WHOLE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH LAB

advancing whole health for all
through implementation science

The Whole Heath Implementation Research Lab (WHIRL) is led by Dr. Isabel Roth. Located in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her work translates whole health and integrative medicine EVIDENCE into PRACTICE through the systematic application of implementation science frameworks and methods.

"The movement of evidence-based practices into routine clinical usage is not spontaneous, but requires focused efforts"

(Bauer, et al., 2015)
"Implementation science is an inherently interdisciplinary research area"

Implementation Science
Conduct research on the adaptation of implementation science frameworks to increase the use and reach of evidence-based complementary and integrative health interventions in multiple settings

NCCIH Strategic Plan FY 2021⁠–⁠2025
"Central to the definition of whole person research are studies of integrated multicomponent therapies and interconnected systems"

NCCIH Objective 2: Advance Research on the Whole Person and on the Integration of Complementary and Conventional Care

WHOLE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH LAB

"The movement of evidence-based practices into routine clinical usage is not spontaneous, but requires focused efforts"

"Implementation science is an inherently interdisciplinary research area"

Conduct research on the adaptation of implementation science frameworks to increase the use and reach of evidence-based complementary and integrative health interventions in multiple settings

"Central to the definition of whole person research are studies of integrated multicomponent therapies and interconnected systems"