Canada Research Chair (Tier II) Renewal

We are happy to announce that Dr. Shannon Scott has once again been awarded the Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation for Child Health! Huge congratulations to all the other CRC Award Holders, especially those at the University of Alberta. We are pleased to be working among such distinguished colleagues! ECHO The ECHO research program … Read more

Our Gastroenteritis Tool Was Featured in the Winnipeg Free Press!

Sick All Night

Check out this article about our Gastroenteritis e-Book, Sick All Night: When to go to the Hospital with Childhood Vomiting and Diarrhea, in the Winnipeg Free Press. View our gastro resources ECHO The ECHO research program is focused on improving health outcomes for children with acute health conditions through the application of the best available evidence … Read more

Book Review – One Family’s Story: Learning to Live with Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain

Check out this review of our e-Book for Pediatric Chronic Pain published in the Pediatric Pain Letter by Dr. Deirdre E. Logan, of the Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood, International Association for the Study of Pain. View our chronic pain resources ECHO The ECHO research program is focused on improving health outcomes for … Read more

Chronic Pain Book Review

Chronic Pain

“Over a concise but powerful 48 pages, a team of researchers and clinicians from the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the University of Alberta manage to convey a simple but outstandingly relatable narrative full of educational content for both children experiencing chronic pain and their parents.”   Do you know a child who may be experiencing … Read more

Knowledge translation – using what we know!

“The purpose of knowledge translation in children’s health care is to make sure that the decisions that are being made are informed by the latest research.” – Dr. Shannon Scott     Using what we know: bringing evidence and practice to parents.     This article was featured in the winter 2009–2010 edition of the … Read more

Shannon Scott, Awarded Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 under 40

  In 2009, Dr. Shannon Scott was honoured with an Avenue Magazine Top 40 Under 40 Award for “being a star in the new field of knowledge translation.” Get to know the rest of our team! ECHO The ECHO research program is focused on improving health outcomes for children with acute health conditions through the application … Read more

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