Karen Born

Assistant Professor & Program Director of M.HSc. in Health Administration Program at UofT

Karen Born is an Assistant Professor (teaching stream) and the Program Director of the M.HSc. in Health Administration program at the University of Toronto. Karen served as Knowledge Translation Lead for the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign from 2015–2022 and, in that capacity, was responsible for the dissemination of campaign content to patients and the public, the integration of the campaign into medical education, and coordination of the Choosing Wisely international collaboration. She is recognized for her ability to effectively disseminate and communicate research and evidence to a wide range of healthcare system stakeholders, including decision-makers and the public. Karen recently served as the Assistant Scientific Director for the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and co-founded the healthcare policy blog, healthydebate.ca. Karen teaches on knowledge translation, health policy, patient safety, quality improvement and resource stewardship.