Studying KT: career paths for researchers and trainees
October 01, 2021
Speaker
Dr. Lupin Battersby – Knowledge Mobilization Officer, SFU
Dr. Lynne Feehan – Knowledge Translation Lead, BC SUPPORT Unit; Clinical Associate Professor, UBC
Dr. Clayon Hamilton – Regional Practice Lead, Fraser Health; Adjunct Professor, SFU
Dr. Jasmin Ma – Assistant Professor, UBC
Are you a researcher or a trainee interested in building or advancing your career in KT research? Are you curious about tools and resources available to support your KT journey? Want to learn more about the competencies required for a KT career? We are here to help! Join us for a very special KT Connects panel series (part 1) on “Studying KT: Career paths for researchers and trainees” as our esteemed guests share their tips, experiences and resources to help build your career in KT research!
Speaker bios:
- Dr. Lupin Battersby (PhD) is SFU’s knowledge mobilization (KM) officer. She is responsible for achieving the goals of the SFU KM Hub, including providing training, expert consultations, and recognition of KM work. Her KM fire was sparked almost 20 years ago when holding two contracts, one as a clinical counsellor, the other a research assistant, she noticed first-hand the gap between research and practice. Since that time, she has worked in roles in and out of academia in health services, mental health, housing, aging, and patient engagement with a primary focus on the challenges and opportunities to mobilize research.
- Dr. Lynne Feehan (PhD, PT, CHT) is the knowledge translation lead at the BC SUPPORT Unit and clinical associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at UBC. She is a licensed physical therapist with a specialization in upper extremity rehabilitation, with over 40 years of clinical experience. She has two post-doctoral fellowships; including a CIHR funded KT project and a MSFHR post-doctoral fellowship in implementation science. Her research focus is in arthritis, bringing expertise in implementation practice informed by implementation science, objective measurement of physical activity and sleep, and meaningful engagement of stakeholders/patients in health research.
- Dr. Clayon Hamilton (PhD) is the regional practice lead in research and knowledge translation in long-term care at Fraser Health. He received post-doctoral training in health services and KT research at UBC after completing a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science at Western University. His current work seeks to advance the integration of scientific evidence in practice and the engagement of key stakeholders to improve the quality of care, life, and work-life in the long-term care sector. While at UBC, he led the development of tools to advance meaningful engagement of patients and family caregivers in research. Passionate about meaningful partnerships, Hamilton continues to lead and collaborate on projects to advance patient and family engagement not only in research, but also in health system decision-making more broadly.
- Dr. Jasmin Ma (PhD) is an assistant professor of teaching in the School of Kinesiology at UBC. Funded by CIHR, MSFHR and the Arthritis Society, she completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in in the Department of Physical Therapy at UBC and Arthritis Research Canada. She is focused on supporting strength training behaviour change and developing methods for tailored physical activity interventions among people with chronic disease and disability. Combining her research and role as a practicing kinesiologist (BCAK) and inclusive fitness trainer (ACSM), she works with clinicians and community members to provide physical activity participation opportunities for people with diverse physical abilities.
Upcoming webinar
Dr. Alice Fleerackers and Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin
Date
November 06, 2024
Preprints as knowledge translation: Another way of opening science to the public
In 2024, KT Connects is focusing on open science — the practice of making scientific inputs, outputs, and processes freely available to all with minimal restrictions. Learn more.
Webinar summary
Wednesday, November 6
1 – 2 p.m. PST
Preprints are research papers made publicly available before journal peer review and publishing in scientific journals. They allow rapid and free sharing of findings within and beyond academia. Recent research suggests that journalists also report on them. This brings new challenges and opportunities for making research knowledge public.
This session will introduce participants to preprints as one means to make science more open, as well as key points to remember when using them as a knowledge translation method.
Learning objectives
After this webinar, the audience will be able to:
- Understand the unique role preprints play within the open science movement
- Understand how journalists use preprints and the potential benefits and risks of preprint media coverage for the public
- Identify ways to share preprint research that provide journalists and their audiences with the necessary context to interpret research findings accurately.
Speaker bio
Alice Fleerackers is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia, and a researcher at the Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University. She studies the intersections of journalism, health and science communication, and scholarly communication. She is also a freelance writer, the vice president of the Public Communication of Science and Technology Network (PCST), and co-founder and co-chair of PCST’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee.
Juan Pablo Alperin is an associate professor in the publishing program, Scientific Director of the Public Knowledge Project, and the co-director of the Scholarly Communications Lab at Simon Fraser University. He is a multi-disciplinary scholar who uses a combination of computational techniques and traditional qualitative methods. His work focuses on investigating ways of raising the scientific quality, global impact, and public use of scholarly work.