Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science Annual Meeting (Agenda)

Meeting Agenda

The Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science (CCIS) annual meeting will be held in-person from February 25-27, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hosted by the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Please note that times are in EST. Meeting agenda is subject to change.

Day 1 | Wednesday, February 25

2:00 - 2:10 pm

Welcome and Introductions

  • Robert Schnoll, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

  • Kate Rendle, PhD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania

  • Courtney Wolk, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

2:10 - 2:20 pm

Opening Remarks

  • Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, Abramson Cancer Center

2:20 - 3:00 pm

Invited Keynote

  • Kristie Foley, PhD, MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine

3:00 - 3:10 pm

Break

3:10 - 3:55 pm

Session 1: Implementation Science and Cancer Prevention
Presentations followed by a Q&A Discussion

 

Speakers

  • Rashmi Acharya, BA, University of Pennsylvania
    Low uptake of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy: insights from online narratives and provider perspectives on trust and misinformation

  • Carma Bylund, PhD, University of Florida
    Implementing clinician communication skills training to improve HPV vaccination rates

  • Ucheoma Nwaozuru, PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Promoting HPV vaccination within an academic learning health system: A sequential mixed-methods study to understand implementation context

3:55 - 4:05 pm

What’s Coming Up Next? 

4:05 - 4:35 pm

Meet the Action Groups 
4 Action Groups present

4:35 - 4:55 pm

Discussion/Questions

4:55 - 5:05 pm

Break

5:05 - 5:35 pm

Meet the Action Groups
4 Action Groups present

5:35 - 6:00 pm

Discussion/Questions

6:00 pm

Adjourn

 

Day 2 | TUEsday, February 26

9:00 - 9:10 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • David Chambers, DPhil, National Cancer Institute

9:10 - 9:55 am

Session 2: Implementation Science and Cancer Care Delivery
Presentations followed by a Q&A Discussion

 

Speakers

  • Divya Shankar, MD, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
    Navigator and Automated Virtual Interventions for Guaranteeing Adherence to Fecal Immunochemical Testing (NAVIGATE-FIT): A Pragmatic Quality Improvement Initiative Comparing Text Messaging to Patient Navigation for Fecal Immunochemical Test Returns

  • Aasha Gupta, BS, University of Pennsylvania
    Interim update on the Assessment of a Radiomics-based Computer-Aided Diagnosis tool for pulmonary NodulES (ARCADES) pragmatic randomized clinical trial

  • Anne Marie McCarthy, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
    Nudges for supplemental breast MRI: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial to promote MRI screening for women with extremely dense breasts

9:55 - 10:00 am

Break (Transition)

10:00 - 10:45 am

Session 3: Implementation Science and Cancer Survivorship
Presentations followed by a Q&A Discussion

 

Speakers

  • Lisa Zubkoff, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Refining an implementation clinical trial study protocol to improve recruitment for early palliative care in community oncology clinics

  • Magda Montague, MPH, University of Florida
    Sustainment of tobacco treatment programs NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

  • Emily Dunston, PhD, MS, University of Colorado Anschutz
    Beginning with the end in mind: An iterative prototyping of a cancer rehabilitation and referral process in primary care

10:45 - 10:55 am

What’s Coming Up Next?

10:55 - 11:00 am

Break (Transition)

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Action Groups
3 Concurrent Breakout Sessions

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Action Groups
3 Concurrent Breakout Sessions

2:00 - 2:15 pm

Break (Transition)

2:15 - 3:15 pm

Action Groups
2 Concurrent Breakout Sessions

3:15 - 3:20 pm

Break (Transition)

3:20 - 4:05 pm

Session 4: Implementation Science and Methods across the Cancer Spectrum
Presentations followed by a Q&A Discussion

 

Speakers

  • Samantha Garcia, PhD, University of Southern California 
    Measuring Scale Out Requirements and Impact of Evidence-based Strategies for HPV in Federally Qualified Health Centers

  • Mohamed Albirair, MBBS, MPH, PhD, University of Washington
    Quantifying costs and impacts of comprehensive cancer-control strategies: Application of mathematical modeling as an implementation strategy

  • Amela Siječić, MPH, St Jude Children's Research Hospital
    ReadyPEWS: The Development and Pilot of a Readiness Assessment for Hospitals Treating Children with Cancer in Resource-Variable Settings

4:05 - 4:50 pm

Session 5: Implementation Science and Models across the Cancer
Presentations followed by a Q&A Discussion

 

Speakers

  • Victoria Wittner, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
    Using the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment (EPIS) framework to guide implementation of pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing to reduce treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers

  • Angela Zhang, MPH, University of South Carolina
    A multilevel adaptation approach for the sustainable scale-up of family cancer history screening in public health clinics

  • Daisy Morales-Campos, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Using facility readiness for HPV vaccination to implement a multi-level intervention in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to improve HPV vaccination rates

4:50 - 5:00 pm

Break

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Scientific Posters and Reception

 

 

Day 3 | THURsday, February 27

8:30 - 8:45 am

Welcome Back and CCIS Program Updates

8:45 - 9:30 am

Session 6: Cross-Cutting Implementation Science across the Cancer Spectrum
Presentations followed by a Q&A Discussion

 

Speakers

  • Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
    Results of an implementation study to increase physical activity with social incentives: The STEP Together Trial

  • Praduman Jain, MPH, Vibrent Health
    Implementation of a rules based workflow to balance enrollment and protocol adherence across a portfolio of concurrent studies at Dana Farber Cancer Institute

  • Guillermo Wippold, PhD, University of South Carolina
    From churches to research: A multi-strategy bundle to increase research across the cancer continuum among Black adults

9:30 - 9:35 am

Break

9:35 - 10:50 am

Action Group Updates

10:50 - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 - 11:45 am

Town Hall

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

Next Steps and Closing Remarks

12:00 pm

Adjourn