Kevin Sauvé

Kevin Sauvé is Manager of Knowledge Translation at Michael Smith Health Research BC. He is key contributor to the development of its KT strategy and is responsible for its implementation, monitoring and evaluation. He advises the KT Director in support of Health Research BC’s vision and mission as it relates to KT, manages its Coordinator and is responsible for providing KT mentorship internally and externally to its various networks of KT professionals and funded researchers and reviewers. Prior, Kevin built and headed a KT team at Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the BC Cancer Research Institute, and was responsible for managing the development and delivery of strategies and materials to help the GSC synthesize and disseminate its research to the scientific community and beyond. With more than a decade of experience in knowledge translation, science writing, communication and journalism, particularly focused on health care and research, practice, policy and administration, Kevin has worked as a knowledge translation and scientific communications consultant for scientists, academics, engineers, policy analysts and other technical experts; he specializes in mobilizing health and related research, and translating it for specific and targeted audiences. Kevin has also worked as a writer and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as a freelance journalist. He holds a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia, concentrated on science, and a Bachelor in Biological Science from the University of Guelph, focused on neuroscience. He is a CBC Joan Donaldson Scholar and the recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)–Health Research Communications Award.