Perelman School of Medicine Events Calendar

Robert T. Haslam Professor of

Chemical Engineering

Department of Biological

Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of

Technology

"How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts"

Austrian  Auditorium, CRB

The Center for Global Communication Studies & The School of Medicine will host the following event as part of the series, M&E in International Development Seminar
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"Dissemination and Implementation Research in Low and Middle Income Countries"

April 2, 2013
12:30 - 1:30
Smilow Center for Translational Research (next to the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine), Room 12-146AB

Lunch we be served at 12:15 - First come, first served.

Talk abstract:
This presentation will give a brief overview of implementing evidence-based practices in global health and global mental health research. Specifically,
it will address challenges and lessons learned around M&E implementation in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Various implementation strategies
that have been used in studies in LMIC will be outlined, such as the Apprenticeship Model of Training lay workers. Implementation evaluations
from multiple studies will be reviewed including: a) client and counselor perspectives of implementing an evidence based mental health treatment for
children in Zambia, and b) two randomized controlled trials of a Common Elements Treatment Approach for adult torture survivors in Southern Iraq
and the Thailand-Burma border. Discussion will include future directions for implementation science and bi-directional learning with global and
domestic D&I research.

Laura Murray, Ph.D.
Dr. Murray is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of
Mental Health.  Dr. Murray is part of the Applied Mental Health Research Group that uses a validated methodology (both qualitative and quantitative)
on the Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of programs. This group strives to infuse evidence-based assessments, treatments and
evaluations into existing programs by international aid organizations.  Dr. Murray has a specialty in evidence-based interventions for children,
adolescents and families, particularly in the area of trauma and traumatic grief.  She has also developed a version of a Common Elements Treatment
Approach for use in low-and middle- income countries (LMIC), specifically training lay persons.  Dr. Murray's specific area of interest is
researching the implementation processes of mental health work in low-resource countries. Some of Dr. Murray's funded projects include: a)
examining the implementation and feasibility of a trauma-focused evidence-based treatment in Zambia (NIMH K23), b) a randomized clinical
trial of TF-CBT and psychosocial counseling in Zambia (NICHD, RO1), c) researching the dissemination and implementation process of mental health
treatments in low-resource countries (USAID), c) implementing a common elements intervention for adult survivors of torture in both Southern Iraq
and the Thailand/Burma border - both of which include a RCT (USAID), and d) developing a manual for the inter-correlation of Mental Health and HIV in
low-resource countries (USAID).  She works closely with local organizations and populations to train on treatment models, appropriately adapt them for
the culture and setting, and examine training and supervision models needed for implementation and sustainability in LMIC.

The Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; and the Diabetes Research Center Combined Spring 2013 Seminar Series presents:

Rexford S. Ahima, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Pennsylvania

"Connecting Myokines and Metabolism"

April 2, 2013

4:00 PM

Smilow Center for Translational Research, 12th Floor