SUMMER BOOT CAMP:

REAL-LIFE IMPLENTATION SCIENCE

Jointly organised by Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS: CERiA, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and Yale School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Yale University

Day 1 / August 3, 2021 : 8AM – 11 AM MYT

Time
Activities
8:00 – 8:20 AM
Introduction To MIST And The Summer Bootcamp
Introduction – Samy Galvez (Facilitator)
Welcome and Introductory Remark by Professor Dato’ Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman,Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
Overview of the Malaysian Implementation Science Training Program and Reflections from the First Year – Professor Frederick L. Altice
8:20 – 9:00 AM
Key note lecture
Introduction to Implementation Science
Luke Davis, Yale School of Public health, Yale University
9:00 – 9:10 AM
Discussion with Luke Davis
9:10 – 9:50 AM
Key note lecture
Study Designs and Methods for Implementation Research
Donna Spiegelman, Yale School of Public health, Yale University
9:50 – 10:15 AM
Case Study on Analytic Methods with Donna Spiegelman
(Max Polonsky and Dan Bromberg)
10:15 – 10:55 AM
Key note lecture
Findings from Real-World Implementation Research
Frederick Altice, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
10:55 – 11:00 AM
Summation and next day activities – Samy Galvez

Day 2 / August 4, 2021 : 8AM – 11 AM MYT

Time
Activities
8:00 – 8:10 AM
Day 2 Welcome and plan for the day – Samy Galvez
8:10 – 8:50 AM
Key note lecture
Rapid Qualitative Methods in Implementation Science Research
Ashley Hagaman, Yale School of Public health, Yale University
8:50 – 9:00 AM
Discussion with Prof Ashley Hagaman
9:00 – 9:05 AM
Transition to Breakout Groups
9:05 – 9:55 AM
Breakout Sessions I

ROOM A: Research in Progress from MIST Scholar – Stigma in health care setting as a barrier to HIV prevention and treatment in Malaysia (Rafdzah Ahmad Zaki)
ROOM B: Research in Progress from MIST Scholar – Implementation of a community-based, patient navigation model to engage people who inject drugs (PWID) into HIV prevention and treatment services (Joselyn Pang)
ROOM C: Case Study of Rapid Assessment of Barriers to PrEP for PWID (Roman Shrestha)
ROOM D: Case Study of Rapid Assessment of Barriers to PrEP for Men Who Have Sex with Men (Jeff Wickersham)
9:55 – 10:00 AM
Transition to Breakout Groups
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Works in Progress in Malaysia – MIST Scholars

ROOM 1: Research in Progress from MIST Scholar – Ethics in Implementation Research and Clinical Research: Understanding the Grey Area in a Real-Life Implementation Research Project (Rumana Saifi)
ROOM 2: Research in Progress from MIST Scholar -Associating stigma reduction strategies to HIV outcomes – An implementation research methodological conundrum. (Mona Mahmud)
ROOM 3: Using Nominal Group Technique to Rapidly Assess Perspectives on Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder among Incarcerated Individuals. (Dharushana Muthilingham)
ROOM 4: Research in progress – Implementation of Depression and Substance Use Screening and Linkage to Care in an HIV Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Malaysia (Meng Li Chong)
10:45 – 10:50 AM
Transition to Main Hall
10:50 – 11:00 AM
Summation and next day activities – (Samy Galvez)

Day 3 / August 5, 2021 : 8AM-11 AM MYT

Time
Activities
8:00 – 8:10 AM
Day 3 Welcome and plan for the day – (Samy Galvez)
8:10 – 8:50 AM
Key note lecture
Health and Human Rights and Implementation Science
Pascal Allotey, UNU-IIGH
8:50 – 9:00 AM
Discussion led by Prof Pascale Allotey, UNU-IIGH
9:00 – 9:05 AM
Transition to Breakout Groups
9:05 – 9:50 AM
Breakout Sessions on Implementation Science and Human Rights

ROOM A: Case studies with migrants and refugees (Kaveh Khoshnood)
ROOM B: Case studies with sex workers, TGW, Prisoners (Pascal Allotey)
ROOM C: Case studies with adolescents’/young adults’ sexual health and reproductive rights (SHRH). Sten Vermund
9:50 – 9:55 AM
Transition to Breakout Groups
9:55 – 10:40 AM
Breakout Sessions on Implementation Research Beyond HIV

ROOM 1: Costing for HIV Interventions (Drew Cameron)
ROOM 2: Implementing Prevention and Treatment for Non-Communicable Diseases in PWH (Oyere Onuma)
ROOM 3: Gender, intersectionality, and implementation science (Michael Penkunas)
10:40 – 10:45 AM
Transition to Main Hall
10:45 – 11:00 AM
The Future of Implementation Science in Malaysia and Wrap-up
Frederick Altice