years Active: 2019 - 2022
The goal of this action group was to identify optimal research methods and study designs that accommodate rapid changes in context and responsive adaptations in the intervention and outcomes.
Precision Health and Big Data in Implementation Science
Years Active: 2019 - 2020
The goal of this action group was to guide and support efforts on emerging precision health activities along the cancer care continuum; build capacity through training programs for precision health researchers, clinicians, and communities; establish networks to develop measures and analytic tools specific to precision health and big data; and conduct pragmatic studies using learning health care system models.
Rapid Cycle Design in Implementation Science
Years Active: 2019 - 2020
The goal of this action group was to develop guidance for advancing methodology related to rapid cycle designs.