Scholarly Series

Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research (CCQIR) Scholarly Series 2025–2026

All sessions held Fridays at 12 p.m. Eastern Time (virtually)

Recordings (accessible with VUMC login)

Interested in attending the CCQIR Scholarly Series? Email implementation@vumc.org for more information.

Fall 2025 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Topic
Sept. 12	Amanda Mixon, MD, MPH, MS	Implementation Science: Near and Far
Sept. 19	Chris Slaughter, PhD	Some Practical Guidelines for Power and Sample-Size Estimation
Sept. 26	Adam Seth Levine, PhD, MA Johns Hopkins University	Policymakers’ Unmet Desire for Science
Oct. 3	Jonathan Schildcrout, PhD	Statistical Methods in Health Services Research
Oct. 10	No Seminar – Fall Break
Oct. 17	VA Quality Scholars Second Years: Drs. Marissa Kuo, MD; Grace Tipps, MD; and Brittany Work, OTD, PhD (c) VA Quality Scholars bios Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research	Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
Oct. 24	Mario Davidson, PhD Regina Russell, PhD, MA, MEd	Qualitative Mixed Methods Primer
Oct. 31	Robert Greevy, PhD	When Randomization Helps and When It Hurts
Nov. 7	Wei-Qi Wei, MD, PhD, FAMIA	From Data to Discovery: How AI and High-Throughput Phenotyping Decode Electronic Health Records
Nov. 14	Colin G. Walsh, MD, MA, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI	From Publication to Pragmatic Trial: Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Healthcare AI
Nov. 21	Peter J. Embí, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI FAMIA, FIAHSI	AI for Clinical Decision Making
Nov. 28	No Seminar – Thanksgiving
Dec. 5	Learning Health System Second-Year Fellows: Drs. Katherine Schafer, PhD; Brett Cohen, MD; and Brian Douthit, PhD RAPID-LHS Trainee Bios Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research	Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
Dec. 12	Timothy Vogus, PhD	Assessing Organizational Culture and Climate: Evidence from Research on Reliability and Safety

Spring 2026 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Topic
Jan. 9	Rangaraj Ramanujam, PhD	An Organizational Congruence Model Synthesis of Interventions to Reduce Clinician Burnout
Jan. 16	Jonathan Purtle, PhD, MPH, MSc New York University	Four Ways to Conceptualize and Study Policy in Implementation Science Research
Jan. 23	Moderated Workshop	Strategies for Foundation Funding Success
Jan. 30	Rameela Raman, PhD	Using Quality Improvement Metrics to Drive Change in Child Welfare Systems
Feb. 6	L. Lauren Brown, PhD	Meaningfully involving end-users as a strategy for enhancing implementation research
Feb. 13	No Seminar – Translational Research Forum
Feb. 20	Leanne Boehm, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FCCM, FAAN HyunBin You, PhD	Implementation and Implications from the TelePORT Pilot Study for Telemedicine-Delivered ICU Recovery Care
Feb. 27	Stephen Bartels, MD, MS Harvard University	From Implementation, to Hybrid Effectiveness–Implementation, to Sustainability: Selected Lessons from a 20-Year Health Promotion Implementation Research Journey
March 6	Ruben Martinez, PhD Brown University	Three Practical, Community-Centered Ways to Prioritize Barriers to Implementation
March 13	No Seminar – Spring Break
March 20	Nicole Werner, PhD	Systems Engineering Work System Analysis for System Design and Implementation
March 27	Chris Lindsell, PhD Duke University	Tackling Consent: Challenges and Solutions to Enrollment in Non-Traditional Settings
April 3	Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH	Complementing the Evidence from RCTs: The Target Trial Emulation Approach in Diabetes Treatment Evaluation
April 10	Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club
April 17	Ben French, PhD	The SMART Trial
April 24	Deonni Stolldorf, PhD, RN, FAAN	Implementation Mapping to Develop the GUIDED-HF Toolkit for Patients with Acute Heart Failure Living in Rural Areas
May 1	Hot Topics in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Journal Club