Faculty Member, Psychiatry
Associate Professor
About
I am a Registered Psychologist with a primary role as a Health Systems Scientist in the Community Health Systems Resource Group at SickKids Hospital in Toronto. I am the inaugural Director of Knowledge Translation in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences program of SickKids’ Research Institute, and hold appointments as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
Since joining SickKids in 2001 I have led Ontario’s outcome measurement initiative to implement a clinician rated outcome measure in 117 children’s mental health service provider organizations across the province, requiring the reliability and clinical training of over 5,000 practitioners. My team supports training, implementation, and data analysis for the province and service providers.
In this practice context I study innovative health knowledge translation strategies. I have also developed the Scientist Knowledge Translation Training program to increase KT competencies among my fellow scientists. More recently, I have been funded to lead a 5-year CIHR Emerging Team in Knowledge Translation for Child and Youth Mental Health that will develop and evaluate an innovative implementation model to bring evidence based practices into both the children's mental health and education sectors. My program of research is in the areas of knowledge transfer, implementation science, and organizational change, with a particular focus on the transfer of evidence-based interventions and research to mental health practice and the development of innovative knowledge translation approaches. I also consult to the child and youth mental health sector and am a regular contributor to the CBC Health Weekly Check Up.
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