Goal
The goal of the MT-DIRC program was to provide and assess the first of its kind, Mentored Training for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer at Washington University in St. Louis.
Much was accomplished during the tenure of the training program, and to spread the learnings, all resources developed for and/or as a part of this project are posted on this website. This is now our main goal- sharing stellar resources with the wider D&I community.
Program History
This NCI/NIH R25 education program was uniquely positioned to build capacity in D&I research in cancer prevention and control. The program applied state-of-the-art training methods to build capacity in post-doctoral researchers. The work of the faculty and fellows in this program are significant because it addressed cancer risk factors and populations with high burden, where intervention knowledge on evidence-based programs and policies (EBPPs) is substantial, yet not commonly applied, and where a large reduction in cancer mortality is feasible if this knowledge were more widely taken up into practice and policy.
The R25 program was significantly restructured in 2016 and this program will not be renewed under the R25 mechanism. Currently we are not recruiting future cohorts. Please check back for updates.
Contacts
Program Manager: Rebekah Jacob, MSW, MPH
Principal Investigator (PI): Ross C. Brownson, PhD
Funding
National Cancer Institute, 1 R25 CA171994-01A1
Project Partners
Veterans Administration & Cancer Research Network
Training Program Project Dates
2013-2019