Diane Finegood

E.W. Crampton Award

Presented by the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in conjunction with McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre, in recognition of distinguished service in fields dealing with nutrition and food (2011).

Inaugural Distinguished Lecturer Award

Presented by the Canadian Obesity Network, for outstanding contributions to the obesity research community in Canada (2009).

Frederick G. Banting Award

Presented by the Canadian Diabetes Association, for significant contributions through leadership in the diabetes community in Canada (2008).

University of Southern California

PhD

Physiology and Biophysics

1984

Northwestern University

MSc

Biomedical Engineering

1980

University of Michigan

BSChE

Chemical Engineering

1978

A Systems Approach to Implementation of Evidence

Global Implementation Conference  Toronto, Ontario (June 2017)

Complex is not the same as complicated

Global Civic Policy Society's Public Salon  Vancouver, BC (October 2016)

Innovation - Accelerating uptake

International Initiative for Mental health Leadership  Vancouver, BC (September 2015)

Scale-up and Spread of MEND Programs in Canada

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

MEND (Mind Exercise Nutrition Do-It!) is a scaleable childhood obesity treatment program imported from the UK to Canada. This project is studying the scale-up and spread of MEND into three provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia).

The CAPTURE Project (CAnadian Platform To increase Usage of Real world Evidence)

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Unique 3 year knowledge translation project focused on the vision of having effective primary prevention in Canada because we learn from what we do. Engaged more than 500 chronic disease prevention informants, including public health practitioners, evaluators, public health decision makers, and public health and intervention researchers in consultations using multiple methods including concept mapping, expert panels, stakeholder workshops, key informant interviews, focus groups, web surveys and usability testing. Built a web-based platform to support organizations and individuals in program and evaluation planning, reporting on progress, sharing and reflecting on the results of interventions, and connecting with others who are working with similar populations or interventions. Identified multiple needs and opportunities in building systems to support real-world learning for improvement.

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Beta-Cell Apoptosis and Autoimmunity Network

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

This program project grant followed from a previous grant from JDRF and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (for $2.7 million) to explore triggers and mechanisms of autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes.

Building Trust to Address the Epidemic of Obesity and Chronic Disease

McDonald’s Canada, Corus Entertainment, Pepsico, Kraft, US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Heart & Stroke Foundation's Health Check Program, Health Canada, CIHR and numerous other organizations

Led this national initiative with funding from government, NGOs and the private sector to convene three invitation-only events on building trust in 2008, 2009 and 2011, which have initiated numerous cross-sector collaborations.

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Cross-Sector Partnerships and Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Addressing Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases Through Engagement with the Private Sector.

Invited review article reflects our work in the area of public-private partnerships and their application to public health issues like obesity and chronic disease prevention. This is a contentious issue in the policy domain and we address both the challenges and the opportunities.

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Knowledge to action for solving complex problems: insights from a review of nine international cases.

This examination of nine international organizational experiences with bringing knowledge to action uses a systems lens to understand best practices.

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Systems Science and Obesity Policy: A Novel Framework for Analyzing and Rethinking Population-Level Planning.

This paper arises out of our research program applying systems thinking to the complexity of obesity and behavior change.

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