About the Amsterdam Center for Implementation Science

The Amsterdam Center for Implementation Science (AmsCIS) envisions effective and efficient integration and embedding of evidence-based practices in Public Health through evidence-informed implementation, to ultimately achieve better health(care) for all.

Our vision

To realize this vision, AmsCIS will see it as its mission to:

- Provide public health researchers with knowledge, skills, and tools about implementing research-based knowledge into practice and policy;

- Increase awareness among public health researchers of the importance of effective implementation and sustainable uptake of research-based knowledge into practice and policy throughout the research lifecycle;

- Contribute to state-of-the art research in the field of Implementation Science and become a leading research center on implementation science in Europe.

AmsCIS in relation to Amsterdam Public Health (APH) research institute

As a research institute of Amsterdam UMC, VU and UvA, Amsterdam Public Health (APH) is an important link between clinical care, scientific research and the extramural care practice and policy in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, as well as beyond Amsterdam (both national and international). Much of the research that is carried out within the institute potentially has a direct impact on public health practice including quality of care, policy, and society. Like other knowledge institutions, APH is expected to contribute to knowledge in line with societal challenges and to ensure that this knowledge is used in public health practice and policy and beyond. Yet, the gap between academic settings and public health practice and policy is often large, resulting in a lack of uptake of evidence and substantive change. To provide APH researchers with state-of-the-art knowledge on this matter and to better equip them with skills and tools needed to bridge this gap, the Amsterdam Center for Implementation Science (AmsCIS) was initiated.

    AmsCIS managing board: Mireille Dekker (co-chair), Esther Bisschops (co-chair), Iris van der Horst (secretary), Femke van Nassau, Nina Zipfel, Christiaan Vis, Annicka van der Plas, Anouk Groenewegen and Miriam Schutte.

    AmsCIS advisory committee: Jeroen Lakerveld, Han Anema, Michiel Wensing and Pauline Goense.