Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
Education and Training
Workshops and Short Courses
The Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research offers a series of workshops and short courses throughout the year. These courses are open to the public for a fee. For more information on any of our short courses, please contact [email protected].
Implementation Mapping: Using Intervention Mapping to Plan Implementation Strategies
Implementation Mapping is a systematic approach for planning implementation strategies. In this course, students will learn to:
- Explain how to use implementation Mapping can facilitate implementation strategy design or selection.
- Describe how implementation science theory and frameworks can inform the Implementation Mapping process and strategy design.
- Demonstrate an ability to articulate implementation outcomes and tasks for various implementers.
- Describe how to select theory-based methods and practical applications to influence determinants of implementation
- Describe considerations for evaluating implementation outcomes.
May 26-29, 2026
Instructor: María E. Fernández, PhD, Serena Rodriguez, PhD, and Eunyoung Kang, PhD.
Fee: $1000
This short course will be held virtually. Scholarships are available to UTHealth Houston faculty and staff and CCTS partner organizations. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.
Health Promotion Planning: An Intervention Mapping Approach
Intervention Mapping (IM) offers a step-by-step framework for developing theory-informed and evidence-based health promotion programs and interventions rooted in the behavioral and social sciences. Students will:
- Build knowledge and skills in developing, adapting, and implementing theory-informed and evidence-based health promotion programs and interventions rooted in the behavioral and social sciences.
- Focus on a topic of their interest to craft an initial evaluation plan by compiling a needs assessment, program development and implementation strategies.
The course format includes lectures, small group work using problem-based learning, group discussions, and presentations of participant projects. A copy of Planning Health Promotion Programs: An Intervention Mapping Approach, 4th edition, Jossey-Bass, 2016 will be included in this course.
June 1-4, 2026
Instructors: María E. Fernández, PhD, Serena Rodriguez, PhD, and Eunyoung Kang, PhD.
Fee: $1250 (includes textbook)
This short course will be held virtually. Scholarships are available to UTHealth Houston faculty and staff and CCTS partner organizations. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.
Updates on Physical Activity and Public Health: The GoPA! and GoPE! Global Course
Instructor: Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD
Dates and Registration information coming soon.
Dissemination and Implementation Research Training
Dissemination and implementation research seeks to bridge the gap between health sciences research, everyday practice and population health by building a knowledge base about how health information, interventions, and new clinical practices and policies are communicated and implemented in public health and health care settings. This workshop is appropriate for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty interested in implementation science.
Dates and Registration Information TBA
Fellowships
CPRIT Innovation for Cancer Prevention Research Fellowship
The CPRIT-UTHealth Fellowship in Innovation for Cancer Prevention Research is a training program for pre and post-doctoral fellowships in cancer prevention and control. Learn more on the fellowship webpage.
NCI Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Cancer Education
The UTHealth School of Public Health (UTSPH) has both pre- and post-doctoral fellowships in cancer prevention and control that offer students excellent mentoring, training opportunities, and placements on research teams. Learn more on the fellowship webpage.
Dissemination and Implementation Certificate
The Dissemination and Implementation Certificate for Degree and Non-Degree Seeking Students is a 15-credit hour certificate that introduces the concepts of dissemination and implementation to students and other health professionals. The concepts learned while pursuing this certificate will assist researchers and practitioners in translating and testing research advances in public health and healthcare delivery to effective and efficient interventions in multiple settings.
Learn how to:
- Describe the foundations of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science
- Explain the D&I theories and frameworks
- Develop and tailor strategies for implementation and dissemination
- Engage in community and stakeholder based implementation and dissemination research
- Design, analyze, measure, and evaluate the different outcomes
- Gain knowledge to adapt health interventions to improve fit in new settings.
For registration information and more, visit the Dissemination & Implementation Science Certificate webpage.