RSC | Shannon Dawn Scott

Discipline:Nursing

Shannon Scott is a leader in ensuring that research informs children’s healthcare. Outstanding contributions include leading the largest needs assessment of Canadian emergency departments, developing the first Canadian pediatric nursing textbook, and engaging healthcare consumers to co-design arts-informed knowledge tools. Leading a large knowledge translation program, Dr. Scott is an in-demand researcher who serves on several national peer-review committees and holds the Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation in Children’s Health.

Keywords:child health, knowledge translation, research-to-practice, evidence-based practice