# QUERI Adaptation Training Hub

> **NIH VA I50** · VETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO · 2021 · —

## Abstract

We propose to create an Implementation Science (ImS) Training Hub focused on Adaptation at the
San Francisco VA (SFVA). Our Adaptation Training Program will provide VA researchers, clinicians,
and program office leaders with the foundation of knowledge necessary to successfully adapt and
implement evidence-based interventions into routine practice to improve the care of Veterans while
addressing local barriers and needs. The proposed training hub will develop a curriculum to provide
didactic and hands-on education on adaptation as an implementation strategy within the larger
context of Implementation Science. Our proposal will accomplish the following aims:
1. Create and deliver an interactive Implementation Science curriculum with a special focus on
 adaptation and implementation of evidence-based interventions to fit local needs
2. Provide trainees with structured, longitudinal mentorship from design to implementation to
 evaluation of their ImS projects
The SFVA ImS Training Hub in Adaptation will provide a comprehensive curriculum that includes the
key steps of tailoring evidence-based interventions critical to successful implementation. These
interventions can provide additional challenges and must be done in the context of local culture,
experience, resources, and priorities. Trainees will learn the methods to assess the evidence
supporting a new intervention, tailor peripheral components to local needs, and conduct rigorous
evaluation of the adapted intervention.
Our faculty for the ImS Training Hub in Adaptation are involved in a broad range of implementation
science projects. We will draw on specific examples from our Measurement Science QUERI
investigators and research including cardiology, sleep medicine, gastroenterology, and dermatology.
We will also leverage well-established programs and expertise in implementation science at both the
SFVA Health Care System and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to support the
development of a rigorous and useful curriculum that provides a broad understanding of ImS in real
world clinical practice to improve healthcare delivery.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10181052
- **Project number:** 5I50HX002756-02
- **Recipient organization:** VETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTR SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Mary A Whooley
- **Activity code:** I50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** VA
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** —
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-10-01 → 2022-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10181052

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10181052, QUERI Adaptation Training Hub (5I50HX002756-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10181052. Licensed CC0.

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