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Summer Institute 2019
2019-06-26 - 2019-06-28
2019 KT Canada Summer Institute

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We are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Summer Institute to be held in Toronto from June 26 – 28, 2019. The purpose of this Summer Institute is to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will provide participants with the chance to network with colleagues including national and international KT experts.

The theme of the 2019 Institute is: “Evaluations in KT”.

The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area. We encourage applications from a wide range of disciplines that span all of CIHR’s research themes (clinical, health services, and population health).

Costs:
Trainee registration: $350
Junior Faculty registration: $900

Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation. We have secured a group rate at a nearby hotel. Some meals will be covered by KT Canada during the event:

1st day: breaks
2nd day: all meals (breakfast, lunch, group dinner, breaks)
3rd day: breakfast, lunch and all breaks

Guest Speakers

Dr. Andrea Tricco
Andrea Tricco completed a MSc in Epidemiology (2002-2004) and a PhD in Population Health (2005-2009). She is a Scientist in the Knowledge Translation Program of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital (appointed Sept 2011) and directs the Knowledge Synthesis Team. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (appointed June 2014). Her research interests are related to responding to decision-makers (including policy-makers, healthcare providers, and patients) through knowledge synthesis. Her research also focuses on advancing the science of knowledge synthesis and she is leading research projects related to rapid reviews, network meta-analysis, and scoping reviews.
Dr. Tricco has published over 135 peer-reviewed articles. She currently holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Synthesis and the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Science Early Researcher Award. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, BMC Medical Research Methodology, and Systematic Reviews; and sits on the editorial board for the BMC Medicine. She developed an online systematic review course that >335 students have completed, which is offered through the University of Toronto.
A sample of Dr. Tricco’s publications can be found here.

Dr. Anne Sales
Dr. Sales is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Educational Programs and Health System Innovation in the Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School. She is also a Research Scientist at the Center for Clinical Management Research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Her training is in sociology, health economics, econometrics, and general health services research. Her current work involves theory-based design of implementation interventions, including understanding how feedback reports affect provider behavior and through behavior change have an impact on patient outcomes, and the role of social networks in uptake of evidence based practices and implementation interventions. She has completed over 30 funded research projects, including a Partnered Evaluation Initiative funded by the VA Office of Nursing Services, evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of VA national nursing initiatives, and currently leads a VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative Program focused on implementing goals of care conversations in VA long term care settings. She is co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Science, together with Michel Wensing of Heidelberg University in Germany. A full bibliography is available at https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.lib.umich.edu/sites/myncbi/1dmFRRPeGbU55/bibliography/47758073/public/?sort=date&direction=descending.

Dr. David Johnson
Dr. David Johnson is Senior Medical Director for the Alberta Health Services Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Youth Strategic Clinical Network; a pediatric emergency physician and medical toxicologist; and a Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Physiology and Pharmacology in the Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary. His research interests are primarily focused on the management of common childhood respiratory emergencies, and ensuring primary health care professionals utilize ‘best evidence’ in managing these diseases.

Dr. Janet Curran
Dr. Janet Curran is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. She is Co-Director of the Aligning Health Needs and Evidence for Transformative Change: Joanna Briggs Centre at the School of Nursing and she also holds a scientific appointment in pediatrics and emergency medicine at the IWK Health Centre. Dr. Curran’s program of research is focused on developing and evaluating interventions to improve transitions in care for children and their families/caregivers. She is the 2015 recipient of the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Terry Klassen Young Investigator Award and the Dalhousie University Faculty of Health Professions Early Career Research Excellence Award. Dr. Curran’s program of research is supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award in Knowledge Translation and her research is directly informed by the inclusion of multiple stakeholders (patients, caregivers, clinicians, and administrators). Dr. Curran currently leads a CIHR-NSHRF funded multi-centred national study exploring best practice strategies for discharge communication in paediatric emergency practice settings.

Ms. Jess Rogers
Over the course of Jess’ career, she has built strong executive experience in leading effective teams, strategic planning and implementing operational policies and processes for organizations with a core mandate to design and execute knowledge translation activities. Prior to her current role as Manager of Knowledge Mobilization Strategy at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Jess lead the efforts at the Centre for Effective Practice for 10 years to develop appropriate methodologies for developing and adapting evidence-based clinical guidance for health care professionals. As the Director at CEP, she was also responsible for supporting diverse clients to tailor implementation approaches for various small and large scale projects ranging from Ontario’s provincial education approach to low back pain care to developing a Pan-Canadian Strategy for the development and dissemination of clinical guidance during a Pandemic. She also lead the first Academic Detailing/Educational Outreach programs funded by the Ontario Government in both primary care and long term care.

Dr. Linda Li
Dr. Linda Li is Professor and Harold Robinson / Arthritis Society Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, and Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation, and is currently the Lead of the Knowledge Translation Methods Cluster of the BC SUPPORT Unit. Dr. Li’s research focuses on the help-seeking experience of people with arthritis. She evaluates the use of e-health tools in patient care and self-management. Recently, her work has expanded to studying the benefits of engaging patients and the public in health research.

Dr. Michelle Kho
Dr. Michelle Kho is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.
As a clinician-scientist, she also cares for patients in the St. Joseph’s Healthcare ICU in Hamilton. She holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Rehabilitation and Knowledge Translation.
Dr. Kho is leading a clinical research program of very early in-bed cycling in mechanically ventilated patients to improve patient outcomes. Her research interests include novel early rehabilitation strategies to reduce weakness in ICU patients, knowledge translation, research methodology (systematic reviews, practice guidelines), and health services and outcomes research.

Dr. Monika Kastner
Monika Kastner is the Research Chair in KT and Implementation at North York General Hospital, affiliate Scientist with the KT Program at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Monika’s research interests and goals are to make a positive impact on the health of older adults with the use of innovative eHealth technologies, and to advance the science and practice of KT and health services research. Currently, Monika is creating an eHealth application (KeepWell) that responds to the needs of older adults with multimorbidity and empowers them to make lifestyle changes to keep well.

Dr. Sharon Straus
Sharon E. Straus is a geriatrician and clinical epidemiologist who trained at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. She is the Director of the Knowledge Translation Program and Interim Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital; Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto; Vice Chair, and Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Quality of Care and has authored more than 400 publications and 3 textbooks in evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and mentorship. She is in the top 1% of highly cited clinical researchers as per Web of Science. She holds more than $57 million in peer reviewed research grants as a principal investigator. She has received national awards for mentorship, research and education.

Louise Zitzelsberger
In her career in KT, Louise has worked to create and implement the foundations for effective knowledge translation in organizations – from synthesis functions through to implementation and evaluation. Her current position is with Health Canada, on a KT Unit supporting staff and funding recipients to better integrate KT into funding proposals, work plans, and performance measurement. Her KT interests include understanding uptake of innovations at the organizational level in healthcare – in particular the processes around how knowledge is acquired, assimilated and applied.
Applications for 2019 are now open. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, March 15th, 10am EST.
Apply NowYou may view the draft agenda here.

Summer Institute 2020
2020-06-17 - 2020-06-19
Given the evolving COVID-19 situation and in an abundance of caution, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this event. In place of the in-person meeting, we are currently exploring other ways we can connect by means of webinars, and potentially postponing to a later date. We will share more details on our plans in the coming weeks.
2020 KT Canada Summer Institute

InformationSpeakersApplyAgendaSponsorsGiven the evolving COVID-19 situation and in an abundance of caution, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this event. In place of the in-person meeting, we are currently exploring other ways we can connect by means of webinars, and potentially postponing to a later date. We will share more details on our plans in the coming weeks.
We are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Summer Institute to be held in Ottawa from June 17-19, 2020. The purpose of this Summer Institute is to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will provide participants with the change to network with colleagues including national KT experts.

The theme of the 2020 Institute is: “Intersectionality and KT”.

The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area. We encourage applications from a wide range of disciplines that span all of CIHR’s research themes (clinical, health services, and population health).

Costs:
Trainee & fellow registration: $375
Junior Faculty registration: $925

Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation. We have secured a group rate for accommodations. Some meals will be covered by KT Canada during the event:
1st day: breaks
2nd day: breakfast, lunch, breaks
3rd day: breakfast, lunch, breaks

Dr. Carrie Bourassa
Dr. Carrie Bourassa, B.A., M.A., PhD: Scientific Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Professor, Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. She also is Scientific Director, Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-IIPH). She is an adjunct in the Faculties of Education and Kinesiology & Health Studies at the University of Regina and is the Nominated Principal Investigator for the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funded Morning Star Lodge established in 2010, based in Regina, as well as for the recently CFI-funded Cultural Safety, Evaluation, Training and Research lab that will be built by next summer, hosted at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Carrie Bourassa spent over 15 years as a professor of Indigenous health studies in the Department of Indigenous Health, Education and Social Work at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) in Regina. Through her role as Scientific Director of IIPH, she leads the advancement of a national health research agenda to improve and promote the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada. Dr. Bourassa is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and a public member of the Royal College Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is also a member of the International Research Advisory Board (IRAB) for the Health Research Council (New Zealand) and a member of the Health Quality Council Board of Saskatchewan. She was also appointed to the National Research Council of Canada Advisory Board (NRC) – Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre Advisory Board in May 2018. In 2012, Dr. Bourassa won the (Wee-e- chee-hee- way- shin-awn) Wiichihiwayshinawn Foundation Inc. Métis Award in Health and Science. Dr. Bourassa is Métis and belongs to the Riel Métis Council of Regina Inc. (RMCR, Local #34).

Dr. Melissa Brouwers
Dr. Melissa Brouwers is the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Brouwers was a Professor in the Departments of Oncology (primary) and Health Research Methodology, Evidence and Impact (affiliate) at McMaster University where she also served as the Director of the Program in Evidence-based Care, the guidelines program for Cancer Care Ontario; the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Implementation at Hamilton Health Sciences; and the Deputy Director of the Escarpment Cancer Research Institute. Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation. Furthermore, she has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.

Dr. Maoliosa Donald
Dr. Donald is the Senior Research Associate for the Roy and Vi Baay Chair in Kidney Research at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She completed her PhD in Health Sciences and has been a Physical Therapist since 1992. Dr. Donald is passionate about interventions that support person-centered care, and innovations that address the evidence-practice gap for patients with chronic disease. Her current work involves understanding the needs of individuals with chronic kidney disease and investigating optimal strategies for supporting them and their families. She is actively involved in many professional activities including holding memberships with the Mixed Methods International Research Association and the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, as well as being a mentor in Graduate Science Education and Community Health Science Mentorship Programs.

Dr. Nicole Etherington
Nicole Etherington is a Senior Research Associate in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). Dr. Etherington completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Western Ontario in 2016, with a focus on gender and health. Dr. Etherington’s current research applies a social lens to clinical practice issues, focusing primarily on the multi-level factors shaping teamwork, provider occupational well-being, and patient outcomes in acute care.

