The JHU CFAR IS CORE, co-directed by Dr. Sheree Schwartz and Dr. Stefan Baral, was founded in 2021 to advance JHU’s growth and leadership in the Implementation Science space. The mission of the JHU CFAR Implementation Science Core is to support implementation science training, mentorship and skill acquisition, and to facilitate the practical application of implementation science for JHU HIV researchers. We aim to have a broad impact on conceptualization and innovation in implementation science training, methodologies and scholarship at JHU and in the implementation science research and provide mentorship, scientific guidance and career development in HIV related implementation research.

We strive to achieve these goals through:

• Resource Development including grant review, targeted events, monthly meetings to foster knowledge sharing and on-line repositories and libraries
• Promoting inter, intra and extra CFAR and JHU networking, collaboration and synergies

Our Initiatives:

• Implementation Science Monthly Rounds
• Implementation Science Student Working Group
• Community Partnership Microgrant