Research

We strive to accelerate the impact of research across the translational science spectrum through collaboratively designed research and implementation methods that can be used across a range of service environments. Learn more about the specific methods we employ in our projects below.

Our Projects

ACCESS HIV

ACCESS-HIV examines the implementation of the Chicago-funded HIV Resource Coordination Hub and explores how to scale it out to other jurisdictions.

ARCH

ARCH - Research Component 3 is working to advance integrated alcohol-HIV training of frontline providers in a global priority setting.

CEASE-HIV

CEASE-HIV aims to implement and evaluate a walk-in model of HIV care for people with complex needs among Chicago-funded HIV care agencies.

Community ASPIRE

This collaboration with the Illinois Primary Health Care Association and AllianceChicago integrates an evidence-based secure firearm storage program into pediatric primary care well-visits across Illinois health centers.

Emotional Stability

The Emotional Stability team is developing culturally appropriate resources to promote mental and cardiovascular health for African American adults on Chicago’s South Side.

FreSH

FreSH (Free Samples for Health) studies the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy sampling in dental practices.

Library BeWell

Library BeWell was made by and for teens to make it easier to find mental health support at their local library by providing free, anonymous online activities to boost mental health and local and national mental health resources.

MBC2OTP

MBC2OTP involves pilot implementation of measurement-based care in community opioid treatment programs.

MIMIC2

MIMIC2 is focused on implementing contingency management for stimulant use in specialty addiction treatment organizations.

NEON

NEON (Neighborhood Effects on Parent SMART) explores the role of neighborhood perceptions on response to a technology assisted parenting intervention.

New England ATTC

The New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) is dedicated to supporting the front-line addiction treatment and recovery workforce.

Northwestern Medicine West Health Accelerator

Implementing Effective and Patient-Centered Integrated Psychiatry in Primary Care Settings at and beyond Northwestern Medicine.

Parent SMART

Parent SMART (Substance Misuse in Adolescents in Residential Treatment) is working to improve the outcomes of adolescents in residential substance use treatment via technology-assisted parenting intervention.

RASC

The Research Adoption Support Center (RASC) is a support center that helps a network of clinical research projects to infuse implementation methods into their work.

The TECH App

The TECH App – Reducing Marijuana Use Among Justice-Involved Teens is developing and conducting preliminary testing of an adjunct smartphone app to reduce marijuana use in court-involved, non-incarcerated adolescents.

Think Tank Chicago PrEP Implementation

Think Tank crowdsources ideas and design strategies to implement long-acting injectable PrEP among sexual minority men in Chicago.

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