Karine Morin
In early 2019, Karine Morin joined NSERC as Director, Policy and Interagency Affairs where she is responsible for the implementation of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiative. She recently returned to Ottawa after being an Executive Director at Alberta Innovates, overseeing a number of initiatives related to clinical research and ethics. Previously, she has served as Genome Canada’s Director of the “GE3LS” program, overseeing activities related to the ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social aspects of genomics research. Earlier, she was a Senior Ethics Policy Advisor at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). She also conducted research on ethical, legal and social issues related to genomics at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Science, Society and Policy. Karine is a graduate of McGill University School of Law; she also completed a Masters in Law at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked in the US for more than 10 years. She has broad expertise in science policy, has published widely in bioethics and law, and has taught as an adjunct at several universities in the US and Canada.

Dr. Justin Presseau
Dr. Presseau is a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Assistant Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. He is also Chair of the Canadian Psychological Association’s Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine section. Dr. Presseau has been awarded early career awards from the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine, the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the European Health Psychology Society, a mid-career award from the Canadian Psychological Association, and is an Associate Editor for Implementation Science and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Dr. Presseau’s research program operates at the intersection between health psychology and implementation science, drawing upon behaviour change theories and methods to design and evaluate theory-based strategies for promoting healthcare professional behaviour change to increase best practice and reduce non-evidenced healthcare.

Louise Zitzelsberger
In her career in KT, Louise has worked to create and implement the foundations for effective knowledge translation in organizations – from synthesis functions through to implementation and evaluation. Her current position is with Health Canada, on a KT Unit supporting staff and funding recipients to better integrate KT into funding proposals, work plans, and performance measurement. Her KT interests include understanding uptake of innovations at the organizational level in healthcare – in particular the processes around how knowledge is acquired, assimilated and applied.

Dr. Monica Taljaard
Monica Taljaard is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. She received her PhD degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, in 2006. Her main research interests are in the design, analysis and ethics of cluster randomized trials. As a methodologist with the Ottawa Methods Centre, she works with clinicians and researchers from a variety of backgrounds in the design and analysis of cluster randomized trials, standard clinical trials, and observational studies. She is Deputy Editor of Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials.

Olivia Magwood
Olivia Magwood is a Research Associate at the C.T. Lamont Primary Care Research Centre of the Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science (University of Ottawa ’16) and a Masters of Public Health (University of Guelph ’18). Her research interests include systematic review methods for disadvantaged populations, knowledge translation, evidence-based guidelines, and multi-stakeholder engagement. Her ongoing research projects include the use of technology to address youth mental health, implementation of evidence-based guidelines for homeless health, and approaches to screening and treating mental health conditions among refugees and migrants. Olivia presently volunteers as Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Public Health Association’s online blog and as a Communications-Chapter Development Liaison for Women in Global Health, which aims to highlight women’s leadership in global health and advocates for gender equality in global public health.

Amanda Crupi
Amanda Crupi is the Manager of Knowledge Translation Strategies in the Science Policy Branch of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). In addition to supporting the integration of knowledge translation within science policies and funded research, Amanda’s team is also responsible for the delivery of CIHR’s flagship knowledge translation program: the Best Brains Exchange. Prior to joining CIHR, she worked with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions as a Research and Policy Specialist where she managed two pan-Canadian knowledge networks focused on health services and policy research with a focus on occupational health and safety and pandemic preparedness. Amanda’s interest and excitement for the science and application of knowledge translation grew through her training at Dalhousie University where she obtained a Master’s of Applied Health Services Research.
The application deadline has been extended to Monday, March 9th, 11:59PM EST. Apply now.

You may find a draft version of the agenda here.

Thank you to our sponsors

KT Canada Summer Institute 2021
2021-06-24 - 2021-08-12
2021 KT Canada Summer Institute
InformationSpeakersApplyAgendaSponsorsWe are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada *virtual* Summer Institute, to be held online in Summer 2021. Please note that the virtual Summer Institute will take place during weekly sessions. These sessions are tentatively booked from June 24 – August 12, 2021.

The purpose of this Summer Institute is to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will provide participants with the change to network with colleagues including national KT experts.

The theme of the 2021 Institute is: ‘Intersectionality and KT’.

The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area.

Please note that we are not accepting applications for the 2021 Summer Institute.

Costs:
Trainee & fellow registration: $150
Junior Faculty registration: $200
Dr. Stefan Baral
Dr. Stefan Baral (MD, MPH, FRCPC, CCFP) is an Affiliate Scientist with the Knowledge Translation Program and a physician epidemiologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Stefan completed his certification in Community Medicine as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and Family medicine with the Canadian Council of Family Physicians. Stefan co-directs the Implementation Science concentration of the DrPH at Johns Hopkins and has worked to increase coherence in the methods and metrics of HIV-related implementation research. Through his role as the Director of the Key Populations Program, Stefan has led HIV and mental health epidemiology and implementation research focused on characterizing the epidemiology of HIV and effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care approaches for gay men and other men who have sex with men, transgender women, and female sex workers in the US and across Western and Central, and Southern Africa.

Dr. Carrie Bourassa
Dr. Carrie Bourassa, B.A., M.A., PhD: Scientific Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Professor, Community Health & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. She also is Scientific Director, Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health – Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-IIPH). She is an adjunct in the Faculties of Education and Kinesiology & Health Studies at the University of Regina and is the Nominated Principal Investigator for the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) funded Morning Star Lodge established in 2010, based in Regina, as well as for the recently CFI-funded Cultural Safety, Evaluation, Training and Research lab that will be built by next summer, hosted at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Carrie Bourassa spent over 15 years as a professor of Indigenous health studies in the Department of Indigenous Health, Education and Social Work at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) in Regina. Through her role as Scientific Director of IIPH, she leads the advancement of a national health research agenda to improve and promote the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples in Canada. Dr. Bourassa is a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and a public member of the Royal College Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is also a member of the International Research Advisory Board (IRAB) for the Health Research Council (New Zealand) and a member of the Health Quality Council Board of Saskatchewan. She was also appointed to the National Research Council of Canada Advisory Board (NRC) – Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre Advisory Board in May 2018. In 2012, Dr. Bourassa won the (Wee-e- chee-hee- way- shin-awn) Wiichihiwayshinawn Foundation Inc. Métis Award in Health and Science. Dr. Bourassa is Métis and belongs to the Riel Métis Council of Regina Inc. (RMCR, Local #34).

Dr. Melissa Brouwers
Dr. Melissa Brouwers is the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Brouwers was a Professor in the Departments of Oncology (primary) and Health Research Methodology, Evidence and Impact (affiliate) at McMaster University where she also served as the Director of the Program in Evidence-based Care, the guidelines program for Cancer Care Ontario; the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Implementation at Hamilton Health Sciences; and the Deputy Director of the Escarpment Cancer Research Institute. Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation. Furthermore, she has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.

Amanda Crupi
Amanda Crupi is the Manager of Knowledge Translation Strategies in the Science Policy Branch of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). In addition to supporting the integration of knowledge translation within science policies and funded research, Amanda’s team is also responsible for the delivery of CIHR’s flagship knowledge translation program: the Best Brains Exchange. Prior to joining CIHR, she worked with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions as a Research and Policy Specialist where she managed two pan-Canadian knowledge networks focused on health services and policy research with a focus on occupational health and safety and pandemic preparedness. Amanda’s interest and excitement for the science and application of knowledge translation grew through her training at Dalhousie University where she obtained a Master’s of Applied Health Services Research.

Dr. Maoliosa Donald
Dr. Donald is the Senior Research Associate for the Roy and Vi Baay Chair in Kidney Research at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She completed her PhD in Health Sciences and has been a Physical Therapist since 1992. Dr. Donald is passionate about interventions that support person-centered care, and innovations that address the evidence-practice gap for patients with chronic disease. Her current work involves understanding the needs of individuals with chronic kidney disease and investigating optimal strategies for supporting them and their families. She is actively involved in many professional activities including holding memberships with the Mixed Methods International Research Association and the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, as well as being a mentor in Graduate Science Education and Community Health Science Mentorship Programs.

Dr. Nicole Etherington
Nicole Etherington is a Senior Research Associate in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). Dr. Etherington completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Western Ontario in 2016, with a focus on gender and health. Dr. Etherington’s current research applies a social lens to clinical practice issues, focusing primarily on the multi-level factors shaping teamwork, provider occupational well-being, and patient outcomes in acute care.

Olivia Magwood
Olivia Magwood is a Research Associate at the C.T. Lamont Primary Care Research Centre of the Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science (University of Ottawa ’16) and a Masters of Public Health (University of Guelph ’18). Her research interests include systematic review methods for disadvantaged populations, knowledge translation, evidence-based guidelines, and multi-stakeholder engagement. Her ongoing research projects include the use of technology to address youth mental health, implementation of evidence-based guidelines for homeless health, and approaches to screening and treating mental health conditions among refugees and migrants. Olivia presently volunteers as Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Public Health Association’s online blog and as a Communications-Chapter Development Liaison for Women in Global Health, which aims to highlight women’s leadership in global health and advocates for gender equality in global public health.

Karine Morin
In early 2019, Karine Morin joined NSERC as Director, Policy and Interagency Affairs where she is responsible for the implementation of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiative. She recently returned to Ottawa after being an Executive Director at Alberta Innovates, overseeing a number of initiatives related to clinical research and ethics. Previously, she has served as Genome Canada’s Director of the “GE3LS” program, overseeing activities related to the ethical, environmental, economic, legal and social aspects of genomics research. Earlier, she was a Senior Ethics Policy Advisor at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). She also conducted research on ethical, legal and social issues related to genomics at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Science, Society and Policy. Karine is a graduate of McGill University School of Law; she also completed a Masters in Law at the University of Pennsylvania, and worked in the US for more than 10 years. She has broad expertise in science policy, has published widely in bioethics and law, and has taught as an adjunct at several universities in the US and Canada.

Dr. Justin Presseau
Dr. Presseau is a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Assistant Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. He is also Chair of the Canadian Psychological Association’s Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine section. Dr. Presseau has been awarded early career awards from the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine, the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the European Health Psychology Society, a mid-career award from the Canadian Psychological Association, and is an Associate Editor for Implementation Science and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Dr. Presseau’s research program operates at the intersection between health psychology and implementation science, drawing upon behaviour change theories and methods to design and evaluate theory-based strategies for promoting healthcare professional behaviour change to increase best practice and reduce non-evidenced healthcare.

Dr. Monica Taljaard
Monica Taljaard is a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. She received her PhD degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, in 2006. Her main research interests are in the design, analysis and ethics of cluster randomized trials. As a methodologist with the Ottawa Methods Centre, she works with clinicians and researchers from a variety of backgrounds in the design and analysis of cluster randomized trials, standard clinical trials, and observational studies. She is Deputy Editor of Clinical Trials: Journal of the Society for Clinical Trials.

Louise Zitzelsberger
In her career in KT, Louise has worked to create and implement the foundations for effective knowledge translation in organizations – from synthesis functions through to implementation and evaluation. Her current position is with Health Canada, on a KT Unit supporting staff and funding recipients to better integrate KT into funding proposals, work plans, and performance measurement. Her KT interests include understanding uptake of innovations at the organizational level in healthcare – in particular the processes around how knowledge is acquired, assimilated and applied.Please note that we did not accept new applicants for the 2021 Summer Institute. The 2020 event was postponed due to COVID-19 and those applicants were rolled over to this year.

