Mike Wilson
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Mike is the assistant director of the McMaster Health Forum, an assistant professor (part-time) in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and an investigator in the Program in Policy Decision-Making. Mike is also the scientist of health policy and knowledge transfer and exchange at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. He obtained his PhD from McMaster University in the Health Research Methodology Program, holds a B.H.Sc. from McMaster and studied political science at the University of Toronto. His research is focused on supporting the use of research evidence in health systems with specific interest in community-based organizations and health system managers and policymakers. Mike is also interested in research related to the politics of healthcare systems and the social determinants of health for people living with HIV/AIDS.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- knowledge transfer and exchange
- role of community-based organizations in health systems
- politics of health care systems
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Wilson MG & Lavis JN. Community-based organizations and how to support their use of systematic reviews: A qualitative study. Evidence & Policy (in-press).
Wilson MG, Lavis JN, Grimshaw J, Haynes RB, Bekele T & Rourke SB. Effects of an evidence service on community-based AIDS service organizations’ use of research evidence: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science 2011; 6:52.
Wilson MG, Lavis JN, Travers R, Rourke SB. Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: Helping community-based organizations link research to action. Implementation Science 2010;5(1):33.
Wilson MG, Rourke SB, Lavis JN, Bacon J & Travers R. Community capacity to acquire, assess, adapt and apply research evidence: A survey of Ontario’s HIV/AIDS sector. Implementation Science 2011; 6:54.
Lavis JN, Wilson MG, Grimshaw J, Haynes RB, Hanna S, Raina P, Gruen R & Ouimet M. Effects of an evidence service on healthcare policymakers’ use of research evidence: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science 2011; 6:51.
Lavis JN, Wilson MG, Grimshaw J, Haynes RB, Ouimet M, Raina P, Gruen R & Graham I. Supporting the Use of Health Technology Assessments in Policymaking about Health Systems. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2010; 26(4): 405-414.
Guta A., Wilson MG, Flicker S., Travers R., Mason C., Wenyeve G., O’Campo P. Are We Asking the Right Questions? A Review of Canadian REB Practices in Relation to Community-Based Participatory Research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 2010; 5(2): 35-46.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- health systems and health policy
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