Presented by the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in conjunction with McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre, in recognition of distinguished service in fields dealing with nutrition and food (2011).

E.W. Crampton Award

Presented by the Canadian Obesity Network, for outstanding contributions to the obesity research community in Canada (2009).

Inaugural Distinguished Lecturer Award

Presented by the Canadian Diabetes Association, for significant contributions through leadership in the diabetes community in Canada (2008).

Frederick G. Banting Award

For recognition of national and international contributions to the promotion of health science. Fellows will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies and a commitment to advance academic health science (2007).

Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Presented by the Women's Executive Network (2006).

Top 100 Women: Trailblazers and Trendsetters

Presented by the Vancouver YWCA in recognition of leadership in Science, Research and Medicine (2002).

YWCA Women of Distinction

Cross-Sector Partnerships and Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Addressing Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases Through Engagement with the Private Sector.

Knowledge to action for solving complex problems: insights from a review of nine international cases.

Systems Science and Obesity Policy: A Novel Framework for Analyzing and Rethinking Population-Level Planning.

The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments.

Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases: The top 20 policy and research priorities for conditions such as diabetes, stroke and heart disease.

Dr. Diane T. Finegood is an experienced research leader and strategic visionary with an exceptional track record of heading provincial and national leading-edge health research organizations.  She served as President & CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (2012-2016) and inaugural scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (2000-2008).  As a bridge-builder and systems thinker, she has successfully facilitated the needs of disparate stakeholders to carve out common ground for effective collaboration and impact.  Diane is also an internationally recognized researcher whose work and expertise range from cell biology, physiology, and mathematical modeling to population and public health, health policy and knowledge translation.

Health Research

Research Ecosystem

Public Private Partnerships

Complex Systems

Knowledge Translation

Implementation Science

Chronic Disease Prevention

Obesity

Health System Transformation

Expert's Corner, Healthcare Q & A

Challenges of obesity for individuals and society

Obesity Seeking Solutions

Building Trust to Address the Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Disease

A Systems Approach to Implementation of Evidence

Complex is not the same as complicated

Innovation - Accelerating uptake

Thoughts on the Role of Science in Public Policy

Shifting the paradigm in chronic disease prevention from attribution to adaptation: What data do we need?

The food industry: Friend or foe?

Scale-up and Spread of MEND Programs in Canada

The CAPTURE Project (CAnadian Platform To increase Usage of Real world Evidence)

Beta-Cell Apoptosis and Autoimmunity Network

Professor

Dr. Diane Finegood is an experienced research leader with a deep knowledge of the health research ecosystem and extensive experience in building complex partnerships across disciplines and sectors at all levels.  As President & CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, she champions the growth of BC’s health research enterprise and works closely with government and other stakeholders to advance key projects to support health system transformation. 

From 2000 to 2008, Diane served as the inaugural scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes. She has also served in a range of other leadership positions including as executive director of the CAPTURE Project (Canadian Platform to Increase Usage of Real-World Evidence).

Public Salon 26 Diane Finegood

Leading Canadian public health researcher Professor Diane Finegood visited Sydney recently. She spoke about the need for a new evidence base for tackling complex problems that enables continuous adaptation and improvement.

Professor Finegood is the President and CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A new evidence base for tackling complex problems

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Filmed and post-production by the Knowledge Mobilization Studio (www.hiphealth.ca/facilities/population-health-laboratories).

KT 2.0 takes knowledge translation to the next level -- deepening our understanding and broadening our perspectives as to what might be possible in the field. As researchers and research users engaged in meaningful partnerships, the challenge will be to embrace complexity in the health system and think differently about addressing problems in health care.

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