Please watch for the applications to open, this Fall, for the 2022 Summer Institute!
The 2021 agenda will be coming soon.
Thank you to our generous sponsors:

KT Canada Scientific Meeting 2022
2022-05-04 - 2022-05-06
Conference InformationGuest SpeakersRegistrationAgendaProgramFor Abstract Presenters The 2022 KT Canada Annual Scientific Meeting is being held on May 4-6, 2022 in a *virtual* format.
The theme is ‘Developing and evaluating tailored dissemination strategies for different audiences: What have we learned from dissemination science during COVID-19?’
The deadline for submitting abstracts has now passed.
Please see the “Guest Speakers” tab for information about conference speakers and the “Registration” tab for information about registering.
Further updates will be posted here, on our Twitter account (@KTCanada) and in the KT Canada weekly newsletter.
For questions please contact Meghan.Storey@UnityHealth.to.

Dr. Rinad Beidas
Rinad Beidas, PhD, is the Director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit; Founder and Director of the Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute (PISCE@LDI); and Associate Director at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE). She is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Ethics and Health Policy; and Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Major scientific discoveries have produced scores of evidence-based practices (EBPs) to improve health and mental health. Unfortunately, many of these EBPs never make their way into routine health care delivery. Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of EBPs into routine care with the broad goal of ensuring that scientific discoveries realize their potential and improve people’s lives. Her research program is designed to improve the quality of health and mental health services through implementation science. To conduct this work, she collaborates closely with key stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, health system leaders, payers, and policy-makers, to develop natural laboratories in which to answer questions of interest. These labs span diverse health care settings, including community mental health clinics in Philadelphia, the network of Penn Medicine clinics and hospitals serving individuals with cancer, health centers providing HIV care, and the Mental Health Research Network, a national practice-based research network of 14 healthcare systems. Broadly, her work entails three primary foci that draw upon the methods of implementation science: (a) understanding the context in which individuals will implement EBPs, (b) developing implementation approaches that target the factors that may accelerate or hinder implementation, and (c) conducting pragmatic trials to test these implementation approaches. She does this work across disease areas (e.g., mental health, cancer, HIV). She has been identified as a leading implementation scientist and has published approximately 200 articles in this area. She serves as MPI on 2 NIH Centers on behavioral economics and implementation science (P50 MH 113840, P50 CA 244690) and has a strong record of NIH-funded implementation research serving as MPI or PI of 10 NIH grants totaling approximately $30 million dollars. She is deeply committed to training the next generation of implementation scientists and mentors graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty through a variety of mechanisms including a T32 at the intersection of implementation science and mental health. Dr. Beidas holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from Colgate University and a doctorate of philosophy in psychology from Temple University. She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies President’s New Researcher Award in 2015; the American Psychological Foundation Diane J. Willis Early Career Award; and the Perelman School of Medicine Marjorie Bowman New Investigator Research Award in 2017.

Naomi Lee
Naomi Lee is a Senior Executive Editor at The Lancet. She heads the research section of the journal, and handles peer review and commissioning across a broad range of subjects including her specialist areas of surgery, oncology, digital medicine/AI, and medical technology. She is also a vice chair for the ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health. Naomi joined The Lancet in 2014. Previously she studied medicine at Cambridge University and King’s College London, before training in surgery, specialising in urology and working for almost 10 years in the UK. She has completed fellowships in Argentina and Mexico. She has also studied data science at University College London.

Doriane Etienne
Doriane is a PhD Candidate in clinical and biomedical sciences at Laval University under the supervision of Holly Witteman, PhD. She is affiliated with VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable and Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval. Trained in public health and health marketing and communication, she worked as a project manager in public health and then in digital transformation of organizations. She is currently interested in the design, development and evaluation of user-centered digital health tools in the context of infectious diseases.

Dr. Christine Fahim
Christine (Tina) Fahim is a research scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Knowledge Translation program and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation. Christine obtained her MSc in Health Systems at the University of Ottawa followed by a PhD in Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact from McMaster University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University, cross-appointed in the Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Surgery. She holds an Assistant Scientist position in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She specializes in the science and practice of knowledge translation.

Dr. Sarah Funnell
Dr. Funnell is a First Nations Family Physician and Public Health Specialist. Sarah is an Associate Medical Officer of Health at Ottawa Public Health and Director of Indigenous Health within the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University. Previously Sarah offered Primary Care services for refugees, immigrants, homeless and Indigenous people. Since March 2020, Sarah has directed her attention towards supporting the COVID-19 response and advancing Indigenous Health Medical Education. After completing medical school at the University of Ottawa (U of O), Dr. Funnell pursued her dual interests in family medicine and epidemiology through the five-year Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program at U of O. She received her Certification in the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CCFP) in 2015 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2018. Her background is Algonquin (Kitigan Zibi) and Tuscarora and grew up among the Mississaugas of Alderville First Nation. Sarah is on the Board of Directors of both the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada and the Board of Directors of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. She is also on the Executive of the National Consortium for Indigenous Medical Education (NCIME). Sarah is past co-Chair of the Indigenous Health Committee at the CFPC and also sits on the Indigenous Health Advisory Committee at the Royal College. She is currently working with both colleges to improve Indigenous Health Curriculum in all residency programs. She is lives in Ottawa with her husband and 3 daughters. In her spare time she speaks to her plants.

Dr. Vincent Larivière
Vincent Larivière holds the Canada Research Chair on the Transformations of Scholarly Communication at the Université de Montréal, where he is professor of information science and associate vice-president (planning and communications). He is also scientific director of the Érudit journal platform, associate scientific director of the Observatoire des sciences et des technologies (OST) and regular member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST). His research focuses on science policy, scholarly publishing, and diversity and equity in science.

Chris McCutcheon
Chris McCutcheon is a knowledge translation expert who specializes in IKT and health services and policy research. He is currently the manager of the Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. For close to a decade he designed and managed applied research programs for the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and authored several of their dissemination products. From 2007 to 2010 Chris worked for the Knowledge Translation portfolio of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). While at CIHR, Chris managed IKT research programs, such as Partnerships for Health System Improvement and the Knowledge Synthesis grants. He also designed and piloted Evidence on Tap, CIHR’s first research program designed to produce rapid and relevant research for health-system decision makers. Chris holds a master’s degree in Social and Political Thought from York University. He is co-editor of Research Coproduction in Health Care, forthcoming from Wiley.

Dr. David Moher
Dr. David Moher is a senior scientist, clinical epidemiology program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, where he directs the centre for journalology (publication science) (http://www.ohri.ca/journalology/ ). Dr. Moher is also a full Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, where he holds a University Research Chair. Dr. Moher is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. Moher holds an MSc in epidemiology and PhD in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. The current focus of Dr. Moher’s research is open science.

Dr. Kirsten Patrick
Dr. Patrick obtained her medical degree and an anaesthesiology qualification in South Africa. She also holds a MSc in Global Health Policy from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. She has worked as a medical editor for 15 years, first at The BMJ and then at CMAJ, where she was recently appointed Editor-in-Chief.

Dr. Justin Presseau
Dr. Presseau is a Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. He is also Chair of the Canadian Psychological Association’s Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine section. Dr. Presseau has been awarded early career awards from the UK Society for Behavioural Medicine, the International Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the European Health Psychology Society, a mid-career award from the Canadian Psychological Association, and is an Associate Editor for Implementation Science. Dr. Presseau’s research program operates at the intersection between health psychology and implementation science, drawing upon behaviour change theories and methods to design and evaluate theory-based strategies for promoting healthcare professional behaviour change to increase best practice and reduce non-evidenced healthcare.

Dr. Borsika Rabin
Dr. Rabin is an Associate Professor at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, the Co-Director of the UC San Diego Dissemination and Implementation Science Center (DISC) and the San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub, and an Implementation Science (IS) expert on a number of large NIH and VA Center grants and research projects including the VA San Diego Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health and the Quadruple Aim QUERI Program (Denver VA). Dr. Rabin’s research focuses on improving population health outcomes in real-world clinical and public health settings through increasing the equitable reach, adoption, implementation, and sustained use of evidence-based interventions. She does this through the development of models, methods, and measures for dissemination and implementation science and their application across diverse topic areas, populations, and settings in order to demonstrate their wide utility and broad generalizability. Dr. Rabin also has extensive expertise in developing and implementing novel and diverse capacity building approaches for dissemination and implementation research.

Dr. Dawn Stacey
Dawn Stacey RN PhD FAAN FCAHC FCAN holds a Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients and is a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa. She is a Senior Scientist and Scientific Director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She leads the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids, co-chairs of the Steering Committee for the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration (IPDAS) and collaborates on the Cochrane Review of Interventions for Increasing the Use of Shared Decision Making. More specifically, her research program focuses on: a) patient decision aids; b) decision coaching; c) implementation of evidence into practice; d) telephone-based care, and e) interprofessional approaches to shared decision making. She has >290 peer-reviewed publications and given >160 invited national and international presentations. In 2020, she won the Nursing Research Excellence Award from the Canadian Association of Schools of nursing and the University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Research. For more information visit her research websites https://decisionaid.ohri.ca; https://ktcanada.ohri.ca/costars
Dr. Andrea C. Tricco
Dr. Andrea C. Tricco (PhD, MSc) is a Scientist and Director of the Knowledge Synthesis Team in the Knowledge Translation Program of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation. She is also a Co-Director & Adjunct Associate Professor for the Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Centre of Excellence at Queen’s University. Dr. Tricco is a knowledge synthesis methodologist with >270 publications in this area, including papers in high-impact journals (e.g., British Medical Journal , Journal of the American Medical Association, Lancet). She currently holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Synthesis. She has been commissioned by several agencies to conduct knowledge synthesis, such as the World Health Organization and Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care. Her research has been covered by major media outlets, such as CTV News, Global News, and Radio Canada International. She has presented at >190 local, national, and international meetings and led >60 reports for decision-making agencies. She is also an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, and Systematic Reviews; and sits on the Editorial Board for BMC Medicine and JBI Evidence Synthesis. She developed and teaches an online systematic review course that >560 students have completed.
Dr. Holly Witteman
Holly Witteman, PhD, is the Canada Research Chair in Human-Centred Digital Health and a Professor in the Department of Family & Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada. Quebec City is unceded traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat. Dr. Witteman is a scientist in the VITAM Research Centre for Sustainable Health, the Research Centre of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval, and an Affiliate Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada. With an interdisciplinary background in human factors engineering and social sciences, her research is about how we can achieve human-centredness in health-related domains, including a focus on how best to adapt digital health technology to people rather than expecting people to adapt to technology. She specializes in human-computer interaction in health education, risk communication and decision making, including design methods and system changes to support inclusive user-, human- and patient-centredness. Her work as Principal Investigator has been funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI, United States), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN), Sentinelle Nord, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Registration for the KT Canada Virtual Scientific Meeting will open on Feb. 1, 2022.
You may register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kt-canada-virtual-scientific-meeting-2022-tickets-251323313797
The deadline to register is May 1st, 2022.
Fees
Regular: $225
Students & Fellows: $70
Patients and Caregivers: Please contact Meghan directly: Meghan.Storey@unityhealth.to
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Oral Presentations

Oral presentation time will be 15 minutes in total, which includes 5 minutes for Q & A. The presentation recording and PDF of slides will be posted in the online event space. Registered meeting participants will be able to view these leading up to the meeting, during the meeting dates, and after the meeting. The abstracts for each project will also be posted in the online meeting space and in the meeting program.
Technical info:

Please send a 10-minute video recording of your presentation, in MP4 format.
Please send a PDF of your slides.
We recommend using the Vimeo screen recorder to create your recording. It is free, it is quite user-friendly and the product has clear audio and visuals.
It is your choice if you would like to include the webcam view of you presenting. In general audiences seem to prefer when they can see the presenter but we are giving you the choice.
If you have a different preferred software for creating your mp4, that is fine! That said, we do not recommend using Zoom to make the recording, if possible. When a recording is created in Zoom and re-played in Zoom, the visual quality tends to be diminished.
Please make sure text is large and there is strong contrast between text and background. We recommend minimum font size of 24 pt.
Contrast checker here.
Please ensure you describe any graphs, images, etc.
Be aware that videos may be laggy.

