SPEAKER

Robyn Mildon, PhD, is an internationally recognised figure in the field of research translation and implementation science and program and policy evaluations in health, education and social services. She is the Founding Executive Director of the Centre for Evidence and Implementation (CEI www.ceiglobal.org ), a global social purpose organisation whose work now spans across 8 countries. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, a Visiting Professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Co-Director of the recently established Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI), National University of Singapore, and Chair of the Evidence and Implementation Summit 2021 (www.eisummit.org). ​

 CEI is a not-for-profit intermediary organisation with offices in Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Norway and academic partnerships across the globe. Since establishing CEI in 2016, Robyn has overseen the rapid growth of the Centre, attracting over 200 funded projects with a total value of over $55 million dollars. ​

 Over her career, Robyn’s work has helped to advance the implementation of better evidence in policy and practice settings, improving the quality and effectiveness of health, education and human services. She has authored or co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications, commissioned evidence reviews and book chapters including being a co-author of an edited book Implementation Science 3.0 (Springer, 2020). ​ In 2022 she was awarded the John Westbrook Award for Contributions to Knowledge Translation by the Campbell Collaboration. This international award recognises outstanding contributions to knowledge translation and the dissemination and implementation of evidence. ​ Robyn was the founding Chair of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australasian Implementation Conference (AIC) was the Co-Chair for the 2018 Global Evidence and Implementation Conference and is Chair for the Evidence and Implementation Summit, March 2021 www.eisummit.org.

This presentation covers current ‘hot topics’ in behavioural and implementation sciences and main takeaways from the Evidence and Implementation Summit 2023 in Melbourne that are relevant to health.

This is a dialogue between speakers on the panel to discuss how behavioural and implementation sciences could address challenges and opportunities around quality improvement and value-based care.