Kudos to William Liem, HSIP PhD student, for being awarded a Digital Justice Seed Grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to support their dissertation research!

The Implementation Research Institute (IRI) is an NIH-funded training program held annually at Washington University in St. Louis. This year, representatives from MSS, CDIS, CBITs, and the Lab for Scalable Mental Health were in attendance!

We're thrilled to share that Emily Ho, PhD, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Department of Medical Social Sciences, has been named to the 2025–2026 LEAP cohort at Northwestern University! Read more: shorturl.at/kJM8B

Kudos to our Financial Coordinator, Eric Gustafson, for his Staff Profile feature in the recent issue of Breakthroughs! Read Eric's profile here: shorturl.at/wl8cH

We are proud to celebrate Dr. Jennifer Hoffmann, MD, MS, for being selected as a 2025 Fellow of the Implementation Research Institute (IRI)—a national, NIH-funded training program widely regarded as a cornerstone in the field of implementation science. shorturl.at/JGQcU

Shout out to Andrea Graham, PhD who is currently featured on NU's Research Impact site for submitting a video to their Research Matters campaign! Watch her video here now: shorturl.at/FJzmx

Shout-out and thank you to Joey McCormack for orchestrating a wonderful end-of-year retreat for the Division of Implementation Science, and to Julie A. Bednark for leading an outstanding professional development workshop! Thank you both for helping MSS shine!

Kudos to Rinad Beidas, PhD, PhD, for her recent interview with Jill Suttie for AIM Youth Mental Health, a foundation that funds research for youth mental health care. Read the interview here now: aimymh.org/why-now-is-the…

🎨 Workshop Alert: Visualizing Health Research. Whether you're preparing for a conference or a grant pitch, this hands-on workshop Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 will help you turn your research into visuals that inform and inspire. Learn more: shorturl.at/4tdY1

Shout out to Javin D'Souza and all the Northwestern staff and faculty who marched in the Pride Parade at the end of June! We hope everyone had a happy and safe Pride Month ❤️

📣 Big Announcement! 📣 🚨 It’s here! Agenda's up & registration's open for our Data Design Workshop! 🗓️ Sept 8 & 22 & Oct 8 & 15, 2025 📍 Virtual REGISTER: bit.ly/4k7JgTHAGENDA: bit.ly/4eykTNR

Kudos to Stephanie Young, PhD, who was asked to contribute psychometric analyses to an MFA student's thesis show at SAIC! The show opens today and runs through July 27. Check out Emma Bergman's project here: tinyurl.com/3sr9zev2

Kudos to Andrew Berry, PhD, Kathryn Macapagal, PhD, their MSS/HSIP student, William Liem, and Dept of Communication Studies colleague Dr. Calvin Liang who were awarded $10K from the HCI+D Center in Evanston to do a mini-symposium!

Kudos to David Cella, PhD, for his interview in a recent Newsweek article entitled, "Map Shows States With Best—and Worst—Quality of Life." newsweek.com/map-shows-stat…

Congratulations to Maria Pyra, PhD, for winning the 2025 Teaching Excellence Award for the instructorship of a course on Cancer Epidemiology!

Congratulations to Sarah Pila-Leiderman, PhD, for being selected as Chicago’s Jewish United Fund's 2025 “36 under 36 honorees" for her impactful community work! Read the full list here: juf.org/Mag/36under36/…

Huge congratulations to Patricia Bucko for publishing her first, first-author publication entitled, “Identification and Synthesis of End-of-Life Decision-making Measures: A Scoping Review”! We love to see young scholars grow! shorturl.at/VGSfU

Kudos to David Cella, PhD, for his feature published today in Newsweek! Read the full story here now: newsweek.com/map-shows-stat…

Coming this fall: From Data to Design: Visualizing Health Research Academy A 4-part virtual training to help researchers turn data into clear + compelling visuals. Led by Cindy Veldhuis, PhD 🏳️‍🌈🗽 (she/her), PhD. 📅 Sept. 8, 22 & Oct. 8, 15 | 12–5 CT ℹ️ Read more: shorturl.at/14z6X

Congratulations to Ado Rivera, PhD and team on receiving a grant from the American Heart Association titled: "Mixed Methods Study on Impact and Implementation of Social Needs Screening and Referral on Hypertension Outcomes." Read more: shorturl.at/EyYMG