The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care will host the Implementation Science Webinars 2025, from 2 – 5 December, featuring more than 17 speakers from Hong Kong, mainland China, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, exploring implementation science research in public health.
Offering a unique opportunity to learn from influential researchers and practitioners in implementation science from around the globe, the insightful webinar series will be moderated by Prof. Eliza Wong, Associate Director (Teaching and Learning) and Professor of JCSPHPC, and Prof. Per Nilsen, Professor of the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences at Linköping University and Visiting Professor of the School of Health and Welfare at Halmstad University in Sweden.
Webinar Rundown
【Day 1】2 December (Tue) – Scandinavian Implementation Science Research
| Time: | 18:30 – 21: 00 HKT |
| Moderator: | Professor Per Nilsen Professor Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences Linköping University Visiting Professor School of Health and Welfare Halmstad University |
| Presentations: | Opening: Professor Eng Kiong (EK) Yeoh (1) Professor Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar: Overview of the Norwegian implementation research community and project examples from PhD student Nadina Peters and researcher Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke: – Implementation leadership – Midwifery-led continuity model in prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum care (2) Associate Professor Jeanette Wassar Kirk: – Combining implementation frameworks with empirically grounded ethnography and team members, including PhD student Sebrina Stensgaard, research assistant Cecilie Sommer, and research assistant Lisa Suvarna Oldrup: – Cross-sectoral PhD project – Implementation of a New Emergency Department in Denmark – Hybrid Type 2 study on social prescribing linking healthcare and community services (3) Associate Professor Kristin Thomas: Implementing and sustaining digital health interventions in child and school healthcare |
【Day 2】3 December (Wed) – Implementation Science Research in GBA (I): Health Service and Policy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
| Time: | 18:30 – 21: 00 HKT |
| Moderator: | Prof. Eliza Wong Associate Director (Teaching & Learning) and Professor Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Presentations: | (1) Professor Eng Kiong (EK) Yeoh: Use of an implementation science logic model to guide intervention design and strategy development for direct access to physiotherapists in primary care (2) Assistant Professor Johnson Wang: Applying CFIR framework to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) among Hong Kong’s primary care physicians and nurses (3) Honorary Assistant Professor Dorothy Wang: Strategies to enhance uptake and adherence to the pancreatic cancer screening pathway through implementation science |
【Day 3】4 December (Thu) – Implementation Science Research in GBA (II): Health Service at the Southern Medical University
| Time: | 18:30 – 21: 00 HKT |
| Moderator: | Professor Eliza Wong Associate Director (Teaching & Learning) and Professor The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |
| Presentations: | Opening: Professor Dong Roman Xu: Publishing in Implementation Science and Implementation Science Communications (1) Dr. Sherry Wang: Original research on optimizing electronic audit and feedback to strengthen primary healthcare in China (2) Dr. Wenjun He: “Designathon” – An underused methodology for developing implementation strategies: Research on AI-assisted workflows to improve COPD management (3) Mr. Siyuan Liu: Hybrid Type 2 study examining rapid verbal persuasion to increase influenza vaccination uptake |
【Day 4】5 December (Fri) – AI Implementation Science Research at Halmstad University, Sweden
| Time: | 18:30 – 21: 00 HKT |
| Moderator: | Professor Per Nilsen Professor Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences Linköping University Visiting Professor School of Health and Welfare Halmstad University |
| Presentations: | (1) Professor Jens Nygren: Halmstad University’s program on integrating AI to improve patient outcomes and healthcare efficiency (2) Dr. Elin Siira: AI-driven triage in primary care, with emphasis on accessibility, safety, and trust (3) Dr. Margit Neher: Shift toward AI-supported radiology and its implications for workflows and professional practice (4) Dr. Lina Lundgren: AI models for predicting hospital readmissions among heart failure patients (5) Dr. Monika Nair: Frameworks for the responsible and scalable implementation of AI across healthcare systems Closing: Professor Eliza Wong and Professor Per Nilsen |