Research partnerships
Collaborate on studies, host a site, or bring implementation science methods into your research or health service. Community partners help shape what we do (how we work with partners).
Discuss a partnership →Implementation science
to improve healthcare, including infectious disease care, cancer care, virtual care and mental health care.
The RISE³ Lab at McGill University develops methods to understand how change happens in healthcare and how evidence-based practices are adopted and sustained. Our applied implementation research focuses on a range of clinical areas, including infectious diseases.
Led by Dr. Guillaume Fontaine, Canada Research Chair in Implementation Science for Health Systems Transformation
Dr. Fontaine is an implementation scientist and Assistant Professor at McGill University, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Implementation Science for Health Systems Transformation (Tier 2). He holds national and international leadership roles in implementation science and is Deputy Editor of Implementation Science, the flagship journal in the field. His research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
We develop better tools for implementation research itself.
Methods work runs through all of the lab's studies and training. Three examples are highlighted here; others appear across our studies and publications.
See the methods publications →01
Theories, models and frameworks
Guidance for choosing and using theories, models and frameworks: the SELECT-IT meta-framework, and an umbrella review of 701 of them now under review.
Explore SELECT-IT ↗02
Artificial intelligence in implementation science
Through AIM-IS, a framework, toolkit and reporting standard for rigorous, responsible use of AI in implementation research and practice.
Explore AIM-IS →03
Hybrid effectiveness–implementation studies
The statistical methods, designs and outcome structures of hybrid type II studies, mapped in a scoping review led by Dr. Marc Parsons.
Explore the review →Featured studies
View all research →SCALE-POCT
Hepatitis C point-of-care testing
Working across 27 sites in Canada, we map care pathways and investigate barriers to point-of-care testing to inform implementation strategies developed with partner sites.
DECIDE-POCT
Evidence to guide point-of-care testing
Four systematic reviews examine the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, barriers and facilitators, and implementation strategies for point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.
HIV PrEP CAN'T WAIT
Long-acting HIV prevention
Our team leads the study's pre-implementation research, using process mapping and interviews with providers and clients to inform the implementation and evaluation of long-acting HIV prevention.
Photos: Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya (CC BY-SA 4.0) and NIAID (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons; cropped and shaded.
Selected publications
All publications →A scoping review of how implementation researchers choose theories, models and frameworks, and the SELECT-IT meta-framework to guide that choice.
Sets out the approach for a framework, toolkit and reporting standard on the rigorous and responsible use of AI in implementation research and practice.
Describes the multilevel, mixed-methods design used to study point-of-care hepatitis C testing across Canada.
Our team
Led by Dr. Guillaume Fontaine, our team brings together postdoctoral fellows, research staff and graduate students working with partners across Canada and internationally.
Meet the team →Work with us
All ways to work with us →Training and consulting
Workshops on frameworks, process mapping and implementation strategies, plus scientific consulting for health systems, research teams and industry. In English and French, online or in person.
Explore training and consulting →Postdoctoral enquiries
Enquiries from prospective postdoctoral researchers in implementation science methods or infectious disease research are welcome. No funded positions are currently advertised.
Enquire about postdoctoral research →Affiliations, funders, networks and partners
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