J.D. Smith, PhD and Nanette Benbow, MAS will identify the proportion and characteristics of HIV-related implementation research studies funded by NIH, discuss multiple implementation research methods used to study interventions targeting various points in the HIV prevention and care continuums, and present potential opportunities for next steps. If you would like consultation in implementation science methods or research, please contact the Third Coast CFAR’s Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences (BSIS) core by emailing cfar@northwestern.edu.

J.D. Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Preventative Medicine
Associate Director
Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology (Ce-PIM)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

 Nanette Benbow, MAS
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Nanette Benbow, MAS is a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Director of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research End HIV Scientific Working Group; and member of the Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology. Her research interests include the use of epidemiologic and network modeling to improve HIV prevention and care continua; health equity for Latinos and sexual and gender minorities; and developing academic-public health partnerships in implementing evidence-based interventions that reduce HIV incidence in local settings. Before joining the Northwestern Faculty in 2016, Ms. Benbow was deputy commissioner of the STI/HIV Services Bureau of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) where she oversaw the development and implementation of prevention and care interventions.