# Yale Scholars in Implementation Science (YSIS)

> **NIH NIH K12** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $410,160

## Abstract

Yale Scholars in Implementation Science
Abstract
The proposed program aims to improve health and health care in the United States by developing the next
generation of implementation scientists skilled in research, knowledge translation, and leadership. Reducing
the lag between the generation and the adoption of evidence to support clinical, organizational and policy
decisions was identified as a national priority by the National Academy of Medicine in 2010. Far too few
investigators are trained in dissemination and implementation science, with the skills to engage a broad range
of stakeholders as partners and to translate research into action. The proposed program will: [Aim 1] Develop
scientists with the knowledge, skills, and ability to become independent investigators in implementation
science; [Aim 2] Build a cadre of knowledge translators who collaborate successfully with stakeholders,
including community partners, to identify and address barriers to implementing evidence in practice and policy.
[Aim 3] Enhance their capacity to serve effectively in leadership roles on broadly inclusive multidisciplinary
research teams. This proposal has three distinguishing characteristics: (1) Faculty mentors representing an
extraordinary breadth of disciplines from a wide array of schools within Yale, including Medicine, Nursing,
Public Health, and Management, and areas within medicine, including internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency
medicine, critical care medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry; (2) Intense engagement with the
broader New Haven community, with key partners and mentors including the local Department of Health, a
federally qualified health center, and several local nonprofit organizations serving the homeless, recent
immigrants, and medically underserved communities, and (3) Novel use of social network modeling to assess
the professional development and progress of YSIS Scholars. The curriculum includes coursework developed
especially for this program, along with longstanding courses that have trained a generation of scholars in
Yale's Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, the Investigative Medicine Program, and Schools of
Public Health and Management. Scholars will also develop and conduct at least one major research project
with close mentorship from national and international experts in heart, lung, blood, and sleep medicine. Eligible
Scholars will receive a Masters in Health Services degree. Training duration will be three years, with
coursework based upon Scholars' needs and prior training. We anticipate recruiting three Scholars in Year
Two, and two Scholars in Year Three. Candidates must: a) have a Doctoral Degree (MD, DO, PhD, or
equivalent) from an accredited program and b) be a United States citizen or non-citizen national, or be lawfully
admitted for permanent residence. In addition, the following qualifications are essential: a) evidence of a strong
commitment to implementation science; b) a solid recor...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10197201
- **Project number:** 5K12HL138037-05
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Mahnoosh Sharifi
- **Activity code:** K12 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $410,160
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10197201

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10197201, Yale Scholars in Implementation Science (YSIS) (5K12HL138037-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10197201. Licensed CC0.

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