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Karen Born
Karen Born, MSc, PhD is a Canadian health systems specialist based in Toronto, Ontario.
Education
Born 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
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.1)
Choosing Wisely Canada
Born served as Knowledge Translation Lead for the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign from 2015–2022, hosted at St. Michael's Hospital.2) 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.3)
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.4)
1)
Karen Born. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/sEshf
2)
About. Choosing Wisely Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WAUw0
3)
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
4)
About Us. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/