Implementation Science Laboratories

Implementation Science Seminar Series | University of Wisconsin - Madison | May 2026 The Implementation Science Seminar Series is an interactive, monthly seminar (via Zoom) to learn about the four pillars of the Dissemination and Implementation field: implementation theory, implementation methods, implementation strategies, and implementation laboratories. Seminar Description: In this presentation Dr. Ivers introduces the concept of implementation laboratories and describes the advances that have emerged from the University of Toronto's Audit & Feedback Lab. Drs. Schrager and Greenlee also describe the local research resources their networks provide, the priorities of the clinical groups within their networks, and how one can propose implementation projects to be conducted in their networks. Speakers: Noah Ivers, MD, PhD, is a family physician at Women's College Hospital Academic Family Health Team and also leads a research program in implementation science at Women’s College Hospital. He is a full Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. He holds a Canada Research Chair in the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice. Noah's research focuses on the use of data to drive evidence-based, patient-centered improvements in health care. He has conducted multiple pragmatic randomized trials, systematic reviews, and qualitative work on health services and quality improvement interventions. He is presently the scientific lead of the Office of Health System Partnerships at Department of Family and Community Medicine. Sarina Schrager, MD, MS, joined the UW-Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health as faculty in 1996 and is the Medical Director for the Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN), a primary care practice-based research network. Dr. Schrager received her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, completed her residency in family medicine at the MacNeal Hospital program in Berwyn, Illinois, and a self-designed fellowship in women’s health at MacNeal that combined graduate work in women’s studies with clinical care in family practice. She earned an MS in population health from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Schrager practices full-spectrum family medicine at Northport Drive clinic and leads faculty development in the department. She is also the editor in chief of Family Medicine, a journal focused on medical education and workforce policy published by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. Robert Greenlee, PhD, MPH, is a tenured senior research scientist and epidemiologist in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI) with primary interests in the clinical epidemiology of cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and in the quality, effectiveness, and outcomes of health care. He is an adjunct professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and has several roles within the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). Dr. Greenlee earned a PhD in Epidemiology from Emory University and joined MCRI in 2000 as a staff scientist supporting the development, maintenance, and collaborative research using the Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area (MESA). Previously Dr. Greenlee was Program Director for Cancer Surveillance at the American Cancer Society’s National Office. With a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan, he also worked for 6 years as a county epidemiologist in Michigan’s local public health system. In 2011, Dr. Greenlee received the Gwen D. Sebold Research Fellowship Award for Outstanding Researcher at Marshfield Clinic.