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Event Description
Join us for the next session of Kids Brain Health Network’s Implementation Community series, where we’ll explore the evolving role of communities of practice within learning health systems.

Our featured speaker, Dr. Stephanie Brooks, will walk us through the concepts and real-world applications, offering actionable insights to help attendees build stronger, more effective collaborative communities.

Whether you’re a researcher, practitioner, policymaker, or community leader, this session will offer valuable guidance on strengthening implementation efforts and advancing health equity through learning health systems.

📅 Thursday, June 19, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
📍 Online via Zoom (link provided upon registration)

 

Session Objectives

  • Clarify the concept of learning health systems
  • Differentiate the various potential roles of communities of practice in learning health systems
  • Give recommendations on how to optimize communities of practice

 

About the Speaker
Stephanie Brooks, PhD, is a long-time member of the University of Alberta. There, she has held UofA research positions at the School of Public Health, the Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, and she currently works in the Office of the Vice President (Research & Innovation). Stephanie is a qualitative researcher with a primary focus on transdisciplinary research partnerships with ethno-cultural communities, equity-denied groups, and Alberta Health Services. Moreover, Stephanie is a certified implementation practitioner. Stephanie’s PhD research explored the intersections of implementation science and learning health systems. This research received funding from a CIHR Canadian Graduate Student – Doctoral Award. She is also a recipient of a 2023 Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship.