ImSatUCSF
@imsatucsf.bsky.social
We are the Implementation Science (ImS) Training Program and the PRISE (Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity) Center.
📍 University of California, San Francisco
📍 University of California, San Francisco
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New paper co-authored by CTCRE’s Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS, Pam Ling, MD, MPH, and former fellows Karla Llanes, PhD, and Arturo Durazo, PhD, explores digital smoking cessation preferences among low-income Latino residents in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Read: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e74105
Digital Smoking Cessation Preferences of Predominately Low-Income and Latino Residents of the San Joaquin Valley in California: Qualitative Study
Background: Although rates of tobacco use in California have declined overall, adults in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV), particularly Hispanic/Latinos (“Latinos”), have disproportionately high rates of ...
formative.jmir.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New paper co-authored by CTCRE’s Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS, Pam Ling, MD, MPH, and former fellows Karla Llanes, PhD, and Arturo Durazo, PhD, explores digital smoking cessation preferences among low-income Latino residents in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Read: formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e74105
In case you missed it, you can watch the recording of the PRISE Center's recent seminar on Intervention Adaptation led by Dr. Jennifer Velloza and Dr. Lucía Abascal.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkxI...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkxI...
PRISE Center Fall ImS Seminar on Intervention Adaptation
YouTube video by UCSF PRISE Center
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November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In case you missed it, you can watch the recording of the PRISE Center's recent seminar on Intervention Adaptation led by Dr. Jennifer Velloza and Dr. Lucía Abascal.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkxI...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkxI...
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Quitting tobacco saves lives—but it’s harder without stable housing or support.
Research led by Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan shows that when cessation programs meet people where they are, progress is possible.
Explore the research:
➡️ buff.ly/lRgrqP9
#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth
Research led by Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan shows that when cessation programs meet people where they are, progress is possible.
Explore the research:
➡️ buff.ly/lRgrqP9
#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Quitting tobacco saves lives—but it’s harder without stable housing or support.
Research led by Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan shows that when cessation programs meet people where they are, progress is possible.
Explore the research:
➡️ buff.ly/lRgrqP9
#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth
Research led by Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan shows that when cessation programs meet people where they are, progress is possible.
Explore the research:
➡️ buff.ly/lRgrqP9
#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth
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TOMORROW: Join us for our next Innovation Pathways seminar: Climate change, Implementation Science, and HIV
Time: 1 to 2 p.m. PT
Link: globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/innova...
Time: 1 to 2 p.m. PT
Link: globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/innova...
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
TOMORROW: Join us for our next Innovation Pathways seminar: Climate change, Implementation Science, and HIV
Time: 1 to 2 p.m. PT
Link: globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/innova...
Time: 1 to 2 p.m. PT
Link: globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/event/innova...
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📢 Interested in when, why, & how to adapt interventions for different contexts?
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📢 Interested in when, why, & how to adapt interventions for different contexts?
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 Interested in when, why, & how to adapt interventions for different contexts?
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📢 Interested in when, why, & how to adapt interventions for different contexts?
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Drs. Jennifer Velloza & Lucía Abascal on Oct 23, 1 - 2 pm PST for a deep dive into intervention adaptation.
Register via Zoom to attend:
ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
PRISE Center Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Marissa Boeck, and collaborators at DPH, ZSFG Surgery & UCSF’s The Better Lab provide access to surgical care for unhoused San Franciscans through Project REACH. Read about this pilot program here: abc7news.com/post/project...
SF pilot program is 1st in the nation to provide surgical care for the unhoused
Project REACH was started a year ago funded by the Health Department and the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, and it has improved the lives of eight people so far.
abc7news.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
PRISE Center Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Marissa Boeck, and collaborators at DPH, ZSFG Surgery & UCSF’s The Better Lab provide access to surgical care for unhoused San Franciscans through Project REACH. Read about this pilot program here: abc7news.com/post/project...
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People experiencing homelessness have poor health, struggle to access care & face high ER and hospitalization rates—despite high rates of insurance.
What happens when Medicaid cuts make things worse?
Explore current challenges: buff.ly/atxK3fU
Stay tuned for our expanded report—coming soon!
What happens when Medicaid cuts make things worse?
