Program Overview

Introduction to the Summer Boot Camp

The Summer Boot Camp: Real-Life Implementation Science 2021 was a 3-day virtual workshop held from August 3 to August 5, 2021. The boot camp was organized by CERiA, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, and Yale University School of Medicine and School of Public Health.

Objective

The objective of the boot camp was to bring together HIV professionals, including clinicians, HIV service providers, researchers, policymakers, advocates, people living with HIV, key and vulnerable populations representatives, to learn about HIV implementation science.

Program Details

• The boot camp featured key lectures to reinforce elements of basic and advanced implementation science by Yale faculty.
• Real-world examples of HIV implementation science, methods for implementation science, and interactive sessions were used to train the participants.
• The emerging implementation scientists of UM and Yale presented case examples, specifically from the Malaysian context, and experts discussed and helped trainees solve problems.
• An additional session on the Human Rights Approach to HIV Implementation Science was hosted by the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

Speakers

The boot camp featured a range of speakers, including:

• Professor Dato' Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Professor of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
• Professor Frederick L. Altice, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University School of Medicine and School of Public Health
• Luke Davis, Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Disease) and Associate Professor in Pulmonary
• Sten H. Vermund, Dean and Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health; Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
• Mike Penkunas, Research Fellow at the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
• Pascale Allotey, Director of the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
• Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale
• Donna Spiegelman, Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics; Director, Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS)
• Jeffrey Wickersham, Assistant Professor of Medicine (AIDS), Yale University School of Medicine
• Ashley Hagaman, Assistant Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioural Sciences), Yale School of Public Health
• Drew Cameron, Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy), Department of Health Policy and Management and the Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science (CMIPS), Yale School of Public Health
• Oyere Onuma, Assistant Professor of cardiovascular medicine; Associate Director, Preventive Cardiovascular Health Program, Yale School of Medicine
• Roman Shrestha, Assistant Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
• Dharushana Muthulingam, Infectious disease physician, medical researcher, writer, Speaker; Instructor, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine

Future Plans

The Malaysian Implementation Science Training (MIST) Program team is committed to bringing in the leading Implementation scientists of Yale University in person for the next boot camp to be held in June 2022.