The Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core aims to accelerate the application of advanced methods in D&I science, enhance the impact of web-based D&I tools and resources, and build team capacity in the skills essential for D&I of diabetes translation research.
Core Services
- Provide one-on-one consultation to help investigators:
- Conceptualize and design D&I research questions and aims
- Select and apply D&I frameworks, methods, and measures
- Improve manuscript and grant applications by conducting careful reviews
- Assist investigators in navigating and using D&I toolkits, video libraries, and web-tools
- Navigate a library of stakeholder engagement activities and method for capturing stakeholder preferences using designing for dissemination principles (e.g., interview guides, analysis plans).
- Engage WU-CDTR investigators and those affiliated across the Center network in the Washington University Network for Dissemination and Implementation Research (WUNDIR), a regular event that addresses D&I methods and conceptual challenges
- Build capacity in transdisciplinary team science across four phases: development, conceptualization, implementation, and translation
D&I Resources
- Dissemination and Implementation Toolkits- Washington University in St. Louis
- Identifying, Specifying, and Applying Implementation Strategies – NIH/NCI
- Engaging Community Partners to Adapt and Implement Evidence-based Interventions – NIH/NCI
- Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH): Making Research More Relevant and Actionable for Translation to Other populations and Settings
- Make Research Matter: Your Toolkit to Design Interventions that Impact Real Lives
- D&I Deeper Dive: Designing for Dissemination – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Network of Dissemination and Implementation Research (WUNDIR)- Washington University in St. Louis

Reducing Chronic Disease Disparities in Women’s Health: Moving Science to Real World Impact
Presented by Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD as a part of the Brown School Open Classroom Lectureship Series

Dissemination and Implementation Research: mobile phone-based interventions in diabetes self-management education and support interventions
Eduardo J. Simoes, December 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9IZWv9KJM
Core Personnel

Ross Brownson, PhD
Core Director: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor

Stephanie Mazzucca, PhD
Core Scientist: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Professor at the Brown School

Rachel Tabak, PhD, RD
Core Associate Director: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Research Associate Professor at the Brown School
Megan White, MSW
Research Project Manager, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
- Phone: 314-935-3005
- Email: m.white1@wustl.edu