#43 | Tensions and Paradoxes of Scaling Up: A Critical Reflection on Physical Activity Promotion | Dr Harriet Koorts
Tracks
Concurrent 4
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 |
10:55 AM - 11:15 AM |
Speaker
Dr Harriet Koorts
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University
Tensions and Paradoxes of Scaling Up: A Critical Reflection on Physical Activity Promotion
Biography
Dr Koorts is a Senior Research Fellow in Implementation Science and leads IPAN’s Implementation Science domain. Dr Koorts provides implementation science consultancy to ~90 IPAN staff. Since 2016, Dr Koorts has attracted >$6.4M in funding related to implementation research, and has founded and chaired multiple international groups specialising in implementation and scale-up. In 2018, she developed the PRACTIS Guide for planning implementation and scale-up of population health interventions, which underpins implementation of interventions globally. She has delivered multiple international and national keynote presentations on implementation and scale-up, and is currently a member of the SIRC Established Investigator Network of Expertise.