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Research Adoption Support Center (RASC)

The overarching goal of the Research Adoption Support Center (RASC) is to improve the dissemination and implementation (D&I) research capacity of the HD2A Innovation Projects and leverage this work to enhance the impact of D&I in research beyond HD2A. We strive to increase the chances for anyone, anywhere to receive the best possible treatment for addiction and pain-related conditions. The RASC also provides coordination, communication infrastructure, and logistical support to the HD2A Program.

Administrative Core

This Core provides scientific leadership and hosts an efficient centralized home for the HD2A Program, delivering necessary infrastructure and operational and logistical support, and fostering welcoming, productive, and positive relationships throughout the program.

SUD Implementation Support Core

This Core promotes the adoption of research-supported interventions by the Innovation Projects to address data-derived gaps in substance use disorder (SUD) services, including by curating a catalog of evidence-based and emerging practices and developing an SUD Intervention D&I Resource Guide.

Pain Implementation Support Core

This Core promotes the adoption of research-supported interventions by the Innovation Projects to address data-derived gaps in pain management services (e.g., appropriate opioid prescribing for pain), including by curating a catalog of evidence-based and emerging practices and developing a Pain Intervention D&I Resource Guide.

Research & Evaluation Core

This Core leads an assessment of the D&I capability of the Innovation Projects; collects standardized, harmonized D&I data across projects; and capitalizes on combined data for higher-impact analyses and modeling. The Core is also conducting five rapid-turnaround research projects to address implementation barriers, and a formative evaluation of the overall HD2A Program.

Two Centers, Mission

 

In Fall 2022, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) awarded Stanford University School of Medicine two national centers focused on dissemination and implementation science in addiction and its treatment.

The Center for Dissemination & Implementation at Stanford [C-DIAS] is dedicated to improving the science of implementation in addiction treatment through designing and testing measures and tools for the field, and training the next generation of addiction D&I experts (P50DA05402).

The U2C Research Adoption Support Center [RASC] is committed to improving NIDA-funded innovative research projects’ chances for generalizable and sustainable impact by using practical methods to elevate the potential “implementability” of their findings (U2CDA057717).

Whereas C-DIAS primarily focuses on creating novel designs and adapting inventions, RASC focuses on practical and widespread translation to the field and community.

Both centers assemble a national team of experts with a joint mission: To get the best addiction treatment available to the people who need it the most.

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