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Vayshali Patel
PhD Candidate, University of Guelph
Project: Evaluating Public Understanding of Public Communication Products During Multi-Jurisdictional Enteric Illness Outbreak Investigations
Vayshali Patel (she/her) is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Guelph. Her current research evaluates Canadians’ comprehension of risk communication products produced by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) during multi-jurisdictional enteric illness outbreaks. Ultimately, through this work, she hopes to reduce enteric illnesses in Canada.
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Angel Kennedy
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Project: Bridging Global Communities Through Knowledge Translation: The Global Ecohealth Summit
Angel Kennedy (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, recipient of a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, and the Research Manager for the Researching for Eco-Social and Equitable Transformation (RESET) Lab. Her work focuses on climate resilience, public health, and equity, exploring how relational, place-based, and eco-social approaches to education can empower youth and foster collective well-being. She is the founder of the Ecohealth Global Summit (often referred to as the 'Earth Hug'), a global knowledge translation initiative that brings people together globally to cultivate connection, hope, and action in response to the shared goal of working together for a healthy, just, and sustainable future. Angel is passionate about knowledge translation, intergenerational climate justice, and creating spaces for meaningful dialogue that bridge research, policy, living experience, and community engagement.
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Fatima Zulfiqar
MPH Student, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Project: Translating HIV Prevention Guidelines into Practice: A Knowledge Translation Approach to Enhancing PrEP Uptake Among Family Physicians
Fatima Zulfiqar (she/her) is a Master of Public Health student specializing in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. Her research interests focus on chronic diseases, with a particular emphasis on assessing the effectiveness of interventions targeting cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes risk factors in marginalized populations within Canada’s diverse communities. During her MPH program, Fatima had the opportunity to collaborate with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network to develop a tool that effectively communicated the new HIV guidelines to family physicians. This initiative aimed to bridge the gap in prescribing PrEP to the most vulnerable populations. Drawing from her own life experiences, Fatima is deeply committed to addressing the persistent stigma surrounding HIV status in her community. Motivated by this, she sought to simplify the process for family physicians to assess individual patient risk and prescribe personalized PrEP regimens that align with patients’ lifestyles. Her goal is to ensure that no one falls through the cracks and to contribute meaningfully toward achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets.
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Previous Award Winners:
2024
- Hannah Bayne, MSc Epidemiology Student, University of Alberta - Supporting Tomorrow’s Stewards: A Knowledge Mobilization Project for Climate-Health Literacy in Alberta Elementary Schools
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Miranda Field, PhD, University of Regina - Decolonized Theory of Place
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Jordan Chin, MPH student, McMaster University - The Art of Creation: an Arts-Based Knowledge Translation Method to Promote and Advocate for a Healthy Start to Life
2023
- Jorden Hendry, PhD student, University of British Columbia - Instructions have been provided: Understanding and implementing Foundational Commitments to Indigenous Peoples in the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer
- Karen Wong, PhD student, University of British Columbia - Working Together to Bring Policy Changes on Digital Ageism and Divide: Older Adults’ Access to Technology is a Human Right
- Leah Taylor, PhD student, Western University - Everyone Can Play: A Knowledge Translation Resource to Promote Physical Activity Participation of Children with Disabilities in London, Ontario
2022
- Melissa MacKay, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph - Maintaining trust through effective crisis communication during emerging infectious disease
- Alexa Ferdinands, PhD, University of Alberta - Collaborating with youth to address weight stigma in healthcare, education, and the home
- Shannon Bird, MPH, Brock University - Art as a Tool for Promoting Public and Environmental Health: A Lesson Plan for Ecojustice Educators
2021
- Sujane Kandasamy, PhD, McMaster University - Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast: An Academic Journey toward Theory-informed, Empirically-rooted, and Co-developed Knowledge Translation Interventions for Priority Populations
- Leigh McClarty, PhD, University of Manitoba - A critical exploration into Manitoba's HIV care cascade: Novel Applications of equity focused data visualization to support knowledge translation
- Erica Phipps, PhD, Queen's University - Investing in relational knowledge practices and 'reversing the gaze' for equity-focused intersectoral action on housing and health equity: The RentSafe EquIP research in Owen Sound, Ontario
2020
- Courtney Primeau, PhD, University of Guelph - Knowledge Translation Preferences in Communicating about Antimicrobial Resistance
- Henry Lai, MSc, University of British Columbia - Co-creation of knowledge translation resources to integrate health and wellness messaging in an Indigenous community in British Columbia
- Maureen Gustafson, MPH, University of Toronto - Mayi Kuwayu: The National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing
2019
- Paige Colley, PhD, Western University - Growing Healthy Food Behaviours: Evaluating an Innovative Food Literacy Resource
- Julia Santana Parrilla, MSc, University of British Columbia - Addressing anxiety & depression during pregnancy: a plan for iKT
- Sydney Rudko, PhD, University of Alberta - Citizen scientists monitoring saprozoonotic pathogens using quantitative polymerase chain reaction in recreational water
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