{"id":141379,"date":"2024-09-26T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=141379"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:07:00","slug":"ciis-leadership-updates","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2024\/ciis-leadership-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"CIIS Leadership Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCIIS Leadership Updates\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 26, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Kirsten.Austad\">Kirsten Austad<\/a>, MD, MPH, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Nicholas.Bosch\">Nick Bosch<\/a>, MD, MSc, will transition from associate directors to co-directors of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ciis\/\">The Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Science<\/a> (CIIS), effective Oct.1, 2024.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Kathryn.Fantasia\">Kathryn Fantasia<\/a>, MD, will serve in the new role of education director, and current Research Specialist Kayla Jones will transition to assistant director. <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/MariLynn.Drainoni\">Mari-Lynn Drainoni<\/a>, PhD, MEd, who has been a founding director of CIIS for nine years, will assume the new CIIS role of research director, allowing her to mentor the growing number of early career faculty in CIIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-5 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"494\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kirsten Austad wearing dark shirt, long wavy blond hair, smiling\" data-id=\"136746\" data-full-url=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/profile\/kirsten-austad\/kirsten-austad-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-136746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2-296x360.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2-422x512.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"418\" height=\"636\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/09\/Nick-Bosch.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Nicholas Bosch, MD\" data-id=\"141391\" data-full-url=\"\/camed\/files\/2024\/09\/Nick-Bosch.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?attachment_id=141391\" class=\"wp-image-141391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/09\/Nick-Bosch.png 418w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/09\/Nick-Bosch-237x360.png 237w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2024\/09\/Nick-Bosch-337x512.png 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Nick Bosch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"427\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/01\/Kathryn-Fantasia-1.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kathryn Fantasia\" data-id=\"131531\" data-full-url=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/01\/Kathryn-Fantasia-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/profile\/kathryn-fantasia\/kathryn-fantasia-4\/\" class=\"wp-image-131531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/01\/Kathryn-Fantasia-1.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/01\/Kathryn-Fantasia-1-256x360.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2022\/01\/Kathryn-Fantasia-1-364x512.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kathryn Fantasia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Kayla_Jones_Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Kayla Jones\" data-id=\"141378\" data-full-url=\"\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Kayla_Jones_Headshot.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/kayla_jones_headshot\/\" class=\"wp-image-141378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Kayla_Jones_Headshot.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Kayla_Jones_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/01\/Kayla_Jones_Headshot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kayla Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Mari-Lynn-Drainoni-4.jpg\" alt=\"head and shoulders shot of Mari-Lynn Drainoni\" data-id=\"121729\" data-full-url=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Mari-Lynn-Drainoni-4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/profile\/mari-lynn-drainoni\/mari-lynn-drainoni-6\/\" class=\"wp-image-121729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Mari-Lynn-Drainoni-4.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Mari-Lynn-Drainoni-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Mari-Lynn-Drainoni-4-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Mari-Lynn Drainoni<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, and Nick Bosch, MD, MSc, will transition from associate directors to co-directors of The Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Science (CIIS), effective Oct.1, 2024.&nbsp; Kathryn Fantasia, MD, will serve in the new role of education director, and current Research Specialist Kayla [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24243,"featured_media":136746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Research","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[386,94],"bu-publication":[367],"medicine-article-category":[],"medicine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[377,385],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[390],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/141379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141379"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/141379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141400,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/141379\/revisions\/141400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-article-category?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-topic?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=141379"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=141379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}