Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Frameworks
Heart & Stroke – Knowledge Translation Plan for Canadian Stroke Best Practices
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Heart & Stroke Foundation
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Evidence Alliance
Project Objectives
To assess the Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation's current knowledge translation activities and inform the development of a strategic and comprehensive knowledge tranlsation plan.
Research Approach
Knowledge Translation
Project Lead(s)
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 Deputy 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.
Dr. Straus currently holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Quality of Care and has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed 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.
Tina Fahim
Dr. Christine (Tina) Fahim (PhD, MSc) is a Scientist for the Knowledge Translation Program Team for Implementation, Evaluation and Sustainability at St. Michael’s Hospital 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. Her research focuses on the science and practice of knowledge translation to implement evidence-based interventions at the provider, organization, and systems level.