RNAO Research Unit

Dr. Niek Klazinga is a professor of social medicine at the University Medical Center/University of Amsterdam. He leads a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating research centre for quality and equity in primary health-care.  His research focuses on quality of care and health system performance and he is involved in policy debates and numerous research projects on the subject; he has co-authored around 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has supervised 43 PhD candidates. Additional present commitments include being an advisor to the RNAO research unit, WHO, the European Union the World Bank, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Dr. Nancy Santesso is an associate professor at McMaster University and deputy director of Cochrane Canada. Dr. Santesso’s research interests are in methods of developing systematic reviews and guidelines, and in their use by key stakeholders, such as patients and the public. She conducts primary qualitative and quantitative research in this area, and has been involved with the GRADE working group and pursued the connection between systematic reviews and guideline development. She provides guideline development expertise to organizations such as Osteoporosis Canada, the American Society of Hematology, and RNAO.

Dr. Janet Squires is a nursing professor at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Squires current research is centered on the design, implementation, and evaluation of theory-informed interventions to increase the uptake of research and research-based behaviours in health care professionals as a strategy to contribute to improving patient and system outcomes. She is currently involved in several nationally funded projects examining the role of context in knowledge translation and developing and testing interventions for health care professionals.