Implementation Science in Research Webinar – Biographies

Dr. Linda Li

Dr. Linda Li is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia, where she holds the Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair in Arthritic Diseases. She also serves as the Scientific Director for the BC SUPPORT Unit and is a Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada, leading the Arthritis & Implementation Science Program. Dr. Li's research focuses on using wearable technology and mobile apps to support health professionals promote a healthy balance of physical activity and sleep in managing chronic diseases. Her work in implementation science involves studying strategies to engage people with lived experience in research. From 2014 to 2024, Dr. Li held a Canada Research Chair in Patient-oriented Knowledge Translation. She has been recognized for her contributions to arthritis research and education with the American College of Rheumatology – Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP) Distinguished Scholar Award (2015) and the ARP Distinguished Educator Award (2022).


Dr. Noah Ivers

Noah Ivers (MD, CCFP, PhD) is a family physician at Women's College Hospital and scientist at Women's College Research Institute, where he leads a research program in implementation science, focusing on the use of data to drive evidence-based, patient-centred improvements in healthcare. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, where he is also the Scientific Lead for the Office of Health System Partnerships. He also has cross-appointments at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Institute for Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto and is an adjunct scientist at ICES. He holds a Canada Research Chair in the Implementation of Evidence Based Practice.


Dr. Joanie Sims Gould

Dr. Joanie Sims Gould is a Principal Scientist of the Active Aging Research team, Executive Director of the Active Aging Society and a Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia. The goal of Joanie's work is simply speaking is to "add life to the later years". With the Active Aging Research team she; i) designs, implements and evaluates scale-up of flexible health promoting interventions (e.g. Choose to Move) for older adults, adapted to population and setting, ii) assesses factors that influence older adult health indicators (mobility, social connectedness and mental health (e.g. loneliness), iii) evaluates translation of research findings for different groups to optimize impact. Joanie works closely with a broad range of partner groups that span BC and beyond. As a registered social worker, Joanie is sensitized to overriding issues of power, privilege and inequity and applies a sex and gender-based analysis plus (SGBA+) approach to her work.


Dr. Carolyn Steele Gray

Carolyn Steele Gray, MA, PhD holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementing Digital Health Innovation. She is a Scientist at the Science of Care Institute and Investigator with the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health, and an Associate Professor in the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto in Canada. Dr. Steele Gray's program of work focuses on the role of digital health in supporting integrated and person-centred care delivery for patients with complex care needs, applying implementation science theory and approaches, along with evaluation methods to uncover to how best to embed technology into novel delivery models.


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