Explore current challenges: buff.ly/atxK3fU
Stay tuned for our expanded report—coming soon!
September 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
People experiencing homelessness have poor health, struggle to access care & face high ER and hospitalization rates—despite high rates of insurance.
What happens when Medicaid cuts make things worse?
Explore current challenges: buff.ly/atxK3fU
Stay tuned for our expanded report—coming soon!
What happens when Medicaid cuts make things worse?
Explore current challenges: buff.ly/atxK3fU
Stay tuned for our expanded report—coming soon!
Join us on Aug 28 at 1 pm PT for Dr. Jennifer Velloza's talk on Intervention Adaptation in implementation science research.
Click here to register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Click here to register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Join us on Aug 28 at 1 pm PT for Dr. Jennifer Velloza's talk on Intervention Adaptation in implementation science research.
Click here to register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Click here to register: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ATTN Post Docs: Are you interested in learning about implementation science methods that can support your research projects? Join the next PRISE Center T32 ImS Methods Speaker Session led by Dr. Jennifer Velloza.
Registration is required to attend: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration is required to attend: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
ATTN Post Docs: Are you interested in learning about implementation science methods that can support your research projects? Join the next PRISE Center T32 ImS Methods Speaker Session led by Dr. Jennifer Velloza.
Registration is required to attend: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration is required to attend: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Clinicians, researchers, and program leads, this one’s for you! Don’t miss our hands-on Learning Health Systems and Implementation Science workshop starting August 21.
Further details below:
Further details below:
📢 Registration now open for the "Using Implementation Science to Advance Learning Health Systems Workshop."
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
August 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Clinicians, researchers, and program leads, this one’s for you! Don’t miss our hands-on Learning Health Systems and Implementation Science workshop starting August 21.
Further details below:
Further details below:
Registration is still open for the "Using Implementation Science to Advance Learning Health Systems Workshop". Click the link below to learn more and secure your spot.
📢 Registration now open for the "Using Implementation Science to Advance Learning Health Systems Workshop."
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
August 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Registration is still open for the "Using Implementation Science to Advance Learning Health Systems Workshop". Click the link below to learn more and secure your spot.
📢 Registration now open for the "Using Implementation Science to Advance Learning Health Systems Workshop."
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
July 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📢 Registration now open for the "Using Implementation Science to Advance Learning Health Systems Workshop."
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
Click this link for more details including topics covered, tuition cost, and how to register: myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration...
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⭐ Important report from @capolicylab.bsky.social on pilot data from homelessness prevention project
🔑 to homelessness prevention is ID ppr w highest risk, finding them, using evidence based interventions to as many as possible. They did that! RCT results to come.
⬇️ Read the report!
lnkd.in/gsYMDiEW
🔑 to homelessness prevention is ID ppr w highest risk, finding them, using evidence based interventions to as many as possible. They did that! RCT results to come.
⬇️ Read the report!
lnkd.in/gsYMDiEW
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July 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
⭐ Important report from @capolicylab.bsky.social on pilot data from homelessness prevention project
🔑 to homelessness prevention is ID ppr w highest risk, finding them, using evidence based interventions to as many as possible. They did that! RCT results to come.
⬇️ Read the report!
lnkd.in/gsYMDiEW
🔑 to homelessness prevention is ID ppr w highest risk, finding them, using evidence based interventions to as many as possible. They did that! RCT results to come.
⬇️ Read the report!
lnkd.in/gsYMDiEW
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Check out ARC's podcast, Research to Action! Hear straight from distinguished faculty about how rigorous research translates into action by supporting & informing interventions & initiatives that affect health. #healthequity #ucsf #research #interventions. arcforequity.ucsf.edu/arc-resource...
June 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Check out ARC's podcast, Research to Action! Hear straight from distinguished faculty about how rigorous research translates into action by supporting & informing interventions & initiatives that affect health. #healthequity #ucsf #research #interventions. arcforequity.ucsf.edu/arc-resource...
ATTN Post Docs: Are you interested in implementation science frameworks and their application in safety-net health settings?
Join Dr. Elaine Khoong & Dr. Lina Tieu's talk on June 20, 12 pm - 1 pm PT.
Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Dr. Elaine Khoong & Dr. Lina Tieu's talk on June 20, 12 pm - 1 pm PT.
Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ATTN Post Docs: Are you interested in implementation science frameworks and their application in safety-net health settings?
Join Dr. Elaine Khoong & Dr. Lina Tieu's talk on June 20, 12 pm - 1 pm PT.
Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join Dr. Elaine Khoong & Dr. Lina Tieu's talk on June 20, 12 pm - 1 pm PT.
Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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🌈 Happy Pride Month! Join UCSF in celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride at the SF Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29! The parade is open to all UCSF students, staff, trainees, faculty and family/friends. Register by June 25: eventbrite.com/e/ucsf-pride...
Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice
Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice
June 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🌈 Happy Pride Month! Join UCSF in celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride at the SF Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29! The parade is open to all UCSF students, staff, trainees, faculty and family/friends. Register by June 25: eventbrite.com/e/ucsf-pride...
Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice
Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice
Don’t miss Dr. Nilay S. Shah outline the science of cardiovascular disease prevention in Asian Americans in the first of three 2025 NIH ODP Early Stage Investigator Lectures on June 4 at 10 a.m. ET. Register now! nih.gov/news-events/early-stage-investigator-lecture/2025/nilay-s-shah-md-mph
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May 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Don’t miss Dr. Nilay S. Shah outline the science of cardiovascular disease prevention in Asian Americans in the first of three 2025 NIH ODP Early Stage Investigator Lectures on June 4 at 10 a.m. ET. Register now! nih.gov/news-events/early-stage-investigator-lecture/2025/nilay-s-shah-md-mph
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The Center for Dissemination & Implementation at Stanford, in collaboration with the UCLA CHIPTS 3R IS Hub are hosting an engaging panel discussion on Methods for Rescuing Implementation Trials that Have Gone Off the Rails on May 27, at 10AM PT. Join here: tinyurl.com/42tpp2hm
May 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Center for Dissemination & Implementation at Stanford, in collaboration with the UCLA CHIPTS 3R IS Hub are hosting an engaging panel discussion on Methods for Rescuing Implementation Trials that Have Gone Off the Rails on May 27, at 10AM PT. Join here: tinyurl.com/42tpp2hm
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The #EHE projects are reflected in 24 collaborative papers that address a wide array of interventions, populations, and #impsci strategies. The issue also identifies next steps to improving the scale-up, dissemination, and delivery of HIV interventions. hivimpsci.northwestern.edu/project/2025...
May 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The #EHE projects are reflected in 24 collaborative papers that address a wide array of interventions, populations, and #impsci strategies. The issue also identifies next steps to improving the scale-up, dissemination, and delivery of HIV interventions. hivimpsci.northwestern.edu/project/2025...
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People often become homeless in days, with no time to plan. Storage protects vital documents, meds, and cherished memories. 36% of CASPEH participants lost everything they owned in a sweep.
Dr. Margaret Handley shares the research with the CA Senate Judiciary Committee:
📹 buff.ly/bckZgux
Dr. Margaret Handley shares the research with the CA Senate Judiciary Committee:
📹 buff.ly/bckZgux
May 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
People often become homeless in days, with no time to plan. Storage protects vital documents, meds, and cherished memories. 36% of CASPEH participants lost everything they owned in a sweep.
Dr. Margaret Handley shares the research with the CA Senate Judiciary Committee:
📹 buff.ly/bckZgux
Dr. Margaret Handley shares the research with the CA Senate Judiciary Committee:
📹 buff.ly/bckZgux
On 3/24, Dr. Neeta Thakur—PRISE Co-director and CLEAR Lab lead—joined lab staff and the SF Community Stakeholder Group for an impactful meeting on wildfire smoke and extreme heat preparedness, hosted at RAFIKI.
#CommunityEngagement #DisasterPreparedness
#CommunityEngagement #DisasterPreparedness
April 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
On 3/24, Dr. Neeta Thakur—PRISE Co-director and CLEAR Lab lead—joined lab staff and the SF Community Stakeholder Group for an impactful meeting on wildfire smoke and extreme heat preparedness, hosted at RAFIKI.
#CommunityEngagement #DisasterPreparedness
#CommunityEngagement #DisasterPreparedness