Overview

Our Think Tank Meetings are unique brainstorming sessions where behavioral intervention scientists and methodologists collaborate to develop and refine ideas related to adaptive interventions.

Focus Areas

Think Tanks concentrate on optimizing various types of adaptive interventions:

• Just-In-Time adaptive interventions (JITAIs)
• Multi-modal adaptive interventions (MADIs)
• Multilevel Adaptive Implementation Strategies (MAISYs)
• Personalizing Just-In-Time adaptive interventions (pJITAIs)

Optimization Techniques

We use innovative, randomized trial designs to address critical questions and improve the effectiveness of adaptive interventions, JITAIs, MADIs, and MAISYs. These designs include:

• Sequential, Multiple-Assignment, Randomized Trials (SMARTs)
• Micro-Randomized Trials (MRTs)
• Hybrid SMART-MRTs
• Multilevel Implementation SMARTs (MI-SMARTs)

Think Tank Topics

Any topic related to adaptive interventions, JITAIs, MADIs, or MAISYs is welcome. Examples include:

• Designing pilot studies for feasibility and acceptability
• Developing effective adaptive interventions, JITAIs, MADIs, or MAISYs
• Analyzing observational study data sets

• Designing and analyzing randomized trials for optimization

Participation

Are you a clinician, scientist, or methodologist interested in joining or leading a Think Tank?

• Attend a Meeting: Reach out to Ian Burnette [[email protected]] to be added to the Think Tank announcement list.
• Lead a Meeting: Reach out to Lizbeth ‘Libby’ Benson [[email protected]] for more information.
• Bring Your Team: We encourage leaders to bring their entire team for richer discussions.

Conduct Guidelines

Our single rule: All ideas shared are to improve the Think Tank leader’s science. Once shared, ideas are owned by the Think Tank leader.

Preparation Tips

Do’s:

• Prepare a 2-page handout with background information and a list of 2-3 methodological challenges.
• Submit this handout to Gillian Mayman [[email protected]] for review 14 days before the meeting.
• Prepare a 15-minute presentation with 7-10 slides, ending with your methodological challenges.
• Anticipate questions and have back-up slides ready.
• Bring a colleague to take notes.

Don’ts:

• Do not plan to give a typical conference or departmental presentation.
• Do not exceed the 15-minute presentation limit.