Karen Beth Born

Faculty fellow

MHSc Health Administration Program Director, Assistant Professor

Karen Born, PhD is an assistant professor (teaching stream) and program director of the M.HSc. in Health Administration. Karen served as Knowledge Translation Lead for the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign from 2015–2022 and in that capacity 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. She is recognized for the ability to effectively disseminate and communicate research and evidence to a wide range of health care system stakeholders, including decision makers and the public. Karen recently served as the Assistant Scientific Director for the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and co-founded the health care policy blog: healthydebate.ca. Karen teaches on knowledge translation, health policy, patient safety, quality improvement and resource stewardship.