National environmental scan reveals inconsistent dissemination and implementation activities in CTSA hubs, suggesting opportunities for improvement.
Despite substantial investment in clinical and translational research, only a small proportion of evidence-based interventions are adopted and sustained in routine practice, contributing to persistent delays between discovery and population benefit.Dissemination and implementation (D&I) science is a critical discipline for addressing this gap, and the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program (established 2006) has been strategically positioned as a national infrastructure to advance D&I capacity.We conducted a national environmental scan of publicly available websites and documents from all 66 CTSA hubs (May-July 2025), using a structured extraction tool to capture D&I specific activities across seven domains: institution and community partnerships, formal D&I organizational structures within the CTSA, consultation services, collaborative programming, training opportunities, educational offerings, and pilot funding mechanisms.Findings reveal substantial heterogeneity in D&I science activities across CTSA hubs; 38% had a formal D&I unit, 54% offered D&I consultation services, and 37% provided collaborative programming.Structured workforce development was limited: 12% offered D&I-focused training grants, 15% offered structured educational programs, and 15% provided D&I-specific pilot funding.Consultation models varied widely in scope, access, and evaluation practices.These findings demonstrate uneven development of D&I science infrastructure across CTSAs and highlight opportunities to strengthen capacity nationally.
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