Canadian Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice

KT Manager Job Opportunity with the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (Vancouver office) has a vacancy for the position of Knowledge Translation Manager. For a complete description of this unique opportunity and application details, please visit the University of British Columbia Human Resources site (job posting ID #12922): http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/staff.php

Brief Overview

The Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) is one of 13 institutes that comprise the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Government of Canada’s health research funding agency. IGH’s mission is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of gender and sex on the health of women and men throughout life, and to apply these research findings to identify and address pressing health challenges. At the core of this mission is a commitment to Knowledge Translation (KT), which CIHR defines as, “a dynamic and iterative process that includes synthesis, dissemination, exchange and ethically-sound application of knowledge to improve the health of Canadians, provide more effective health services and products and strengthen the health care system.” As a health research funder, IGH is concerned with: (1) increasing the capacity of IGH-funded researchers to successfully undertake KT; and (2) acting as a knowledge broker to facilitate the uptake of gender, sex and health research evidence into policy, practice and the public domain. The Knowledge Translation Manager leads the KT portfolio at the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health

The formation of the IKEN-MH was jointly envisioned by the MHCC and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL), to increase the capacity for effective knowledge exchange in mental health by connecting people, ideas, and resources on a global level.

Save the Date!

The IKEN-MH will hold its inaugural in-person meeting on July 9-10, 2012 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The objectives of the inaugural meeting are:

• To build research, practice, and policy partnerships in the area of knowledge exchange;
• To explore best and promising knowledge exchange practices within the mental health and substance use context;
• To promote awareness of, and interest in, existing peer-reviewed journals and professional development opportunities committed to knowledge exchange;
• To increase interest in, research on, and evaluation of the innovative knowledge exchange approaches to mental health and substance use;
• To better integrate people with lived experience and family care givers into the KE process

Would you like to join IKEN-MH?

 To find out more information, please visit:

https://kec.mentalhealthcommission.ca/communities_initiatives/ikenmh

Dr. Dean Fixsen

This is a first notice that we have Dr. Dean Fixsen visiting us on Wednesday May 16th 2012, to give a lecture on Implementation Science at the Hollywood Auditorium, SickKids Hospital.

The Practice and Science of Implementation in Human Services

Intervention scientists have developed hundreds of evidence-based approaches that demonstrate improved outcomes for research participants.  The investment in evidence-based programs has not resulted in noticeable improvements in mental health, health, education, or social service outcomes for populations of interest, communities, or countries.  Implementation science is becoming better organized and understood and is being applied in State, Provincial, and Federal human service systems.  This presentation will describe the potential for closing the science to service gap by making better use of implementation science and best practices in order to support the full and effective uses of evidence-based programs in typical practice settings.

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Dean L. Fixsen, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist at FPG Child Development Institute. Dean is Co-Director of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN), Co-Director of the State Implementation and Scale up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center, and Co-Chair of the Global Implementation Conference. Fixsen is an implementation research consultant on 6 NIH RO1 grants and serves on several national advisory boards.

Fixsen began his career in human services in 1963 as a psychiatric Aade in a large state hospital for children with profound developmental delays. He has spent his career developing and implementing evidence-based programs, initiating and managing change processes in provider organizations and service delivery systems, and working with others to improve the lives of children, families, and adults. Over the past five decades, he has co-authored over 100 publications including the highly regarded monograph, Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature (http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/resources/publications/Monograph/pdf/Monograph_full.pdf). He has served on numerous editorial boards and has served as an advisor to federal, state, and local governments.