Knowledge Translation in HealthWestern Health Sciences

Researchers

Lesley James MPH, DrPH

Lesley James MPH, DrPH



Research Interests / Specializations: Lesley is a public health policy researcher and practitioner focused on disease prevention, equity and health systems reform. She's a doctoral student at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK where she investigates how public health policies are developed. She's also worked as part of a research team who evaluated the UK public-private partnership aimed to improve public health and is now a member of Western's KT Lab COVID-19 policy and communications research project. Over the past 10 years, she's been employed at Heart & Stroke where she's advocated for health policy advances in nutrition, health systems and tobacco control. She's an adjunct associate professor at Western's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry where she taught Health Policy, Equity and Law in the Master's of Public Health program.
Nedra Peter Bsc, MSc, PhD

Nedra Peter Bsc, MSc, PhD



Research Interests / Specializations: Nedra is a research assistant in the lab for knowledge translation. Nedra recently completed her PhD dissertation titled: Making occupations possible? A critical analysis of occupational policy in Ontario. Her research interests include poverty, public health policy, health inequities, occupational science, and integrated knowledge translation.
Tiffany Scurr BAS, MHIS

Tiffany Scurr BAS, MHIS



Research Interests / Specializations: Tiffany is a research assistant in the Lab for Knowledge Translation. She recently completed her master's thesis titled: Evaluating the Process of Involving Affected Community Members in Service Delivery and Design: A Deliberative Dialogue Case Study. Tiffany is currently assisting in a realist synthesis on integrated knowledge translation (IKT). Other research interests include community engagement, research utilization, stakeholder collaboration, public health, and knowledge translation and mobilization.