Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research (CCQIR) Scholarly Series 2025–2026
All sessions held Fridays at 12 p.m. Central Time (virtually)
Recordings (accessible with VUMC login)
Fall 2025
September 5, 2025
No Seminar – CCQIR Faculty Lunch
September 12, 2025
Implementation Science: Near and Far
Amanda Mixon, MD, MPH, MS
September 19, 2025
Some Practical Guidelines for Power and Sample-Size Estimation
Chris Slaughter, PhD
September 26, 2025
Policymakers’ Unmet Desire for Science
Adam Seth Levine, PhD, MA – Johns Hopkins University
October 3, 2025
Statistical Methods in Health Services Research
Jonathan Schildcrout, PhD
October 10, 2025
No Seminar – Fall Break (October 13–17)
October 17, 2025
Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
VA Quality Scholars Second Years: Drs. Marissa Kuo, MD; Grace Tipps, MD; and Brittany Work, OTD, PhD (c)
October 24, 2025
Qualitative Mixed Methods Primer
Mario Davidson, PhD & Regina Russell, PhD, MA, MEd
October 31, 2025
When Randomization Helps and When It Hurts
Robert Greevy, PhD
November 7, 2025
From Data to Discovery: How AI and High-Throughput Phenotyping Decode Electronic Health Records
Wei-Qi Wei, MD, PhD, FAMIA
November 14, 2025
From Publication to Pragmatic Trial: Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Healthcare AI
Colin G. Walsh, MD, MA, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
November 21, 2025
AI for Clinical Decision Making
Peter J. Embí, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
November 28, 2025
No Seminar – Thanksgiving Break (November 24–28)
December 5, 2025
Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
Learning Health System Second-Year Fellows: Drs. Katherine Schafer, PhD; Brett Cohen, MD; and Brian Douthit, PhD
December 12, 2025
Assessing Organizational Culture and Climate: Evidence from Research on Reliability and Safety
Timothy Vogus, PhD
December 19, 2025 – January 2, 2026
Winter Break – No Seminars Scheduled
Spring 2026
January 9, 2026
An Organizational Congruence Model Synthesis of Interventions to Reduce Clinician Burnout
Rangaraj Ramanujam, PhD
January 16, 2026
Four Ways to Conceptualize and Study Policy in Implementation Science Research
Jonathan Purtle, PhD, MPH, MSc – New York University
January 23, 2026
Tips for Foundation Funding
Moderated Workshop with Drs. Sunil Kripalani & Archer
January 30, 2026
Using Quality Improvement Metrics to Drive Change in Child Welfare Systems
Rameela Raman, PhD
February 6, 2026
Trauma-Engaged Implementation Science or Community Partnership in IS Method Development
L. Lauren Brown, PhD
February 13, 2026
No Seminar – Translational Research Forum
February 20, 2026
Implementation and Implications from the TelePORT Pilot Study for Telemedicine-Delivered ICU Recovery Care
Leanne Boehm, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FCCM, FAAN & HyunBin You, PhD
February 27, 2026
From Implementation, to Hybrid Effectiveness–Implementation, to Sustainability: Selected Lessons from a 20-Year Health Promotion Implementation Research Journey
Stephen Bartels, MD, MS – Harvard University
March 6, 2026
Three Practical, Community-Centered Ways to Prioritize Barriers to Implementation
Ruben Martinez, PhD – Brown University
March 13, 2026
No Seminar – Spring Break (March 9–13)
March 20, 2026
Advanced Health Systems Science
Nicole Werner, PhD
March 27, 2026
Tackling Consent: Challenges and Solutions to Enrollment in Non-Traditional Settings
Chris Lindsell, PhD – Duke University
April 3, 2026
Complementing the Evidence from RCTs: The Target Trial Emulation Approach in Diabetes Treatment Evaluation
Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH
April 10, 2026
Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
April 17, 2026
The SMART Trial
Ben French, PhD
April 24, 2026
Implementation Mapping to Develop the GUIDED-HF Toolkit for Patients with Acute Heart Failure Living in Rural Areas
Deonni Stolldorf, PhD, RN, FAAN
May 1, 2026
Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
May 8–15, 2026
End of Academic Year / Summer Break – No Seminars Scheduled