Oral presentations format: we will play the 10-minute recorded presentation for the audience over Zoom. We would like the presenter to be online and available during that time. Once the 10-minute recording has concluded, there will be approximately 5 minutes of live Q&A. The audience may submit questions using the chat box or the Q&A function. There will be a moderator assigned to the session to read out the questions that come in. The presenter will be able to answer aloud (i.e. not restricted to the chat box).
Please send your materials (presentation recording & slides) by Monday, April 25th.
Please send to: KTCanadaFiles@gmail.com. We recommend using https://wetransfer.com/ to send large files.

Poster Presentations with live Q&A

The top-ranked 18 posters will get approximately 5 minutes with the plenary group during a live meeting session. During the 5 minutes, we will play their 3-minute recording and then they will get up to 2 minutes for Q & A. There will be a moderator.
The recording and PDF of the poster will be available to view in the online meeting space before, during and after the meeting. The abstracts for each project will also be posted in the online meeting space and in the meeting program.
Technical info:

Please send an up-to 3-minute video recording of your presentation, in MP4 format. In the past, presenters used 1-3 slides in their recording which help explain the information on the poster.
Please send a PDF of your poster. There are no rules about poster dimensions or orientation.
We recommend using the Vimeo screen recorder to create your recording. It is free, it is quite user-friendly and the product has clear audio and visuals. Screencastify also works well and is free for videos < 5 minutes long.
It is your choice if you would like to include the webcam view of you presenting. In general audiences seem to prefer when they can see the presenter but we are giving you the choice.
If you have a different preferred software for creating your mp4, that is fine! That said, we do not recommend using Zoom to make the recording, if possible. When a recording is created in Zoom and re-played in Zoom, the visual quality tends to be diminished.
Please make sure text is large and there is strong contrast between text and background. We recommend minimum font size of 24 pt.
Contrast checker here.
Please ensure you describe any graphs, images, etc.
Be aware that videos may be laggy.

Please send your materials (presentation recording & slides) byMonday, April 25th.
Please send to: KTCanadaFiles@gmail.com. We recommend using https://wetransfer.com/ to send large files.

Poster Presentations without live Q&A

For the posters that were not ranked in the top 18, the recording and PDF of the poster will be available to view in the online meeting space before, during and after the meeting and attendees will be encouraged to visit them and to contact presenters when interested in their work. The abstract will also be posted in the online meeting space and in the meeting program.
Technical info:

Please send an up-to 3-minute video recording of your presentation, in MP4 format. In the past, presenters used 1-3 slides in their recording which help explain the information on the poster.
Please send a PDF of your poster. There are no rules about poster dimensions or orientation.
We recommend using the Vimeo screen recorder to create your recording. It is free, it is quite user-friendly and the product has clear audio and visuals. Screencastify also works well and is free for videos < 5 minutes long.
It is your choice if you would like to include the webcam view of you presenting. In general audiences seem to prefer when they can see the presenter but we are giving you the choice.
If you have a different preferred software for creating your mp4, that is fine! That said, we do not recommend using Zoom to make the recording, if possible. When a recording is created in Zoom and re-played in Zoom, the visual quality tends to be diminished.
Please make sure text is large and there is strong contrast between text and background. We recommend minimum font size of 24 pt.
Contrast checker here.
Please ensure you describe any graphs, images, etc.
Be aware that videos may be laggy.

Please send your materials (presentation recording & slides) by Monday, April 25th.
Please send to: KTCanadaFiles@gmail.com. We recommend using https://wetransfer.com/ to send large files.
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KT Canada Summer Institute 2022
2022-06-16 - 2022-07-21
2022 KT Canada Summer Institute
InformationSpeakersApplyAgendaSponsorsWe are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Virtual Summer Institute, to be held online in Summer 2022.
Please note that the virtual Summer Institute will take place during weekly sessions – Thursday afternoons (Eastern Time), from June 16 – July 21, 2022.
The purpose of this Summer Institute is to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will provide participants with the change to network with colleagues including national KT experts.
The theme of the 2022 Institute is: ‘Opportunities to advance KT science’.
The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, and junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area.

Registration Cost – please note that these figures are subject to change. We do not expect them to increase but they may decrease.
Cost for trainees: $175
Cost for non-trainees (junior faculty, research staff): $300
Additional speakers TBD. Confirmed speakers to date:

Dr. Melissa Brouwers
Dr. Melissa Brouwers is the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Brouwers was a Professor in the Departments of Oncology (primary) and Health Research Methodology, Evidence and Impact (affiliate) at McMaster University where she also served as the Director of the Program in Evidence-based Care, the guidelines program for Cancer Care Ontario; the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Implementation at Hamilton Health Sciences; and the Deputy Director of the Escarpment Cancer Research Institute. Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation. Furthermore, she has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.
Dr. Janet Curran
Dr. Janet Curran, Quality and Patient Safety Applied Research Chair (IWK Health, Nova Scotia Health), is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University, Co-Principal Investigator at the SPOR Evidence Alliance and Co-Director of the JBI Centre of Excellence at Dalhousie University. Dr. Curran works with patients, families, and healthcare providers to co-design interventions to improve health outcomes and health system change.

Dr. Khaled El Emam
Dr. Khaled El Emam is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Medical AI at the University of Ottawa, where he is a Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and Director of the multi-disciplinary Electronic Health Information Laboratory, conducting research on privacy enhancing technologies to enable the sharing of health data for secondary purposes, including synthetic data generation and de-identification methods. Khaled is co-founder and CEO of Replica Analytics, a company that develops synthetic data generation technology, which was recently acquired by Aetion. As an entrepreneur, Khaled founded or co-founded six product and services companies involved with data management and data analytics, with some having successful exits. Prior to his academic roles, he was a Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada. He also served as the head of the Quantitative Methods Group at the Fraunhofer Institute in Kaiserslautern, Germany.In 2003 and 2004, he was ranked as the top systems and software engineering scholar worldwide by the Journal of Systems and Software based on his research on measurement and quality evaluation and improvement. He held the Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the University of Ottawa from 2005 to 2015. Khaled has a PhD from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, King’s College, at the University of London, England.

Dr. Marie-Pierre Gagnon
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, PhD, is Full Professor at the Faculty of Nursing at Laval University and scientist at the VITAM Research Center in Sustainable Health, and the Quebec University Hospital Centre. She holds the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Technologies and Practices in Health. Her research program focuses on the evaluation of digital health technologies, the organisational, professional and individual determinants of digital health adoption and integration in the healthcare system, patient and public involvement in healthcare decisions, systematic reviews and best practices in knowledge translation and application.

Dr. Clayon Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton worked as the Regional Practice Lead in Research and Knowledge Translation (Long-Term Care) at Fraser Health Authority where he used research and partnerships to integrate evidence into practice to improve the quality of care, life, and work-life in the long-term care sector. A trained health services researcher, he completed a 2-year Health System Impact Fellowship supporting evaluation and system improvement as an embedded scholar at the BC Ministry of Health. He undertook postdoctoral training in knowledge translation and in health services at the University of British Columbia funded by CIHR and Michael Smith Health Research BC. His research has contributed to advancing the practice and evaluation of meaningful patient and family caregiver engagement in research and in health system decision-making. Dr. Hamilton holds a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Measurement and Methods) from Western University and a MSc from the same program. During his graduate and post-graduate training, he received several research awards and published in respected journals. Passionate about meaningful partnerships, Dr. Hamilton continues to lead and collaborate on projects to advance patient and family engagement in research, as well as more broadly in health system decision-making.
Dr. Janet Jull
Dr. Janet Jull is a settler-scholar with a Ph.D. in Population Health from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Jull develops and evaluates shared decision making tools and approaches to support client-centred care with a particular focus on health care systems. Much of Janet’s work is done in partnerships with urban Indigenous, Inuit, First Nations, and Métis communities.
Dr. Jull also investigates how research is conducted in partnerships, specifically when those who are engaged in the production of research, partner with those who contend with the real-world needs and constraints of health systems. Dr. Jull’s work is focused on ensuring that research contributes knowledge that can be translated into more equitable and strengthened health systems. Dr. Jull co-leads the SPOR Evidence Alliance Indigenous Peoples Working Group (IPWG), whose mission is to ensure all knowledge synthesis and related activities promote Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination and are respectful and inclusive of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, being, and doing.

