CPCRN Scholars Program

The CPCRN Scholars Program strives to educate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, practitioners, and other health professionals in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science focused on cancer prevention and control and health equity. Scholars will be provided with opportunities to engage in mentored projects with workgroups that most align with their interests. Scholars will have different tracks to follow, but an educational component covering core competencies is required. Through a formalized process, it is our hope that this program can increase: the depth and breadth of the Scholars' connectedness within the CPCRN and the diverse cancer research pipeline, and applied D&I work in academic and clinical settings.

Program Information and Structure

Program Cohorts

Project Examples

Scholar Achievements

Become a Scholar

These maps show where CPCRN Scholars were living when enrolled in the program.

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Core Curriculum

The core curriculum includes Dissemination and Implementation readings and professional trainings such as Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) and Putting Public Health Evidence in Action (PPHEA). It also includes professional webinars, and the webinars topics are different for each cohort, topics are based on scholars interests and there are network opportunities by being a scholar.

Tracks

Cohorts 1-3 had three separate tracks and each scholar decided which track suited them best based off where they are in their career and what they want out of the CPCRN Scholars Program. Each track had at least one track lead. The track leads would hold at least two check-ins with the scholars in their track. The tracks are Student/Post-doc, Researcher, and Practitioner.

Past Recorded Webinars

Past CPCRN Scholars Program Webinar session recordings can be found publicly on the CPCRN Youtube channel.

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2021

Implementation in Action: CPCRN Investigators' Experiences

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 3-31-21 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alison Brenner, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

Professor, Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Rollins School of Public Health Emory University

MODERATOR

Daniela Friedman, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior University of South Carolina

Selecting & Applying Implementation Theories

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 6-7-21 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKER:

Sarah Birken, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Implementation Science Wake Forest Baptist Health's Comprehensive Cancer Center Wake Forest School of Medicine

MODERATOR:

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

Professor, Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Emory University

Implementation in Action: Real World Experience & Opportunities

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 8-5-21 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKER

Sarah Birken, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Implementation Science Wake Forest Baptist Health's Comprehensive Cancer Center Wake Forest School of Medicine

MODERATOR

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

Professor, Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Emory University

2022

Implementation in Action: CPCRN Investigators' Experiences

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 3-3-22 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RDN

FTOS Principal Investigator, Arizona CPCRN Collaborating Center Professor, Health Promotion Sciences University of Arizona

Mary Charlton, PhD

MS Co-Investigator, Iowa CPCRN Collaborating Center Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology Director and Principal Investigator, State Health Registry of Iowa/Iowa Cancer Registry University of Iowa

MODERATOR

Daniela Friedman, PhD

Principal Investigator, South Carolina CPCRN Collaborating Center Professor and Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior University of South Carolina

Real World Implementation: Community Implementation Experiences

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 7-26-22 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Tisa Roberts, MD

Medical Director, OIC Family Medical Center

Wayne Jackson, MBA

Former Executive Director of Mercy Medicine Free Clinic - Florence, SC, Retired US Air Force Medical Service Corps Officer

Shelley Walker

Partnerships Manager, American Cancer Society - Iowa

2023

Implementation Science in a Global Context

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 3-7-23 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

James Hébert, ScD, MSPH

University of South Carolina, Health Sciences Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology, USC Arnold School of Public Health; Director, South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Mayank Sakhuja, MHA

University of South Carolina, Doctoral Student, USC Department of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior

MODERATOR

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

Emory University, Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Emory Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences

Intro to Systematic & Scoping Reviews: What are they & how do they help with our research?

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 6-14-23 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Jennifer Leeman, DrPH, MPH, MDiv

Professor & Associate Dean for Research Principal Investigator, UNC CPCRN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rogelio Robles-Morales, MD, PhD

Student & Clinical Researcher Expert in Gynecology, Obstetrics , and Gynecologic Oncology University of Arizona

Cam Escoffery, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair of Research Principal Investigator, Emory CPCRN Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

MODERATOR

Daniela B. Friedman, PhD

Principal Investigator, South Carolina CPCRN Professor and Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior University of South Carolina

2024

Scholars Workgroup Professional Development Webinar

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 1-10-2024 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Elaine Morrato, DrPH, MPH

Swann A. Adams, PhD, MS, FACE

Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH

MODERATOR

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES

Community Engagement: Strategies and Partnerships

CPCRN Scholars Webinar 4-16-24 | Link

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Aubrey Villalobos, DrPH, Med

A perspective on the state of community and partner engagement in implementation science

Dr. Aubrey Villalobos is a Health Scientist with the Implementation Science Team in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute. In this role she leads efforts to advance the involvement of practitioners in IS to enhance the integration of evidence-based guidelines, programs, and policies for cancer control in public health and clinical practice. She also cultivates research-practice partnerships through participation in several networks and coalitions, including CPCRN.

Linda K. Ko, PhD, MPH

Mobilizing established partnerships to respond to community’s priorities

Dr. Ko is a Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington (UW). She is the PI of the UW Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network collaboration site. She is also the Co-Director of the Community Engagement Program at the UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences. Her team has been partnering with the Yakima Valley community in Washington State for the past 12 years using community-based participatory research approach.

MODERATOR

Daniela Friedman, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior University of South Carolina

Publications

Learn more about the CPCRN Scholars program through the following publications:

2022

Building Capacity in Implementation Science for Cancer Prevention and Control Through a Research Network Scholars Program

Friedman, D. B., Escoffery, C., Noblet, S. B., Agnone, C. M., & Flicker, K. J. (2022). Building Capacity in Implementation Science for Cancer Prevention and Control Through a Research Network Scholars Program. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 37(6), 1957–1966. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-021-02066-3

2023

Twenty years of capacity building across the cancer prevention and control research network

Wangen, M., Escoffery, C., Fernandez, M. E., Friedman, D. B., Hannon, P., Ko, L. K., Maxwell, A. E., Petagna, C., Risendal, B., Rohweder, C., & Leeman, J. (2023). Twenty years of capacity building across the cancer prevention and control research network. Cancer causes & control : CCC, 1–12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-023-01690-2

Mixed methods evaluation of the inaugural year of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network's (CPCRN) scholars program

Escoffery, C., Petagna, C. N., Wangen, M., Flicker, K. J., Noblet, S. B., Sakhuja, M., Thomson, C. A., Morrato, E. H., Adams, S., Leeman, J., & Friedman, D. B. (2023). Mixed methods evaluation of the inaugural year of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network's (CPCRN) scholars program. Cancer causes & control : CCC, 1–17. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-023-01702-1

Evaluation and lessons learned from the dissemination and implementation science scholars program in the national Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

Friedman, D.B., Escoffery, C., Morrato, E.H., Thomson, C.A., Petagna, C.N., Hucek, F.A., Wangen, M., Villalobos, Hebert, J.R., Noblet, S., Sakhuja, M., Garcia, D.O., Cruz, J.L., & Wheeler, S.B. Evaluation and lessons learned from the dissemination and implementation science scholars program in the national Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network. In review.