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#130 - Improving our impact: Building institutional capacity for effective knowledge translation

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Concurrent 4
Monday, October 22, 2018
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Room 104 (Level 1)

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Session Theme: Building organisational capacity for using evidence


Speaker

Dr Rebecca Armstrong
Executive Manager, Knowledge Translation & Impact
Australian Institute For Family Studies

#130 - Improving our impact: Building institutional capacity for effective knowledge translation

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Biography

Dr Rebecca Armstrong is the Executive Manager of Knowledge Translation & Impact at the Australian Institute for Family Studies. In this role she is responsible for driving the implementation of a Knowledge Translation Strategy within AIFS and in ensuring AIFS work has maximum impact on the audiences we seek to reach. She works internally to support the development of knowledge translation plans and works with stakeholders to ensure that our work addresses contemporary issues relevant to Australian families. Rebecca is a public health researcher with many years experience in conducting knowledge translation research, assisting research teams to develop knowledge translation strategies and coordinating a teaching program focussed on knowledge translation and evidence-informed public health. Rebecca is the Joint Coordinating Editor of Cochrane Public Health and has expertise in the development and publication of systematic reviews of complex public health interventions. Rebecca is also an Associate Editor for Implementation Science.
Dr Kelley Graydon
Audiologist
Melbourne University

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