Dr. Bryn Lander
Dr. Lander works in the Testing Secretariat in the COVID-19 Taskforce at Health Canada. Within this role she has helped to identify knowledge gaps in COVID-19 testing, screening and surveillance and liaised with clinicians and researchers across Canada in the development of research proposals to address these gaps. Dr. Lander also supported the development of a variety of COVID-19 testing policy and guidance documents for the government and the general public and organizes weekly meetings with the provinces and territories to share knowledge on testing, contact tracing and data. Dr. Lander holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia and conducted two implementation science evaluations for her post doctoral research in Vancouver. The first was an integrated knowledge translation project assessing the implementation of new clinician ordering processes in two hospitals. The second compared evaluation of a gynecological practice change between British Columbia and Ontario.
Dr. Anne Sales
Anne Sales is a nurse and Professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing and the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri (Columbia). She is also a Research Scientist at the Center for Clinical Management Research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Her training is in sociology, health economics, econometrics, and general health services research. Her work involves theory-based design of implementation interventions, including: understanding how feedback reports affect provider behavior and through behavior change have an impact on patient outcomes; the role of social networks in implementation interventions; and effective implementation methods using electronic health records and digital interventions. She has completed over 40 funded research projects, many focused on implementation research. She is a founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Science Communications.
Dr. JD Schwalm
Dr. Schwalm is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at McMaster University. He is an Interventional Cardiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences and Niagara Health with clinical interests in both coronary and structural interventions (including Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair). Dr Schwalm is a Scientist at the Population Health Research Institute and Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Implementation (CEBI). His research focus is knowledge translation/implementation sciences as it relates to the field of cardiology at the patient, physician, and health system level. Dr Schwalm has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications and 4 book chapters. He has ongoing research collaborations with KT Canada, the World Health Organization and the World Heart Federation.
Dr. Dawn Stacey
Dawn Stacey RN PhD FAAN FCAHC FCAN holds a Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients and is a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa. She is a Senior Scientist and Scientific Director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She leads the Cochrane Review of Patient Decision Aids, co-chairs of the Steering Committee for the International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration (IPDAS) and collaborates on the Cochrane Review of Interventions for Increasing the Use of Shared Decision Making. More specifically, her research program focuses on: a) patient decision aids; b) decision coaching; c) implementation of evidence into practice; d) telephone-based care, and e) interprofessional approaches to shared decision making. She has >290 peer-reviewed publications and given >160 invited national and international presentations. In 2020, she won the Nursing Research Excellence Award from the Canadian Association of Schools of nursing and the University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Research. For more information visit her research websites https://decisionaid.ohri.ca; https://ktcanada.ohri.ca/costars
Dr. Amol Verma
Amol Verma is a physician, scientist, and Assistant Professor in General Internal Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. He is working to study and improve hospital care using electronic clinical data. Amol co-leads GEMINI, Canada’s largest hospital clinical data analytics network, which is collecting data from >30 hospitals in Ontario. He is a Provincial Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement in General Internal Medicine with Ontario Health, a 2020 AMS Healthcare Fellow in Compassion and AI, and the Vice-Chair of the Researcher Council of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. Amol completed medical training at the University of Toronto, a Masters degree at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and research fellowships through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Clinician Investigator Program and the Canadian Frailty Network. Applications are now open for the KT Canada Summer Institute. You can submit your information in either English or French.
What you’ll need for the application:
Junior faculty & research staff:

Name, email address, contact address
Institution, role title, and area of research
A description of your current research interests and how they relate to knowledge translation and knowledge translation research (500 words)
An abstract for a presentation of your research (300 words)
For those with results: Background, Methods, Results and Discussion/conclusions;
For those with research proposals: Background, Methods, Planned Analysis, Expected Outcomes
Canadian Common CV – Academic (draft version acceptable): https://ccv-cvc.ca/
NB: International applicants should submit an equivalent CV (one that is used for grant applications)

Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows:

Name, email address, contact address
Academic institution, program of study, year of study
Supervisor’s name and title
A description of your current research interests and how they relate to knowledge translation and knowledge translation research (500 words)
A description of your expectations and how the training program would facilitate your career goals (500 words)
An abstract for a presentation of your research (300 words)For those with results: Background, Methods, Results and Discussion/conclusions;
For those with research proposals: Background, Methods, Planned Analysis, Expected Outcomes
Support letter from one referee
Canadian Common CV – Academic (draft version acceptable): https://ccv-cvc.ca/
NB: International applicants should submit an equivalent CV (one that is used for grant applications)

You may submit your application here:
The deadline to apply has been extended to Sunday, Feb. 27 2022, 11:59 PM Eastern time. SI Agenda_Feb 22_Posted
Many thanks to our sponsors who help make the Summer Institute possible.

KT Canada Summer Institute 2023
2023-06-14 - 2023-06-16
2023 KT Canada Summer Institute
KT Canada is pleased to be co-hosting this year’s Summer Institute with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa.

See what previous participants are saying about the KT Canada Summer Institute, check it out here.
InformationSpeakersApplyAgendaSponsorsWe are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Summer Institute to be held in Ottawa from June 14-16, 2023. This event is being hosted jointly with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa.
The purpose of this Summer Institute is to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will provide participants with the chance to network with colleagues including national and international KT experts.
The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT, and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area. We encourage applications from a wide range of disciplines that span all of CIHR’s research themes (clinical, health services, and population health).
Registration
Registration fee for trainees and fellows will most likely be in the $300-$400 range.
Fee for jr faculty and research staff will be in the $800-$900 range.

Dr. Sharon E. Straus is a geriatrician and clinical epidemiologist who trained at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. She is the Director of the Knowledge Translation Program and Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital and Professor in Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Quality of Care and has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications and 3 textbooks in evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and mentorship. Since 2015, she has consistently been in the top 1% of highly cited clinical researchers as per Clavirate and has an H-index of 106. She holds more than $60 million in peer-reviewed research grants as a principal investigator. She has received national awards for mentorship, research and education. She was inducted as a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada in November 2021 and named as a Member of the Order of Canada in December 2021.

Dr. Linda Li is Professor and Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, and Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation. Linda’s research centers on improving the care for people with arthritis and supporting patient self-care. Her work focuses on the integration of online, mobile, and wearable tools in health care. Examples include the use of interactive decision aids for improving communication between patients and health professionals, and the use of wearables and apps to promote physical activity in people with arthritis. Linda’s work in knowledge translation and implementation science has led to a new line of studies on the benefits of engaging patients and the public in the research process.

Dr. Melissa Brouwers is a Professor and the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Ottawa. She also holds appointments at McMaster University in the Department of Oncology and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI). At SEPH, Dr. Brouwers is a co-leader of the Knowledge Synthesis and Application Unit (https://www.ksau.ca/) and a co-lead of the AGREE Research Enterprise (www.agreetrust.com). Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation, and knowledge synthesis and guidelines. She has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.

Dr. Squires’ research is primarily focused on improving knowledge translation by healthcare professionals. Her current research centers on the design, implementation, and evaluation of theory-informed and context-optimized interventions to increase healthcare professionals’ use of research and research-based behaviours as a strategy to contribute to improved patient and system outcomes. Her research program has four main foci: (1) exploring organizational context and its role in knowledge translation, (2) designing and testing theory-informed interventions to change healthcare professionals’ behaviours, (3) measurement and survey design/psychometrics, and (4) systematic reviews. She is currently involved in several nationally funded projects examining the role of context in knowledge translation and developing and testing interventions to change behaviour of healthcare professionals (e.g., increasing organ donation in adult hospitals, improving hand hygiene practice in adult hospitals, improving pain practices in pediatric hospitals, and improving resident outcomes in nursing homes).

Dr. Kednapa Thavorn is a Senior Scientist and a Scientific Lead of Health Economics at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She is also an Associate Professor with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, and an Adjunct Scientist at ICES (Full Status). She holds a Ph.D. in Health Services Research from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto. She completed post-doctoral fellowship programs in Applied Pharmacoeconomics from the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital and Health Services Research from the IHPME, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on health economics, health technology assessment, pharmacoepidemiology, health equity, care for people with complex needs, and population health. As a health economist, she has collaborated with researchers and policymakers in Canada and internationally on various health services research projects. OHRI Page: https://www.ohri.ca/profile/kthavorn

Dr. Andrea Patey is a Senior Clinical Research Associate within the Centre for Implementation Research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and an Adjunct Professor at School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa and School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University. She holds a PhD in Health Psychology from City, University of London.
Her research sits at the intersection of behaviour sciences and implementation research applying psychological theory and methods to explain and change health professional behaviours across a range of clinical settings. Andrea’s specific interest centres around whether implementation (starting an evidence-based clinical practice behaviour) and de-implementation (stopping an ineffective or harmful clinical practice behaviour) differ, and correspondingly, whether interventions to target each should also differ. The broad objectives of her research are to promote the use of theory and rigorous methods to improve the delivery of evidence-based healthcare through the development and evaluation of complex behaviour change interventions.

Professor Dawn Stacey is a Distinguished University Professor who holds the University Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients (2012-2024). As a senior scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, she is the scientific director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group and member of the Centre for Implementation Research. She has expertise in decision sciences and implementation science. Her research is focused on developing, evaluating, and implementing interventions to support patients so they can be active partners in making health care decisions. She created and leads the pan-Canadian Oncology Symptom Triage and Remote Support (COSTaRS) research group. Dr. Stacey also leads interdisciplinary research teams in conducting original research with practical application for health care services, patients, families, health care professionals, and uOttawa students, which is directly in line with the core aspirations in uOttawa’s strategic plan, Transformation 2030.
In recognition of her outstanding and continuous accomplishments in research, she has received the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Research of Excellence Award (2020), the University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Research (2020-2021), Distinguished University Professor (2021-2022) and fellowships with the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS), American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), and the Canadian Academy of Nursing (FCAN).

Michele Whiteduck is an Algonquin Anishinaabe Ikwe from Pikwakanagan First Nation.
She graduated in 2014 from Lakehead University in Thunder bay ON from the Native Language Instructor’s Program. She is a certified Native language teacher and has worked in the education department for the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan first nation from 2009 to present date. Michele teaches Algonquin language and culture from kinder level to grade 8 in the elementary schools in Eganville ON. Michele has also facilitated adult Algonquin language classes, drumming and singing and moccassin making within her community and Algonquin College at the Pembroke site. She enjoys sewing, drumming and singing and taking part in traditional ceremonies. Michele is a mother to 6 children and a Grandmother to 14 Grandchildren, She is very Family oriented and enjoys spending time with family and building memories.

Additional speakers and details will coming soon! Applications will be opening soon for the 2023 Summer Institute!
This year’s Summer Institute will be held jointly with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. It will be held in Ottawa, ON on June 14-16.
Applications are OPEN and we have extended the deadline to Sunday, March 12th.
Apply Here
Email Meghan.Storey@UnityHealth.to with questions. Sessions for this Summer Institute include (subject to change):

Introduction to knowledge translation/ knowledge mobilization – What it is, and isn’t
What are theories, models & frameworks and how to choose between them
Engaging knowledge users
KT interventions of proven effectiveness
Evaluation using mixed methods
Evaluation using economic analyses
Small group work
Poster sessions
Panel discussions
Mentoring

More schedule details will be posted here as they are finalized. Many thanks to our sponsors who help make the Summer Institute possible.
Gold Sponsors

KT Canada Summer Institute 2024
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-21 | Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2024 KT Canada Summer Institute
KT Canada is pleased to be co-hosting this year’s Summer Institute with Dalhousie University.

InformationSpeakersApplyAgendaSponsorsTestimonialsWe are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Summer Institute to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from June 19-21, 2024. This event is being hosted jointly with Dalhousie University.
The theme for this year’s event is “Integrating the Science and Practice of Knowledge Translation“.
The purpose of this Summer Institute is to provide participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will provide participants with the chance to network with colleagues including national and international KT experts.
The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT, and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area. We encourage applications from a wide range of disciplines that span all of CIHR’s research themes (clinical, health services, and population health).
Email Meghan.Storey@UnityHealth.to with questions.

Dr. Melissa Brouwers is a Professor and the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Ottawa. She also holds appointments at McMaster University in the Department of Oncology and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI). At SEPH, Dr. Brouwers is a co-leader of the Knowledge Synthesis and Application Unit (https://www.ksau.ca/) and a co-lead of the AGREE Research Enterprise (www.agreetrust.com). Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation, and knowledge synthesis and guidelines. She has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.

