Karen Born
Karen Born, MSc, PhD is a Canadian health systems specialist based in Toronto, Ontario.
Education
Born attended McGill University for her Bachelor of Arts, holds an MSc in international health policy the London School of Economics, and a PhD in health services research from the University of Toronto.
Career and Affiliations
Government of Ontario
Born worked as a research analyst at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care from 2005-2007.1)
MASS LBP
University of Toronto
Born is an assistant professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.3) She is also listed as a faculty member under the Institute for Pandemics.4)
Healthy Debate
Born co-founded Healthy Debate, an online publication about health care in Canada.5)
The website is sponsored by Deloitte, Judith Glennie, Arthur Slutsky, the University of Toronto, Ontario SPOR Support Unit (OSSU), and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital.6)
Choosing Wisely Canada
Born served as Research Projects Manager and Knowledge Translation Lead for the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign from 2015–2022, hosted at St. Michael's Hospital under Unity Health Toronto.7) In that capacity, she was responsible for dissemination of campaign content to patients and the public, the integration of the campaign into medical education and coordination of the Choosing Wisely international collaboration.
Funding for Choosing Wisely Canada comes from Health Canada, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Commonwealth Fund.8)
James Lind Alliance
Born received payment from North York General Hospital, the University of Calgary, and SickKids to set up James Lind Alliance priority setting, partnership facilitation and agenda development meetings.9)
Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table
Born is a member of the secretariat of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, where she serves as Assistant Scientific Director.10)
Research
Born has published research on influenza vaccines, including advocating for mandatory vaccination policies among health care workers.11)
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Karen Born. LinkedIn. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-born-9121a841/
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Karen Born. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/sEshf
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Karen Born. Institute for Pandemics. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/2BkU9
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Karen Born. Commonwealth Fund. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/P3DjJ
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About Us. Healthy Debate. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220430160403/https://healthydebate.ca/about/
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About. Choosing Wisely Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WAUw0
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Born, K. (2021). Declaration of Interest. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20220215143336/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_Karen-Born_20210407.pdf
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About Us. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/
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Born, K., Ikura, S., & Laupacis, A. (2014). The evidence, ethics and politics of mandatory health care worker vaccination. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 20(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819614546960