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Project Timeline

2022

Study Preparation and Formative Research

January
July
August

2023

Launch meeting

Formative research phase and SMS message adaptation

Investigator meeting, Entebbe, Uganda

Formative Research and Study Launch

March

June

July

August

September

2024

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco presentation

Training of trainers workshop, Livingston, Zambia

Health care worker training in Uganda

Health care worker training in Zambia, Stigma supplement study funded

Study launch: Participant recruitment and enrollment initiated

Trial Implementation

January

August

September

November

December

2025

Stigma supplement study data collection initiated

Implementation science supplemental study funded

Implementation science health systems assessments

African Conference on Tobacco Control and Development presentation

Association of Pacific Rim Universities presentation

Trial Implementation

April

June

July-August 

September

September

September

Consortium of Universities of Global Health Conference presentation

World Conference on Tobacco Control presentation

​Online implementation science training workshops

In person implementation science training hosted in Uganda

Investigator Meeting, Murchison Falls, Uganda

Enrollment concluded

2026

Analysis

March

April

July

Participant follow-ups completed

Consortium of Universities of Global Health Conference presention

Data analysis and publications planning workshop

Contact Us

Global Research, Implementation, and Training Lab (GRIT Lab)
University of Maryland School of Public Health
4200 Valley Drive
College Park, MD 20742

Heather Wipfli, PhD
hwipfli@umd.edu

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