Aafreen Campbell is a Health Systems Manager on the Integrated Acute and Episodic Care Network at Nova Scotia Health. She has experience working in diverse portfolios and leading strategic planning sessions with the goal to optimize healthcare systems and the delivery of patient care. Aafreen has years of clinical experience as a Dentist and holds a Masters in Health Administration (MHA). She is passionate about implementing evidence-informed, data-driven decisions in healthcare. Aafreen is currently focused on health service design for perinatal, newborn, and pediatric services.

Dr. Christine Cassidy is a registered nurse with expertise in implementation science, evidence-based practice, and behaviour change. She completed her BScN at the University of Prince Edward Island and PhD in Nursing at Dalhousie University. Dr. Cassidy also completed a CIHR Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship at the IWK Health Centre and University of Ottawa with the Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT) Research Network. Her program of research uses an IKT approach to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based practices and knowledge translation interventions in pediatric care.

Dr. Janet Curran is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University and a Research Chair in Quality and Patient Safety at IWK Health, Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University. She is the Scientific Lead in the Strengthening Transitions in Care lab at IWK Health where her program of research is focused on co-designing and evaluating best practice and policy change interventions to improve transitions in care for patients and families. Her co-design work is informed by collaborating with multiple stakeholders including patients, parents and caregivers, healthcare providers, and policy makers.

Dr. Tim Disher is a registered nurse with Vanier CGS funded doctoral training in advanced synthesis and medical decision making at the Dalhousie University School of Nursing. His current role is as Senior Director at EVERSANA where he leads a team of over twenty statisticians to develop and execute protocols and statistical analysis plans for meta-analyses and network meta-analyses based on both aggregate and individual participant data, matching-adjusted indirect comparisons, simulated treatment comparisons, and a variety of predictive and causal models leveraging clinical trial and real-world data sources. His work is published in high-impact journals including JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. He maintains active academic collaborations focused on design and analysis of clinical trials, is an active co-investigator on Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded RCTs, has developed and delivered training in the statistical methods for network meta-analyses for pharmaceutical and medical device companies, and delivered workshops at international conferences.

Dr. Christine (Tina) Fahim is an implementation scientist and leads the Team for Implementation, Evaluation and Sustainability at the Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael’s Hospital. She is also an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana school of Public health, University of Toronto, and an Associate Scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. She obtained her MSc in Health Systems at the University of Ottawa followed by a PhD in Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact from McMaster University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management. Dr. Fahim’s research focuses on the science and practice of knowledge translation to implement evidence-based interventions at the provider, organization, and systems level.

Dr. Keisha Jefferies is an African Nova Scotian nurse scientist, an Assistant Professor, and a University Research Chair in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University. She is the director of her emerging program of research, M-BRACe (Multidisciplinary Black Research and Advocacy Centre), which is a research hub for dedicated to developing evidence-informed initiatives and supporting the future generation of critical health leaders. Dr. Jefferies has clinical experience in neonatal intensive care and breastfeeding support. Her doctoral research, funded by several prestigious provincial and federal awards such as Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Killam Trust, and Research Nova Scotia, examined the leadership experiences of African Nova Scotian nurses in healthcare. Dr. Jefferies’ research interests include Black population health, nursing leadership, and inclusivity in nursing education and practice. She has expertise in the areas of health policy, qualitative research, and evidence syntheses. Importantly, Dr. Jefferies uses Black Feminist Theory to critically inform and guide her research and advocacy. Much of her advocacy includes equity and inclusivity in post-secondary institutions and the nursing profession. Notably, in 2017, Dr. Jefferies co-founded the peer-mentorship group, the Community of Black Students in Nursing at Dalhousie University.

Dr. Linda Li is Professor and Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, and Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada. Dr. Li’s research focuses on the integration of digital tools in rehabilitation, including the use of wearables and apps to promote physical activity in people with arthritis, and in older adults to prevent falls. Her work in knowledge translation and implementation science has led to a new line of studies on strategies for engaging with patients and the public in the research process. She held a Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation in 2014-2024. Her work has been recognized by a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Association of Rheumatology Professionals in the U.S. In 2019, she was inducted as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Frank MacMaster, PhD is the IWK’s Vice President, Research and Innovation and a Professor of Psychiatry at the Dalhousie School of Medicine. Dr. MacMaster joins us from the University of Calgary where he was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Cumming School of Medicine and was also the Scientific Director for the Provincial Addictions and Mental Health for Alberta Health Services.
Originally from Nova Scotia, MacMaster studied at Saint Mary’s and Dalhousie universities and did his training at the IWK in mental health. He holds a PhD in neurobiology and anatomy and was a postdoctoral fellow in brain imaging in child psychiatry at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan.

Dr. Anne Sales is a nurse and Professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing and the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri (Columbia), and she is the Associate Dean for Implementation Research and Health Delivery Effectiveness in the School of Medicine. She is also a Research Scientist at the Center for Clinical Management Research at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Her training is in nursing, sociology, health economics, econometrics, and general health services research. Her work involves theory-based design of implementation interventions, including understanding how feedback reports affect provider behavior and through behavior change have an impact on patient outcomes; the role of social networks in implementation interventions; and effective implementation methods using electronic health records and digital interventions. She has completed over 40 funded research projects, many focused on implementation research. She is a founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Implementation Science Communications.

Dr. Tara Sampalli has held multiple important roles at Nova Scotia Health Authority and has made significant contributions in each of these roles. She has been a manager, the Director of Research, Assistant Director of Research in Primary Health Care and more recently has held the position of Senior Director, Implementation Science and Evaluation, and Global Health Systems Planning in the Research, Innovation & Discovery portfolio. In this role, she leads the Implementation Science Team, and the Network of Scholars and is working with many key partners in the province to support the Learning Health System strategy. Tara also holds an Assistant Professor position at the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University.
Tara is currently leading and co-leading several priority implementations and innovations to enhance access and facilitate optimization of roles and practice for interprofessional teams and bringing care closer to home / in your community initiatives. She is also the lead for the Nova Scotia’s International Community of Health Care Workers Engagement (NICHE) Program for internationally educated and trained professionals in the province.

Dr. Meaghan Sim is a scientist with the Implementation Science team at Nova Scotia Health (Research, Innovation & Discovery portfolio).  Meaghan has a PhD (Interdisciplinary) (2017), a MSc in Applied Human Nutrition (2006), and a BSc Honours in Nutrition (2001). She has been a registered dietitian since 2006. Her research spans the areas of health systems, maternal child health, equity and the social determinants of health, implementation science, and interprofessional practice.

Dr. Mari Somerville is a health system impact fellow and postdoc at IWK Health and Dalhousie University. Her program of research involves understanding the science of learning health systems and using these findings to implement evidence-based patient safety recommendations across the health centre. The aim of her research is to improve the quality of care for women and children who visit the IWK and to incorporate evidence into practice as an embedded researcher. Previously, Mari completed her PhD at Griffith University in Australia where she explored the nutrition care delivery for people living with prediabetes. Mari also has a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, a Master of Public Health in Community Nutrition and is a registered dietitian. Her research interests include health services delivery, patient-oriented research and nutrition care access.

Dr. Sharon E. Straus is a geriatrician and clinical epidemiologist who trained at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. She is the Director of the Knowledge Translation Program and Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital and Professor in Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Quality of Care and has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications and 3 textbooks in evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and mentorship. Since 2015, she has consistently been in the top 1% of highly cited clinical researchers as per Clarivate and has an H-index of 106. She holds more than $60 million in peer-reviewed research grants as a principal investigator. She has received national awards for mentorship, research and education. She was inducted as a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada in November 2021 and named as a Member of the Order of Canada in December 2021.
Applications are now closed. Thank you to all who applied! Sessions for this Summer Institute include (subject to change):

Introduction to knowledge translation/ knowledge mobilization – What it is, and isn’t
What are theories, models & frameworks and how do I choose one?
Patient and public engagement in research
KT interventions of proven effectiveness
Process evaluation
Outcomes evaluation
Small group work
Poster sessions
Panel discussions
Mentoring

More schedule details will be posted here as they are finalized. Huge thank you to our sponsors!

See what past Summer Institute participants are saying:

“I really liked the engagement with other trainees and faculty members. It was a very collaborative experience.“
“I think the institute was structured very well. There was a good variety of lectures, workshops, and breaks. I never felt too overwhelmed or fatigued. The content was directly relevant to me and my work in patient engagement.“
Ellen Wang – “Growing understanding of knowledge translation practice and research“

KT Canada Summer Institute 2025
2025-06-17 - 2025-06-19
2025 KT Canada Summer Institute
KT Canada is pleased to be co-hosting this year’s Summer Institute with:
BC SUPPORT Unit
Health Research BC
Knowledge Translation Program, Unity Health Toronto
Ontaro SPOR Support Unit
Simon Fraser University Knowledge Mobilization Hub
University of British Columbia Knowledge Exchange Unit
InformationGuests & SpeakersApplyAgendaSponsors and PartnersTestimonialsProgramWe are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Summer Institute to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from June 17-19, 2025. It’s being held at the Simon Fraser University Harbourfront Centre. The theme for this Summer Institute will be “KT and learning health systems”.
In the context of a learning health system (LHS), expertise in knowledge synthesis and implementation practice/evaluation are essential. This is illustrated in Figure 2 of this document from the Ontario SPOR Support Unit, which presents the Learning Health System Action Framework. An LHS environment also provides opportunities for KT scientists to address research questions that advance KT/implementation science, e.g., they might explore the contexts that enable meaningful patient engagement in implementing stroke management guidelines in a health authority.
The Summer Institute incorporates both the science and practice of KT. Trainees from the Summer Institute may pursue careers in KT science, KT practice, or both, across various settings.
With the theme of KT and LHS, we will feature a career panel that includes KT/implementation scientists working in LHS environments. They will share how their KT training has shaped their work.
The Summer Institute provides participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will also provide participants with the chance to network with colleagues including national and international KT experts.
The Summer Institute is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral and clinical fellows, junior faculty who study issues relevant to KT, and those who want to learn more about how to advance their research skills in this area. We encourage applications from a wide range of disciplines that span all of CIHR’s research themes (clinical, health services, and population health).
Registration
Registration fee for trainees and fellows will be $480 CAD
Registration fee for junior faculty and research staff will be $1,075 CAD
Please note, accommodations are not included in the cost. We have reserved space with several hotels in the area.
Email Meghan.Storey@UnityHealth.to with questions.
Speakers and facilitators will be a mix of KT Canada faculty and local experts. We will be adding speakers to this page as we get closer to the event.

