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Stephanie Glegg

(she/her)

MSc, PhD, BSc

Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, UBC
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Occupational Therapist II and Knowledge Broker, Sunny Hill Health Centre

Moving evidence into action is vital to ensuring that children and their families have access to the safest, most effective health care innovations available. Dr. Glegg’s research examines the factors that enable and hinder evidence use in health care, and tests interventions to support the uptake of research and other forms of knowledge that can improve health services delivery.

Dr. Glegg’s research engages key stakeholders who benefit from or will be affected by the research, in order to ensure their perspectives, experience and expertise inform the work. Using mixed methods, her team explores the processes involved in knowledge translation and evidence informed practice at the individual, organizational, community, and health systems level across a range of settings. Her current work uses mixed methods, including surveys, interviews, focus groups, document review and social network analysis.

Social network analysis is a research approach that examines social processes. By mapping out the patterns of connections or interactions among people, organizations, or other entities, the social influences on different outcomes (e.g. evidence use) can be described and explained. Dr. Glegg uses this approach to study the use of evidence in organizations, communities and policy contexts to inform strategies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge translation efforts.

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, , Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
Research Group(s): Implementing Knowledge for Equity and System Change

Contact Information

Location

T325 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 2B5

stephanie.glegg@ubc.ca

Grants

2020-2023: Kids Brain Health Network, $200,000. Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: Jean-Paul Collet. Project: National scale-up of the New-PAC physical activity coaching program to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

2019-2022: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Implementation Science Team Project Grant, $500,000. Role: Co-Research Lead; Principal Investigator: Lise Olsen. Project: Implementing physical activity programs in communities for children with neuro-disabilities.

2019-2022: British Columbia Ministry of Health, $436,803. Role: Principal Investigator: Jean-Paul Collet. Project: Implementing physical activity programs in Indigenous rural and remote communities for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

2018-2019: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Implementation Science Team Development Grant, $20,000 (matched funds by KBHN). Role: Researcher Co-Lead; Principal Investigator: William McKellin. Project: Implementing physical activity programs in communities for children with neurodisabilities.

2018-2020: BC SUPPORT Unit Methods Cluster Project Grant, $85,650. Role: Co-Applicant; Principal Applicant: Sarah Munro. Project: Using documentary as a method of knowledge translation to reach the “Sandwich Generation.”

2018-2020: Kids Brain Health Network, $199,150. Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: Jean-Paul Collet. Project: Knowledge translation to support evidence-informed physical activity program coaching for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

2018-2019: CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Translation Innovation Incubator Grant, $20,000. Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: Shazhan Amed. Project: Child-Sized KT: An online portal for family engagement in child health research.

2018-2019: UBC Faculty of Medicine Strategic Investment Fund, $60,600. Role: Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: Shazhan Amed. Project: Child-Sized KT: Development of a digital strategy for an online child health research engagement platform for patients and families.

2017-2018: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research REACH Award, $10,000. Role: Trainee co-applicant; Principal Investigator: Jill Zwicker. Project: The DCD Advocacy Toolkit: Supporting diagnosis and intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder in British Columbia.

2016-2019: CHILD-BRIGHT Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Initiative, $625,662. Role: Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: Keiko Shikako-Thomas. Project: Jooay: User experience and effectiveness of a mobile App designed to increase leisure participation in adolescents with disabilities.

2016-2021: CIHR Foundation Scheme - Live Pilot, $684,199. Role: Co-Knowledge User; Principal Investigator: Jill Zwicker. Project: Using brain mapping to examine predictors of developmental coordination disorder and response to intervention.

2025-2027: Kids Brain Health Network/Brain Canada & Michaels Smith Health Research BC, $400,000. Role: Principal Investigator.

Honours & Awards

2020: CPDD Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, $1200. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, to present at Annual Scientific Meeting.

2019-2022: CIHR Fellowship, $150,000. CIHR, ranked 2nd of 105 applicants in the national competition.

2018: Best Paper Award, $250 USD. International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies.

2018: Kids Brain Health Network Lab Exchange Award, $1000. Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN), for career development in brain health research.

2016-2019: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, $150,000. CIHR, for scholarly achievement and demonstrated leadership.

2016-2019: Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program Career Enhancement Award. CCHCSP, for child health clinician researchers training to be clinician scientists.

2016-2019: UBC Public Scholars Award, $12,000. UBC, for innovative, collaborative scholarship that contributes to the public interest.

2016-2020: Four Year Fellowship, $96,725. UBC, for academic achievement.

2016: CIHR Doctoral Award, $105,000 (declined to accept Vanier Scholarship). CIHR, ranked 2nd of 432 applicants in the national competition.

2016: Child & Family Research Institute Graduate Studentship, $40,000 (declined to accept Vanier Scholarship).

2015-2016: Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award, $14,000. UBC, for outstanding academic and research excellence, and personal characteristics.

2015-2016: Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Scholarship, $40,000. UBC, for top student in Rehabilitation Sciences PhD program.

2015: Best Student Paper, $200 USD. International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation.

2014: Best Short Paper, $200 USD. International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies.

2012: David W. Strangway Affiliated Fellowship, $5333. UBC, for academic excellence.

2011: Frederick Banting & Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award, $17,500. CIHR, for outstanding students pursuing master’s studies in health sciences.

2009: Graduate Entrance Scholarship, $6199. UBC, for the top MSc student entering the Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program.

2008: Excellence in Education Award. Children’s & Women’s (C&W) Health Centre of BC, for the development of clinical protocols for virtual rehabilitation.

2008: Excellence in Education Award, Honourable Mention. C&W Health Centre of BC, for mentoring/clinical teaching.

2004: Brock Fahrni Prize in Occupational Therapy, $130. UBC, for head of the graduating class in Rehabilitation Sciences.

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