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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

The importance of knowledge translation in health care

Waterloo Pharmacy professor and doctoral student invited to discuss recent research findings in Neurology

In an age of misinformation, knowledge translation (KT) is an increasingly important way to communicate research to the audiences who need it.

Knowledge translation links the creation of knowledge from research areas to real-world situations. With increased specialization and the level of disciplinary-specific training required to engage with research findings, KT is a purposeful approach to bridging communication gaps between disciplines and with public audiences.

Dr. Colleen Maxwell

Dr. Colleen Maxwell, professor and research chair at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, co-authored a work of knowledge translation about a recent drug study.

Dr. Colleen Maxwell, a professor and research chair at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, and doctoral student Wajd Alkabbani were invited by the prestigious journal Neurology to write a KT editorial on a recent research study.

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