Elder Ruth Alfred is of Mamtagela ancestry through her Grandfather Price Bruce, Grandmother Julia Nelson-Bruce and mother Florence Bruce-Stadnyk, and Ukrainian through her father Andrew Stadnyk. Ruth was born and raised in Alert Bay, marrying into the Namgis Nation. She left Alert Bay in 1986 to find work when the fishing industry collapsed. She raised two daughters as a single parent, eventually moving to North Vancouver in 1990 after both girls went on their own. Ruth has six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She and her partner have lived in North Vancouver for 38 years.
Ruth worked various jobs in retail until becoming the Elder Program Coordinator at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre for two years. She worked at the Pacific Association of First Nations Women for 15 years until her retirement in 2017. In 2018, Ruth became a member of the Elder Knowledge Keepers at Indigenous Health and Wellness, which she was a part of until recently. She was the Elder in Residence at Heatley Community Health Centre and Ravensong Clinic, doing one-on-one sessions with patients.
Ruth also does patient visits at Lions Gate Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. For over 23 years, she worked as an outreach worker for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Downtown Eastside, assisting with housing, medical assistance and support at hearings for Residential School Survivors after helping them with their claim forms for restitution.
Ruth attended North Island Secondary School, the North Island College Early Childhood program and the Native Education College Office Administration Program.
Dr. Skye Barbic is a registered occupational therapist, Canada Research Chair in Integrated Youth Services, and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Barbic’s focus of research is on learning health systems, measurement-based care, and the implementation of youth centered interventions. She is passionate about systems transformation through community engagement, meaningful measurement, and innovation.
Dr. Lupin Battersby is SFU’s Director, Knowledge Mobilization (KM). In this role she provides training, consulting and mentoring, and is working to support better institutional recognition for KM and research impact. Her KM interest was sparked 20 years ago when holding two contracts, one as a clinical counsellor, the other a research assistant, and she experienced first-hand the gap between research and practice. Since that time, she has worked in roles in and out of academia with a primary focus on the challenges and opportunities to mobilize research in various areas including health services, equity, mental health, housing, aging, and climate action.

Dr. Simonne Collins is a CHILD-BRIGHT Network post-doctoral fellow based at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. Simonne’s research focuses on enhancing the implementation of interventions that improve child and family health. This includes exploring the uniqueness of children’s context and how we can leverage existing structures in a child’s life (i.e. schools and extended caregiver circles) to increase implementation success. Simonne is applying her research findings to support the IWK Health’s Learning Health System initiative. Simonne’s background is in neuropsychology, having completed her PhD in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University in Australia in 2022. Simonne has experience in leading co-designed research in pediatric populations with developmental health conditions.

Dr. Janet Curran is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University and a Research Chair in Quality and Patient Safety at IWK Health, Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University. She is the Implementation Science Co-lead for the CHILDBRIGHT Network and the Scientific Lead in the Strengthening Transitions in Care lab at IWK Health where her program of research is focused on co-designing and evaluating best practice and policy change interventions to improve transitions in care for patients and families. Her co-design work is informed by collaborating with multiple stakeholders including patients, parents and caregivers, healthcare providers, and policy makers.

Dr. Maoliosa (Mo) Donald, PhD is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She is trained as a health services researcher, implementation scientist, and physical therapist. Her research interests include interventions that support person-centered care, and innovations that address the evidence-practice gap. Mo has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement in the implementation of health innovations. She is interested in applying theories, methods, and frameworks to determine factors that promote or impede implementation, adaptation, and sustainability in ways that are effective and practical for various contexts.

Dr. Christine (Tina) Fahim (PhD, MSc) is a Scientist for the Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael’s Hospital and leads the Team for Implementation, Evaluation and Sustainability (TIES). She is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and an Associate Scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fahim is a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s governing council. She obtained her MSc in Health Systems at the University of Ottawa followed by a PhD in Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact from McMaster University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fahim’s research focuses on the science and practice of knowledge translation to implement evidence-based interventions at the provider, organization, and health systems levels.

Dr. Clayon Hamilton, PhD, MHA (c), is a health system leader focused on advancing innovation and improvement through evidence-informed strategies and partnerships. Trained as a health services researcher at Western University and the University of British Columbia, his expertise includes patient experience measurement, patient engagement, and knowledge mobilization. He has held leadership roles across British Columbia’s healthcare system, including health authorities, non-profits, and at the Ministry of Health as an embedded scholar. Currently, he is the Knowledge Exchange and Mobilization Leader at Foundry Central Office, leading a team supporting the Learning Health System Initiative and other knowledge mobilization efforts across the Foundry network of centres delivering integrated youth service. He also holds adjunct faculty appointments at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.
Dr. Bev Holmes is a health research system leader with expertise and experience in and passion for the funding, production and use of research evidence to improve health. She sits on research advisory groups across Canada and internationally, is an associate editor at Implementation Science Communications and participates in the National Alliance of Provincial Health Research Organizations.
She gratefully makes her home on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples.

Dr. Kerry Kuluski is the inaugural Dr. Mathias Gysler Research Chair in Patient and Family Centred Care at the Institute for Better Health at Trillium Health Partners and Associate Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (University of Toronto). She is an Applied Health Services Researcher and a Social Worker by training. She received her PhD in Health Services and Policy Research from the University of Toronto. Following that she was a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. At the U of T she supervises graduate students, and developed a course on Patient and Caregiver Engagement in Research where she is Course Director. She is Associate Editor for an International Peer Reviewed Journal, Health Expectations. She leads a program of research on the experiences of people with chronic health issues and their caregivers. Her goal is to improve quality and health system performance by working in partnership with patients, family caregivers, and care providers.
Dr. Linda Li is Professor and Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, and Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada. Dr. Li’s research focuses on the integration of digital tools in rehabilitation, including the use of wearables and apps to promote physical activity in people with arthritis, and in older adults to prevent falls. Her work in knowledge translation and implementation science has led to a new line of studies on strategies for engaging with patients and the public in the research process. She held a Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation in 2014-2024. Her work has been recognized by a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Association of Rheumatology Professionals in the U.S. In 2019, she was inducted as Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Dr. Jasmin Ma is an assistant professor of teaching in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, a Clinician Investigator with Arthritis Research Canada, and an Investigator with the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries. She was named a UBC Knowledge Mobilization Scholar for her work in bridging her role as a kinesiologist and researcher, working with clinicians and community members to provide physical activity participation opportunities for people with diverse physical abilities. She leads the Movement 4 All (M4A) lab which focusses on i) training heath and exercise professionals to integrate inclusive physical activity as a key healthcare strategy and ii) supporting strength training behaviour change among people with chronic disease and disability, particularly people with spinal cord dysfunction and rheumatoid arthritis.

Monica Mamut is the Unit Director for the BC SUPPORT Unit, part of Michael Smith Health Research BC. She is a seasoned senior leader with two decades of experience spanning research, operations, senior leadership, and governance across Canada. She brings a rich blend of academic and practical expertise, inclusive of a Master in Health Administration from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, which complement her multidisciplinary approach to leadership. Monica is deeply committed to fostering meaningful, strategic engagement with communities to drive sustainable and positive transformation within British Columbia’s health and health research ecosystems. Monica is married, mama to two, puppy parent to one and lives in North Vancouver.

Dr. Sonia Singh is a hospitalist physician and osteoporosis consultant in the Fraser Health Authority, based at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock. New recipient of a five year Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional Investigator award, Dr. Singh has been successful with a number of research operating grants in the area of osteoporosis and fall prevention, including an Implementation Science Team grant from the Michael Smith Health Research BC for “Breaking the cycle of recurrent fracture: Scaling up a secondary fracture prevention program in Fraser Health to inform spread across British Columbia”. She sits on the Knowledge Mobilization Platform for Osnet, a national research network supporting bone health research in Canada and holds academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU.

Dr. Sean Spina (RPh, BSc(Pharm), ACPR, PharmD, FCSHP) is a leader in pharmacy practice advancement and a key contributor to the development of Learning Health Systems at Island Health. As a Regional Clinical Pharmacy Manager and researcher, he has been instrumental in integrating data-driven decision-making and continuous learning into healthcare delivery. His work focuses on leveraging real-world evidence to improve patient care by engaging patients, families, clinicians, and decision makers in the research process to optimize clinical workflows. Dr. Spina has participated in multiple innovative projects, including Island Health’s Hospital at Home initiative, and actively collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to advance healthcare transformation. He also holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of British Columbia, where he mentors the next generation of healthcare professionals in applying learning health principles to clinical practice. He has authored several published articles on these topics and has received numerous local, provincial, and national awards for his work on clinical practice and patient care. Website: http://profiles.islandhealth.ca/sean-spina
Dr. Sharon E. Straus (CM, MD, MSc, FRCPC) is a Geriatrician and Clinical Epidemiologist who trained at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. She is the Director of the Knowledge Translation Program; Executive Vice President, Clinical Programs and Chief Medical Officer, Unity Health Toronto; and Professor in Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She authored more than 650 peer-reviewed publications and 3 textbooks in evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and mentorship. Since 2015, she has consistently been in the top 1% of highly cited clinical researchers as per Clarivate and has an H-index of 126. She holds more than $80 million in peer-reviewed research grants as a principal investigator. She has received national awards for mentorship, research and education. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, from the University of Montreal, is a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a Member of the Order of Canada.
Dr. Jennifer Walker is a Haudenosaunee member of Six Nations of the Grand River with a Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences (Epidemiology) from the University of Calgary. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health Data and Aging at McMaster University and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact.

Dr. David Roger Walugembe – Program Manager Research Programs, Health Research BC. David is a Program Manager, Research Programs at Health Research BC. Previously he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus. Prior to that, David was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Solidarity for Vaccine Equity (SOLVE) Project under the Science of Health Equity Learning Lab (SHELL), in the Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Kelowna Campus. He holds a PhD in Health Information Science from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Public Health from James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University in Bangladesh and a Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science from Makerere University in Uganda. Prior to enrolling for his Ph.D., David worked as a Project Manager for the Knowledge Translation (KTNET) Africa Project, supporting 8 sub-Saharan African countries to translate their research findings into policy and practice. For his Ph.D. research project, David used the Normalization Process Theory to explore variations in the implementation of an evidence informed health system level policy intervention aimed at improving maternal and child health outcomes in a low-income context. His research and teaching interests include implementation science, integrated knowledge translation, health systems and policy research, maternal and child health, health equity, stakeholder engagement and sustainability.

Applications are now closed, many thanks to all who applied.
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subscribe to the KT Canada newsletter. Agenda topics:

Intro to KT: What is it and isn’t
Intro to learning health systems and KT
Workshop: Enhancing communication skills
What are theories, models and frameworks and how do I choose one?
Patient & public involvement in research
Intersectionality and KT
KT interventions
Outcomes evaluation
Panel: Career paths in KT
Panel: KT and learning health systems
Speed mentoring meetings
Small group work, facilitated by KT experts

We extend a huge thank you to our sponsors and partners!

See what past Summer Institute participants are saying:

“I really liked the engagement with other trainees and faculty members. It was a very collaborative experience.“
“I think the institute was structured very well. There was a good variety of lectures, workshops, and breaks. I never felt too overwhelmed or fatigued. The content was directly relevant to me and my work in patient engagement.“
Ellen Wang – “Growing understanding of knowledge translation practice and research“
Download the program here.

