University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State
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Dr. Geoffrey Curran is a Co-Investigator on “The HVIP+ Community Model: A Community Violence Prevention Program in a Southern State” project.
Dr. Curran has been conducting implementation science research for more than two decades. My work focuses primarily on the adaptation and implementation of evidence-based practices in diverse clinical (e.g., primary care, specialty substance use disorders) and community settings (e.g., community pharmacies, schools). Much of this work focuses on developing and testing implementation strategies. He also focuses on developing and revising methods and research designs in implementation science—specifically, formative evaluation methods for implementation strategy development and research designs for hybrid effectiveness-implementation studies. In addition, he has expertise in implementation facilitation approaches across a range of settings. He has served as a PI, Co-PI, and Co-I on a wide range of NIH, AHRQ, VA, PCORI, and foundation grants. He has been continuously extramurally funded for 20+ years. He is the director of the UAMS Center for Implementation Research, whose mission is to build capacity for implementation research, train and mentor new implementation scientists, and work collaboratively with university and regional settings on supporting implementation of evidence-based practices. In terms of mentoring, He has been mentor or co-mentor on 5 NIH or VA career development awards in the past 5 years and numerous KL2 awards from UAMS’s CTSA Award. In 2022, He was the inaugural awardee of the UAMS Research Legend Faculty Mentoring Excellence Award. He has led and participated in numerous multi-site and multi-state studies. He recently completed a Fulbright Specialist Program with the University Limerick, Ireland where he developed and delivered a summer training and mentoring program in implementation science.
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