Ian Graham

Dr. Ian Graham is Senior Scientist in the Methods and Implementation Research Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Epidemiology & Public Health at the University of Ottawa. From 2006-2012 he was on an interchange with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research where he held the position of Vice-President of the Knowledge Translation and Public Outreach. He is a health sociologist by training with extensive experience as a health services researcher and implementation scientist. His research focuses on knowledge mobilization (the process of research use) and conducting applied and fundamental research on strategies to increase implementation of evidence-informed practice (implementation science). He has published over 400 peer reviewed articles and developed multiple frameworks and models such as the Ottawa Model of Research Use, ADAPTE, Knowledge to Action Cycle and the Implementation Roadmap. He is co-editor of Knowledge Translation in Health Care (2013, 2nd edition); Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Evidence-based Practice (2010); CAN-IMPLEMENT©: Planning for Best-Practice Implementation (2014); and Turning Knowledge into Action: Practical Guidance on How to Do Integrated Knowledge Translation Research (2104); Research Coproduction in Healthcare (2022) and co-author of Knowledge Translation in Nursing and Healthcare. A Roadmap to Evidence-informed Practice (2021). Dr. Graham was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Diamond Jubilee Medal (2002) for contributions to research into the experiences of adults and children with celiac disease (the Canadian Celiac Association), the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) for his leadership contributions to CIHR and for changing the way research knowledge is used and demonstrating to funding agencies around the world how to move knowledge into action (CIHR), and the King Charles III Coronation Medal (2025) for contributions to research (Universities Canada). He is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, New York Academy of Medicine and Royal Society of Canada.