KT Canada Summer Institute 2026
2026-06-08 - 2026-06-10
2026 KT Canada Summer Institute
KT Canada is pleased to be co-hosting this year’s Summer Institute with:
University of Ottawa’s School for Epidemiology and Public Health
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ontario SPOR Support Unit
Knowledge Translation Program, Unity Health Toronto
InformationGuests & SpeakersApplyAgendaSponsors and PartnersTestimonialsProgramWe are pleased to announce the Knowledge Translation (KT) Canada Summer Institute to be held in Ottawa, Ontario, from June 8-10, 2026. It’s being held at the University of Ottawa. The theme this year is “Implementation Science – Applications and Advancements“.
The Summer Institute incorporates both the science and practice of KT. Trainees from the Summer Institute may pursue careers in KT science, KT practice, or both, across various settings.
The Summer Institute provides participants with the opportunity to increase their understanding of knowledge translation research as well as opportunities and challenges in this field. The Summer Institute will also provide participants with the chance to network with colleagues including national and international KT experts.
New this year: There will be two streams or “tracks” for Summer Institute participants. Descriptions of the two tracks follow.
Track 1: Applying implementation science in Practice
Description: Track 1 is designed to provide a grounding and training in foundational steps applying the tools of KT and implementation science in practice. Track 1 is especially well-suited to applicants who are relatively new to KT and implementation science in their training and/or those in roles and positions that need to implement evidence-based practices.
Track 2: Advancing the science of implementation
Description: Track 2 is designed to provide attendees an opportunity to identify and discuss how to address conceptual and methodological gaps in the field of implementation science and develop grant-writing skills for implementation science projects to advance the field. Track 2 is especially well suited for applicants who are researchers or trainees with an interest advancing the science of knowledge translation.
Registration fees:
Trainees: $495 CAD
Jr faculty & Research staff: $1,099 CAD
Registration fees cover meals and snacks during the event.
Expenses such as transportation and accommodations are not covered by registration fees. For accommodations, you can book a dorm room at the university of Ottawa for a fairly reasonable rate. Applicants who are accepted will receive more information about this in their acceptance email.
Email Meghan.Storey@UnityHealth.to with questions.
Additional facilitators and speakers TBD.
Dr. Jamie Brehaut (University of Ottawa) is a Senior Scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Full Professor in the School of Epidemiology & Public at the University of Ottawa, and member of the Centre for Implementation Science and the Ottawa Methods Centre. Dr. Brehaut has expertise in knowledge translation/ implementation science and psychological theory. Much of his current work focuses on the application of theory-informed approaches to facilitate health care practice change, clinical trial participation, and resilience against health misinformation.
Dr. Melissa Brouwers (University of Ottawa) is a Professor and the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Ottawa. She also holds appointments at McMaster University in the Department of Oncology and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI). At SEPH, Dr. Brouwers is a co-leader of the Knowledge Synthesis and Application Unit (https://www.ksau.ca/) and a co-lead of the AGREE Research Enterprise (www.agreetrust.com). Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation, and knowledge synthesis and guidelines. She has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.
Dr. Janet Curran (Dalhousie University) is a Professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University and a Research Chair in Quality and Patient Safety at IWK Health, Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University. She is the Implementation Science Co-lead for the CHILDBRIGHT Network and the Scientific Lead in the Strengthening Transitions in Care lab at IWK Health where her program of research is focused on co-designing and evaluating best practice and policy change interventions to improve transitions in care for patients and families. Her co-design work is informed by collaborating with multiple stakeholders including patients, parents and caregivers, healthcare providers, and policy makers.
Dr. Maoliosa (Mo) Donald (University of Calgary) is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. She is trained as a health services researcher, implementation scientist, and physical therapist. Her research interests include interventions that support person-centered care, and innovations that address the evidence-practice gap. Mo has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement in the implementation of health innovations. She is interested in applying theories, methods, and frameworks to determine factors that promote or impede implementation, adaptation, and sustainability in ways that are effective and practical for various contexts.
Dr. Tara Elton-Marshall (University of Ottawa) is an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Her research evaluates addiction and substance use-related policies and programs with the goal of providing the evidence needed to strengthen future policy and programming, and ultimately reducing addiction and substance use problems. She is currently the Nominated Principal Investigator (NPI) on a CIHR funded team grant to evaluate the impact of cannabis policy in Ontario.
Dr. Christine Fahim (Knowledge Translation Program, Unity Health Toronto) is a Scientist for the Knowledge Translation Program, St. Michael’s Hospital and leads the Team for Implementation, Evaluation and Sustainability (TIES). She is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and an Associate Scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fahim is a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s governing council. She obtained her MSc in Health Systems at the University of Ottawa followed by a PhD in Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact from McMaster University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fahim’s research focuses on the science and practice of knowledge translation to implement evidence-based interventions at the provider, organization, and health systems levels.
Dr. Alison Krentel (University of Ottawa) is an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa and a senior scientist at Bruyère Health Research Institute. She holds a PhD in Public Health and MSc in Public Health in Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As principal investigator of the Threads Lab, Dr. Krentel’s research focuses on interconnected areas of global public health, including health equity and effectiveness, implementation research, infectious disease control programs, community engagement, and health systems strengthening. Her work emphasizes facilitating community engagement in public health program execution and conducting implementation research to support health systems in infectious disease control. A significant aspect involves translating research results into programmatic action, bridging the gap between academic findings and real-world health interventions.
Dr. Krystina Lewis (University of Ottawa) is Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa and Affiliate Researcher at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute with a particular interest in cardiovascular disease, implementation science, and knowledge translation to patients and the public. Her research has two main strands. First, she develops, evaluates, and implements approaches that help people make better health and health-care decisions by translating complex evidence into forms that are meaningful and usable for people. Second, she studies equitable co-produced research, examining how partnerships among people with lived and living experience, clinicians, and researchers can improve research quality, uptake, and real-world impact. She holds a Heart & Stroke New Investigator Award (2024-2027) focused on engaging patients in decisions about their brain-heart health and in 2024, was awarded Early Career Researcher of the Year in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa. Supporting and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students is a central and deeply rewarding part of her role.

Dr. Stuart Nicholls (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) I am a Scientist in the Methodological and Implementation (MIR) program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The main focus of my work is patient engagement in health research – the active collaboration with patients, families, caregivers or communities in governance, priority setting, developing research questions, and even performing certain parts of the research itself. My research falls within four main areas, all of which aim to improve the methods and implementation of patient engagement in research:
1. Understanding and/or explaining what influences implementation outcomes: e.g. barriers and facilitators to engagement in research (including use of resources) & building solutions;
2. Describing the processes and practices of engagement in research (esp. underserved areas & focus on equity);
3. Conducting ethical analyses of engaging with people with lived experience (PWLE) and communities in research (research ethics and ‘everyday ethics’);
4. Improving the evidence base and quality of engagement and evaluating the implementation of patient engagement. These goals are achieved by combining research with practice through the Office for Patient Engagement in Research Activities (OPERA), which provides consultation services, training, and resources for teams wishing to engage patients, families, or caregivers as partners in research.
Dr. Justin Presseau (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute) is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology & Public Health and School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. As a behavioural scientist, he leads the Psychology and Health Research Group (PaHRG) and is a core faculty member of the Centre for Implementation Research at the Ottawa Hospital. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen (UK). His research program operates at the intersection between behavioural science and implementation science, focusing on developing and evaluate interventions to support changing healthcare professional behaviours and health behaviours of patients and the public.

Dr. Dawn Stacey (University of Ottawa) is a distinguished university professor and Vice Dean of Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. At the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, she is a Senior Scientist in the Centre for Implementation Research and co-scientific director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group. Her research is focused on developing, evaluating, and implementing interventions to support patients and their families/caregivers to be actively engaged as partners in making evidence-informed healthcare decisions. She has over 350 peer-reviewed publications and is internationally recognized expert in decision and implementation sciences. https://decisionaid.ohri.ca for more details. Applications have now closed, many thanks to all who applied!
The application window will open at 12:00pm Eastern time on January 19th. The deadline for this application has been extended to February 16, 2026, 11:59PM Eastern time. Please note that applications submitted after this time will not be downloaded.
New this year: There will be two streams or “tracks” for Summer Institute participants. Descriptions of the two tracks follow.
Track 1: Applying implementation science in Practice
Description: Track 1 is designed to provide a grounding and training in foundational steps applying the tools of KT and implementation science in practice. Track 1 is especially well-suited to applicants who are relatively new to KT and implementation science in their training and/or those in roles and positions that need to implement evidence-based practices.
Track 2: Advancing the science of implementation
Description: Track 2 is designed to provide attendees an opportunity to identify and discuss how to address conceptual and methodological gaps in the field of implementation science and develop grant-writing skills for implementation science projects to advance the field. Track 2 is especially well suited for applicants who are researchers or trainees with an interest advancing the science of knowledge translation.
Items to submit for Track 1:
Please submit:

Support letter from one referee. The letter should highlight that your research area is linked to KT. It should illustrate how you were involved in the work, what you hope to learn at the summer institute, and how the summer institute will support your career. The referee should send their letter of support directly to Meghan Storey (Meghan.Storey@unityhealth.to) before the deadline: using the subject heading: Summer Institute support letter & applicant last name.
An abstract for your research project. This abstract can describe a project that is in progress or has been completed. The abstract should speak to the dissemination or implementation of evidence with or without advancement of KT science, methods or theories.

-Abstracts should include the following headings:
-For those with results: Background, Methods, Results and Discussion/ Conclusions
-For those without results: Background, Methods, Planned Analysis, Expected Outcomes.
-Title and authors.
-Max 300 words.

A description of your current research interests and how they relate to knowledge translation and knowledge translation research (max 200 words).
A description of your expectations for the summer institute and how attending would support your career goals (max 200 words).
CV (any format is acceptable; CV should include your work and academic experience, research publications, presentations, grant and award funding, and any relevant KT work or involvement).

Items to submit for Track 2:
Please submit:

Support letter from one referee. The letter should highlight that your research area is linked to KT. It should illustrate how you were involved in the work, what you hope to learn at the summer institute, and how the summer institute will support your career. The referee should send their letter of support directly to Meghan Storey (Meghan.Storey@unityhealth.to) before the deadline: using the subject heading: Summer Institute support letter & applicant last name.
An abstract for your research project. This abstract can describe a project that is in progress or has been completed. The abstract should depict an implementation science research proposal or idea that you would like to develop during the summer institute. Please describe the research objective or evidence-based practice that you want to implement; the planned methods and analysis plan; and anticipated results and impact.

-Abstracts with results should include: Background, Methods, Results and Discussion/ Conclusions.
-Title and authors.
-Max 300 words.

A description of your current research interests and experience and how they relate to KT. Please include a description of your career goals, your expectations for the summer institute and what you hope to learn/achieve during the summer institute (max 300 words).
CV (any format is acceptable; CV should include your work and academic experience, research publications, presentations, grant and award funding, and any relevant KT work or involvement).

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See what past Summer Institute participants are saying:

“I really liked the engagement with other trainees and faculty members. It was a very collaborative experience.“
“I think the institute was structured very well. There was a good variety of lectures, workshops, and breaks. I never felt too overwhelmed or fatigued. The content was directly relevant to me and my work in patient engagement.“
Ellen Wang – “Growing understanding of knowledge translation practice and research“
The full program will be posted in May 2026.
