Brain and Mental Health Knowledge Translation Workshop

Brain and Mental Health Strategic Research Theme Idea to Impact: Knowledge Translation Workshop Thursday March 13, 2014 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Health Sciences Centre, Foothills Campus Presented by the University of Calgary’s Brain and Mental Health Strategic Research Theme, this workshop aims to provide information to the members of the UCalgary Brain and Mental Health community on the current Knowledge Translation (KT) landscape and to provide researchers in this theme an opportunity to learn how to integrate KT practices into their research questions with feedback and coaching from KT experts. The AM session will include lectures from Dr. Sharon Straus (University of Toronto) and Kelly J. Mrklas (KT Canada) and a panel discussion featuring Dr. Carolyn Emery (Faculty of Kinesiology) and Dr. V. Wee Yong (Faculty of Medicine). The PM session will feature small groups working with KT experts who will help the registrants connect their research goals with appropriate knowledge translation goals. Registrants in the PM session will be required to submit a pre-workshop form. All UCalgary faculty members with an interest in brain and mental health research and their trainees are invited to attend. Separate registration is required for the AM (lectures and panel) and PM (workshops) sessions. There is limited space for trainees in the PM workshops. Registration deadline: Friday February 28, 2014. To register, email hbiresearch@ucalgary.ca with the following information: Name Department CIHR Pillar 3 – 5 keywords describing your research Identify which sessions you would like to attend: AM, PM, both KT questions you would like answered in the AM talks Click here for more information.

Location:

Health Sciences Centre – Foothills Campus

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/brain-and-mental-health-knowledge-translation-workshop