Table 1.

List of symposia and selected workshops from the New England HIV Implementation Science Network, 2014–2019

#	Themes	Topics	Presentation examples	Dates	Locations	Attendance
1	Symposium 1: “Network Launch”	– Network vision and rationale – Overview of HIV in small urban areas in New England – Identifying priorities for HIV implementation science – Selected HIV research projects from small and large urban areas – Opportunities for practice and research collaborations	“HIV prevention needs among MSM in small urban areas”	6/4/14	Mystic, CT	160
2	“Research Interest Group Meetings”	– Defining key research priorities for four interest groups: hard-to-reach/high-risk populations; mapping; modeling and cost utility analysis; technology and social media – Fundamentals of implementation science for research proposals	“Developing a Common Framework: Key Implementation Science Ingredients for our Network” “Overview of Implementation Science Frameworks with Examples”	2/27/15	Sturbridge, MA	68
3	Symposium 2: “Concepts to Projects”	– Spotlight on regional HIV implementation projects in Network – Moving from clinical trials to community PrEP implementation – Developing Network partnerships to effectively implement PrEP – Creating new regional HIV implementation projects in Network	“Developing a comprehensive model of the HIV care continuum in nine small cities in CT, MA, and RI”	6/3/15	Sturbridge, MA	120
4	Symposium 3: “Successes and Advancing Projects”	– Spotlight on regional HIV implementation projects in Network – Using the Network to develop successful implementation science grant proposals – Concurrent themed discussion sessions on HIV priority groups	“Working with HIV clinics to adopt addiction treatments using implementation facilitation (What IF?)”	6/2/16	Mystic, CT	125
5	Workshop: Using Implementation Science Methods	– Utilizing implementation research frameworks – Developing project ideas with implementation researchers, practitioners, and policymakers – Relevant funding announcements and strategies to respond	“Using Implementation Science Methods in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Research”	1/17/17	New Haven, CT	48
6	Workshop: Community Research Capacity Building	– Building the capacity of community partners in research and program evaluation methods – Identifying strategies to disseminate and utilize research/evaluation findings – Developing project ideas with implementation researchers, practitioners, and policymakers	“Framing a research question that matters and can be answered”	3/30/17	Sturbridge, MA	24
7	Symposium 4: “Putting Implementation Science into Practice”	– Network analysis of connections/collaborations among members – Updates on HIV continuum of care from New England states – Approaches to community-academic partnership formation – Selecting an IS research framework – Developing pilot project ideas into collaborative proposals	“Operationalizing implementation science in research projects: selecting and using conceptual frameworks” “Research Project Development – Finding the Right Partners, Interventions, and Implementation Science Framework”	5/25/17	Mystic, CT	79
8	Symposium 5: “Community Research Priorities”	– Updates and lessons learned from Network affiliated projects – Exploring development of HIV implementation research proposals based on community priorities	“Turning service needs into implementation projects: examples from the Network”	5/30/18	Worcester, MA	56
9	Symposium 6: “Implementation Science Capacity Building”	– Network overview and network project updates – Workshops on implementation research grantsmanship, program evaluation, and community engagement – Collaborative research proposal development	“Grantsmanship: Using the INSPECT Framework to Strengthen your Implementation Science Grant Proposal” “How to Remain Fidelity-Consistent in Local Adaptations of Evidence-Based Interventions”	5/31/19	Providence, RI	71

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