NLCAHR to host 2020 David Hawkins Lecture
NLCAHR with the Office of Research at Memorial, is pleased to host the 2020 David Hawkins Lecture:
SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE: Building the global knowledge architecture to improve health | Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 4pm | Dr. Richard Fagan Lecture Theatre Room 1M101 | No tickets or RSVP are required | Reception to follow in Medical School Atrium
https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/2020HawkinsLecture.php
Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw is a world leader in implementation research and knowledge translation. His innovative work focuses on how to increase the use of evidence-based research by healthcare professionals and healthcare systems to improve quality of care. Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019, Dr. Grimshaw is a Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Health Knowledge Transfer and Uptake. He is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal College of Edinburgh and has twice received the CIHR Knowledge Translation award. In 2018, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) awarded Dr. Grimshaw the Barer-Flood career achievement award for Health Services and Policy Research. Dr. Grimshaw has produced over 550 peer-reviewed publications and has received over $50 million in CIHR funding as a Principal Investigator and $67 million as a Co-Investigator, including a prestigious CIHR Foundation Award Grant.