Melanie Barwick

Melanie Barwick, Ph.D., C.Psych, is the Canada Research Chair in Implementation Science and Practice (Tier 1) and a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program of the SickKids Research Institute and the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health. As the Scientific Director of the Knowledge Translation Program at the SickKids’ Learning Institute, she also leads professional and resource development in dissemination and implementation research and practice. At the University of Toronto, she is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, and the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation). She teaches at the University of Toronto’s Doctorate in Public Health and IHPME. Her community work includes chairing the Governing Board for Children’s Mental Health Ontario and being on the Editorial Board for the journal Implementation Research and Practice. An internationally recognized expert in dissemination and implementation research and practice, her health services research program spans many areas of health to improve the implementation of evidence into practice and broaden its reach to support decision-making, policy, knowledge, awareness, health, and well-being. She has considerable practical experience in implementation. Her current research, funded by CIHR, is evaluating a first-in-kind digital tool, The Implementation Playbook©, to facilitate the implementation of innovations in service settings. The paper prototype, The Implementation Roadmap©, is also available to support implementation planning. She provides professional development in dissemination and implementation practice internationally through the Specialist Knowledge Translation Training™ (SKTT, for researchers and KT practitioners), the Knowledge Translation Professional Certificate™ (KTPC, for KT practitioners), and Planning for Implementation Practice™(PIP). The KTPC is recognized as a Leading Practice by Accreditation Canada and has over 600 graduates worldwide. Since 2004, SickKids has licensed SKTT training to the Research Impact Academy (AUS) and has over 3,800 learners internationally. She is the developer of several tools that support dissemination and implementation.

Knowledge Management, Networking and Coordination Specialist for the interagency Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (CPMERG)

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1 Terms of Reference Knowledge Management, Networking and Coordination Specialist for the interagency Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (CPMERG) 1. Background The Child Protection Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (CP MERG)1 was established as a result of an interagency consultation in July 2010. Its overall long-term aim is to improve monitoring and evaluation …

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Working together in Knowledge Mobilization: closing the loop between research and practice

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June 3 & 4, 2013 Mississauga – Centre for Health & Safety Innovation 5110 Creekbank Road, Mississauga, ON, L4W 0A1 Canada Download of this Call for Presentations in WORD   Register   Submission Form for Proposals   Deadlines First Call for Presentations: February 22, 2013 – for inclusion in Connection Grants application to the Social …

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Make Research Matter (MRM) website now available as

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We are pleased to announce that the Make Research Matter (MRM) website is complete (www.makeresearchmatter.org). The mission of the MRM website is to give researchers the tools they need to increase the dissemination and implementation potential of their products. MRM was developed, implemented and tested by researchers from the Cancer Communication Research Center and Washington …

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Knowledge Management (KM) Specialist – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Washington DC)

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The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is seeking a full-time Knowledge Management (KM) Specialist who will work as a member of the Program Innovation & Policy Department to support optimization of EGPAF’s intranet as well as a number of other KM-related tools and processes. The position is based in Washington, DC. A full job …

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2013 Network Leadership Training Academy – May 29-31, Denver, CO

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http://www.ucdenver.edu/ ARE YOU INTERESTED IN COLLABORATION? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN NETWORK LEADERSHIP? Then the Research Program on Collaborative Governance at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Public Affairs invites you to participate in the 2013 Network Leadership Training Academy, a three-day comprehensive workshop geared for program directors, coalition leaders, and middle to senior managers …

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ICR Knowledge Translation and Exchange Research Training Award (2012/2013)

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Timeline and Funding 1. Description A commitment to knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) is at the core of the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research’s (CIHR-ICR) mission to support cancer research excellence and to apply these research findings to identify and address pressing health challenges. KTE is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the synthesis, …

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Warm Wishes for the Holiday Season!

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We all have different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere! It is time to pause, reflect on the year that has passed, and circle back to those near and dear to us after a full year of reaching out to others in our KT …

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Senior Specialist Knowledge Management and Communications (Washington DC) – Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program

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A global leader in newborn health, Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) program is embarking on a new phase in its efforts to reduce newborn deaths in low-income countries. A key component of SNL’s new five-year program is to integrate knowledge management principles into all of its work in order to document and inform …

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Knowledge Management Officer – Support to Online Communities (Washington DC)

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CORE Group JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: Knowledge Management Officer – Support to Online Communities FSN Network / Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS) Program Reports To: TOPS Senior Knowledge Management Specialist Based: Washington D.C. Background: CORE Group fosters collaborative action and learning to improve and expand community-focused public health practices. Established in 1997 in Washington …

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