The latest webinars in our Evidence and Implementation Summit Virtual Series are available to stream anywhere, any time. It's your free access to global conversations in evidence-informed practice and implementation science.
The role of evidence intermediaries in bridging the evidence–implementation gap: Lessons from around the world
Evidence intermediaries – organisations and individuals that connect research with policy and practice – play a vital role in closing the persistent gap between what we know and what we do.
Drawing on international case studies and lived experience, speakers highlight the key skills and challenges evidence intermediaries undertake in different contexts to support decision-making, influence systems change, and drive better outcomes.
Featuring speakers:
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Kerry Albright, Principal Adviser and Deputy Director of Evaluation, UNICEF
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Isabella Luksic, CEO, Luksic Foundation (Chile)
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Facilitator: Dr Robyn Mildon, CEO, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeAdjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
Creating impact: Moving beyond the hospital walls
While effective healthcare can help us treat and manage disease, how do practitioners and the system deal with wider factors that influence our health? Social determinants like where we live, our level of education, how wealthy we are, what job we do, whether we speak English well? Our speakers bring extensive real-world experience in tackling complex issues of health and care: identifying problems, prioritising needs, co-designing and implementing solutions, adapting to local context, measuring impact and learning from what is done.
Featuring speakers:
- Professor Annette Boaz, King's College London
- Professor Harriet Hiscock, University of Melbourne & Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
- Facilitator: Associate Professor Stephanie Best, University of Melbourne
Scaling what works to improve childhood outcomes
Many practical insights and pearls of wisdom flowed from global experts Joe Elias and Jimmy McLauchlan, and it was clear that deep thinking, learning and planning are at the heart of efforts to scale promising social interventions.
Our speakers addressed how the path to scale can be found – and widened – by the joint work of practitioners, policymakers and leaders.
- Joe Elias, Global Health and Early Childhood Implementation Specialist
Senior Director Program Management, Sesame Workshop - Jimmy McLauchlan, Chief Development Officer, MMS, Program Lead – ENGAGE
- Facilitator: Dr Robyn Mildon, CEO, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
From evidence to strategy: Using what we learn to influence what we do
Evidence has a fundamental role in decision-making at the Gates Foundation. Data is not only used to identify which challenges to focus on, and what resources and comparative advantages might assist, but also in working out how to adapt and be locally relevant, and to create regular feedback loops that enable continual correction throughout implementation.
- Dr Suneeta Krishnan, Deputy Director India Country Office, Gates Foundation
- Facilitator: Dr Robyn Mildon, CEO Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
