The Initiative for the Study The Initiative for the Study and Implementation of and Implementation of

Systems (ISIS)Systems (ISIS)

Stephen Marcus, PhD Project Officer, Stephen Marcus, PhD Project Officer, NCI Tobacco Control Research BranchNCI Tobacco Control Research Branch

Pamela I. Clark, PhD Task Leader, Pamela I. Clark, PhD Task Leader, Battelle Centers for Public Health Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and EvaluationResearch and Evaluation

ISIS Recognizes…ISIS Recognizes…

The complexity of systems for tobacco The complexity of systems for tobacco control, and how they fit within the control, and how they fit within the larger public health context of larger public health context of outcomes such as reduced morbidity outcomes such as reduced morbidity and mortality.and mortality. An environment which has, in and of An environment which has, in and of itself, become a system.itself, become a system. A growing need to better integrate A growing need to better integrate research and practiceresearch and practice

ISISISIS

Apply systems thinking methodologies to Apply systems thinking methodologies to practices in tobacco control practices in tobacco control

Contribute to transdisciplinary integrationContribute to transdisciplinary integration

Facilitate development of ongoing Facilitate development of ongoing structures and processes for effective structures and processes for effective transdisciplinary collaboration transdisciplinary collaboration

ISISISIS

Create cyberinfrastructure (toBIG) to Create cyberinfrastructure (toBIG) to enable:enable: Transdisciplinariness Transdisciplinariness Sociological transition from a physical to a Sociological transition from a physical to a

virtual research communityvirtual research community Data integration (software & organizational Data integration (software & organizational

challenges)challenges) More efficient growth & management of More efficient growth & management of

networksnetworks