National Cancer Institute
Implementation Science
    Integrating Science, Practice, and Policy

About Implementation Science

Staff Contact List:

General Contact Information

Office of the Director, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
Address: EPN Room 6140
6130 Executive Blvd. MSC 7339
Bethesda, MD 20892-7339
Phone: 301-594-5906
Fax: 301-594-6787

Name Title Projects/Areas of Focus DCCPS Liaison
Laurie Cynkin, MHS
cynkinl@mail.nih.gov
Public Health Advisor/ Communications Specialist Primary Projects: Cancer Trends Progress Report; Cancer Survival Query System; Healthy People; National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research Surveillance Research Program (SRP)
M. Khair ElZarrad, PhD, MPH
elzarradmk@mail.nih.gov
Cancer Prevention Fellow - NCI
Interagency Oncology Taskforce Fellow-FDA, NCI
Areas/ Primary Projects: Development of implementation frameworks for basic science and health care practice; Systems thinking in public health; process of regulating drugs, biologics and devices.  n/a
Russell Glasgow, PhD
russ.glasgow@nih.gov
Deputy Director for IS Areas/Primary Projects: External Validity; Research Design; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Evidence Integration; Patient Reported measures and common data elements DCCPS Senior Staff
Arshon Parker
parkear@mail.nih.gov
Contractor Areas/Primary Projects:   Research Tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs); Project Management n/a
Peyton Purcell, MPH, CPH
purcellp@mail.nih.gov
Program Coordinator/CRTA Fellow  Areas/Primary Projects: Health communication and education; Program Evaluation; Web 2.0; Research to Reality (R2R) Cyber-seminars and Mentorship Program; Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.;  EBPH training tools and resources; special projects Office of Communications and Education - Partnerships and Dissemination Initiatives
Michael Sanchez, MPH, CHES
sanchezgarciama@mail.nih.gov
Public Health Advisor Areas/Primary Projects: Global health; Systems science; Transdisciplinary cancer control research; Program evaluation; Evidence-based public health practice; eHealth and Web 2.0; Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.; Research to Reality(R2R); and  Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network(CPCRN); Implementation Science website Behavioral Research Program (BRP)
Kurt Stange, MD, MPH
kcs@case.edu
“Boundary Spanner” and Sabbatical IPA Areas/Primary Projects: Multimethod, transdisciplinary cancer control research models;  Primary care - public health interface; Promoting health across boundaries; Multiple writing projects; implementation science training; patient-report measures of health care and health; complex patient projects; boundary spanning cancer control & health promotion initiatives. n/a
Annabelle Uy, MS
uya@mail.nih.gov
Program Analyst Areas/Primary Projects: Research Tested Intervention Programs (RTIPs); Implementation science initiatives; Collaboration Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS)
Cynthia Vinson, MPA
cvinson@mail.nih.gov
Public Health Advisor Areas/Primary Projects:  Dissemination and Implementation Funding Opportunities; National Comprehensive Cancer National Partnership; Annual Dissemination and Implementation Research Conference; Training Institute on Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH) Environmental and Genomics Research Program (EGRP)

Last Updated: March 20, 2012
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