Continuing Education
Implementation science: How and why should I use it as a dietitian? When: May 5, 2025 Where: Virtual (Zoom) 1 CPEU is approved This is a free member's only webinar. Implementation science is a growing field aiming to decrease the research-to-practice gap that hinders health professionals, including registered dietitian nutritionists, from maximizing their impact through practice, research, and/or education. This webinar will introduce attendees to implementation science and its primary components; why and how it can be useful in dietetics; and tools available for incorporation of implementation science principles into dietetics practice, research, and education.
Hannah K. Wilson, PhD, RDN, LD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences at Clemson University. She is based at the Clemson Pee Dee Research and Education Center, where she studies development, dissemination, and implementation of programs and interventions aiming to reduce the public health burden of lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Her research incorporates dissemination and implementation (D&I) science to increase uptake of evidence-based interventions and decrease the research-to-practice gap that arguably affects rural and other underserved populations most. Her current projects focus on implementation of Food is Medicine interventions across a variety of settings, including food pantries, grocery stores, schools, and Cooperative Extension programming.
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