OVERVIEW

As one of the nine national Implementation Science hubs for the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, the Hopkins Hub (formerly MACC+) provides technical assistance through coaching, group-based mentorship, training, and review to CFAR investigators, EHE awardees, health department officials, community stakeholders, and other HIV implementation science investigators. Led by Drs. Sheree Schwartz and Stefan Baral, the Hopkins Hub is funded by the NIH under the national EHE initiative. The Hub seeks to accelerate HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies by providing mentoring and technical support to ongoing and future implementation science projects and investigators. We also offer mentorship and development opportunities through didactic training, applied learning activities, and intensive IS coaching. By expanding collaboration across the CFAR network and strengthening partnerships with Health Departments and community stakeholders, the Hopkins Hub is developing a collaborative network aimed at supporting the EHE agenda and NIH HIV/AIDS research priorities.

Consultation Services: 

Are you a CFAR investigator, Health Department official, EHE Awardee or other community member who would benefit from expertise in implementation science related to HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for ongoing research or a new proposal?

For any queries contact the Hopkins Hub (ISHUB@jh.edu)

Who is eligible? 

  • EHE awardees
  • Health department officials
  • Community Stakeholders
  • Other faculty
  • CFAR investigators
  • Other HIV IS researchers

 

We offer technical service in the following areas:

  • Selecting or better understanding a framework
  • Exploring ways to engage partners, including utilization of participatory methods, human-centered design and community-led monitoring
  • Identifying data sources
  • Defining target, source, and study population
  • Framing IS research questions and/or refining your specific aims
  • Developing logic model
  • Selecting study designs & use of adaptive study design methods
  • Applying implementation outcomes
  • Use of technologies and many more!

Leadership & Staff

Sheree Schwartz, PhD, MPH
Co-Director, Implementation Science Core
Profile Bibliography sschwartz@jhu.edu
Stefan Baral, MD, MPH, MBA, MSc
Co-Director, Implementation Science Core, Professor
Profile Bibliography sbaral@jhu.edu
Laura K. Beres, PhD, MPH
Associate Director, Implementation Science Core; Associate Research Professor
Profile Bibliography laura.beres@jhu.edu
Seun O. Falade-Nwulia, MBBS, MPH
Co-director, Developmental Core
Profile Bibliography ofalade1@jhmi.edu
Christopher Hoffmann, MD, MSc, MPH
Core Faculty, Implementation Science Core; Associate Professor
Profile Bibliography choffmann@jhmi.edu
Christopher G Kemp, PhD, MPH
Core Faculty, Implementation Science Core; Assistant Professor
Profile Bibliography ckemp11@jhu.edu
Colleen F. Hanrahan, PhD, MS
Core Faculty, Implementation Science Core; Associate Research Professor
Profile Bibliography chanrah1@jhmi.edu
Lipin Lukose, Pharm.D, MPH
Manager, Implementation Science Core and Hopkins Hub
Profile Bibliography llukose2@jh.edu
Grant number: P30A1094189

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