Dr. Janet Curran PhD RN (she/her)
Principal Investigator
Quality and Patient Safety Research Chair,
IWK Health, NS Health, NS Department of Health,
Professor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Email: jacurran@dal.ca
Dr. Curran is a Professor in the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University and a Clinician Scientist in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at IWK Health where she currently holds a New Investigator Award. Her research program, Strengthening Transitions in Pediatric Care, aims to improve health outcomes for children and families. Transitions in care happen every time a child moves from one health care provider or health care setting to another or when their health condition changes. Poorly managed transitions between sites of care and caregivers result in higher hospital re-admission rates, adverse events, duplication of services, and higher costs. Dr. Curran's research is in the field of Knowledge Translation (KT) - specifically designing and evaluating complex interventions for practice and policy change.
Dr. Curran completed her PhD (2009) in Interdisciplinary Studies (Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Doctoral Award) at Dalhousie University and a Postdoctoral Fellowship (2012) in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award). Dr. Curran collaborates with a number of local, national and international researchers from a range of disciplines and knowledge users representing a range of stakeholder groups. She is the author of over 60 peer reviewed papers and has given more than 100 presentations at international, national, and local meetings.
Principal Investigator
Quality and Patient Safety Research Chair,
IWK Health, NS Health, NS Department of Health,
Professor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Email: jacurran@dal.ca
Dr. Curran is a Professor in the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University and a Clinician Scientist in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at IWK Health where she currently holds a New Investigator Award. Her research program, Strengthening Transitions in Pediatric Care, aims to improve health outcomes for children and families. Transitions in care happen every time a child moves from one health care provider or health care setting to another or when their health condition changes. Poorly managed transitions between sites of care and caregivers result in higher hospital re-admission rates, adverse events, duplication of services, and higher costs. Dr. Curran's research is in the field of Knowledge Translation (KT) - specifically designing and evaluating complex interventions for practice and policy change.
Dr. Curran completed her PhD (2009) in Interdisciplinary Studies (Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Doctoral Award) at Dalhousie University and a Postdoctoral Fellowship (2012) in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award). Dr. Curran collaborates with a number of local, national and international researchers from a range of disciplines and knowledge users representing a range of stakeholder groups. She is the author of over 60 peer reviewed papers and has given more than 100 presentations at international, national, and local meetings.
