Sociostructural Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (SISCI)

About SISCI

The Sociostructural Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (SISCI) is a newly established coordination hub that works with five NIH-funded R01 projects across the US. The HIV prevention projects study structural and social determinants of health, as well as the structural interventions required to improve HIV prevention, treatment, and linkage to care. SISCI intends to advance the field of HIV implementation science within the US so that larger structural issues that impact HIV care can be addressed.

Specific Aims

Aim 1: ASSIST

To ASSIST the Companion R01s through collaboration; knowledge sharing; and expert consultation on D&I science and SSDOH models and methods.

Aim 2: INTEGRATE

To INTEGRATE implementation and effectiveness outcome data across R01 studies.

Aim 3: ADVANCE

To ADVANCE the field of IS to reduce HIV disparities and application of D&I methods leading to sustainment, health equity, and scale-up.

R01 Projects

Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile HIV prevention app to increase HIV and STI testing and PrEP initiation among rural MSM

Jeb Jones, PI

Emory University

PI Website

Project Details

Implementation of PrEP Care Among Women in Family Planning Clinics

Sadia Haider, PI

Rush University Medical Group

PI Website

Amy K. Johnson, PI

Lurie Children’s Hospital; Northwestern University

PI Website

Project Details

Five Point Initiative: A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Bundled Implementation Strategy to Address the HIV Epidemic in Black Communities

Sannisha Dale, PI

University of Miami

PI Website

Project Details

Women focused Encounters for Resilience, Independence, Strength, and Eudaimonia

Maile Ann Young Karris, PI

University of California San Diego

PI Website

Project Details

J-RISE: Relevant Implementation Strategies to Eliminate the social and structural barriers to HIV services among Justice-involved Black men who have sex with men

Russell Brewer, PI

University of Chicago

PI Website

Project Details

Diversity Supplement Information

If you are eligible for a diversity supplement (check eligibility here) and would like us to match you with a PI of one of the five R01s that are part of this collaborative, email us below!

sisci@northwestern.edu

SISCI Trainings

HIV Implementation Science Social Determinants of Health Fellowship

-For postdocs and early career investigators

-Didactic presentations, reading materials, group discussions, hands-on workshops, and mentored production of a grant that addresses SDoH and health equity within domestic HIV research

-Must have a community partner

-Virtual

-Organized by the Third Coast CFAR, SISCI, the Mid-Atlantic CFAR, and UAB’s Social Science and Justice Research

**More information on this training coming soon!

HIV and Social Determinants of Health Implementation Practitioner Training

-For implementation practitioners, individuals who work in HIV prevention, treatment, linkage, and surveillance service provision, community partners of HIV researchers.

-Didactic presentations, reading materials, group discussions, hands-on workshops, and facilitated production of an implementation research logic model for the practitioner’s specific setting

-Virtual

-Organized by the Third Coast CFAR and SISCI

**More information on this training coming soon!