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Implementation and Community Sciences Core

Implementation_and_Community_Services.jpegThe ICS Core combines implementation, community, and big data science to accelerate data-driven research aligned with NIH priorities and the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative. Contact Alyssa Carodine for service inquiries.

Develop and enhance implementation science expertise

  • “Science to Practice” workshops

  • Intensive, multi-day trainings with national experts

  • Consultation services on IS study designs

  • Curated resources to support IS research and training

Enhance the skills of community and academic investigators in community-based engagement and research methods

  • Community-as-expert events – connecting with community partners, culturally appropriate strategies to access hard-to-reach populations, maintaining meaningful partnerships during implementation of HIV research studies

  • CFAR-led education and training events for community investigators

  • Feedback for CFAR investigators regarding community engagement strategies in grant applications

Advance methodological skills of researchers in big data science

  • Providing access to large datasets including commercial laboratory, public health surveillance, and Medicaid claims data

  • Consultation and workshops on quantitative methodologies and geospatial analytics

Acknowledge the Center

Support the UAB Center for AIDS Research by acknowledging services in publications, abstracts, and grants. Cite us: This research was supported by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center For AIDS Research CFAR, an NIH funded program (P30 AI027767) that was made possible by the following institutes: NIAID, NCI, NICHD, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, NIA, NIDDK, NIGMS, NIMHD, FIC, NIDCR, and OAR.