LHS:STAT

About LHS:STAT

Learning Health Systems: Speak Together, Act Together

Publisher

Ctr

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 May 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   JustIS in LHS Episode 6: Discussion with Ejemai Eboreime

   Whose Knowledge Counts? Rethinking Implementation Science with Dr. Ejemai Eboreime Whose knowledge shapes how we create change in health systems—and whose knowledge gets overlooked? In this episode of LHS’s JustIS in LHS series, introduced by Denise Thomson, host Dr. Stephanie Montesanti speaks with Dr. Ejemai Eboreime about knowledge, power, and equity in implementation science. Drawing on his experiences as a physician, public health practitioner, and researcher in Nigeria and Canada, Dr. Eboreime explores how dominant frameworks can overlook the community knowledge, relationships, and governance structures that make change possible. Through stories from polio vaccination efforts, work with people displaced by conflict, and partnerships with African Nova Scotian communities, the conversation examines epistemic injustice—how some people’s knowledge is privileged while others’ is undervalued. Together, they explore Ubuntu, relational ways of knowing, meaningful community involvement, and researchers’ ethical responsibilities beyond the life of a grant. This episode invites us to consider how different ways of knowing can reshape implementation science itself—and help learning health systems become more equitable, accountable, and responsive to the communities they serve.

2. 

   28 Aug 2026

   Podcast 9: AB POR You - Andrea Furlan

   In this unforgettable episode of the Arts-Based Patient-Oriented Research For You series, hosts Candace Ramjohn and Minn-Nyoung Yoon speak with Dr. Andrea Furlan, about transforming complex health evidence into accessible YouTube content. Dr. Furlan is a physician-scientist. She is Professor in the Division of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, in the Department of Medicine of the University of Toronto. Andrea’s research focus is on the management of chronic pain. This includes diagnosis, treatment and education. She was the team leader who developed the Canadian Opioid Guideline in 2010, and she developed a tool and App to help physicians apply the guideline’s recommendations. She is Chair of “ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship”, a telementoring project that aims to teach clinicians in rural and underserved areas how to help patients with chronic pain to live a better life. Dr. Furlan shares how a simple idea to better educate her patients grew into a global platform reaching people in more than 140 countries. She reflects on overcoming fears about professional credibility, maintaining ethical boundaries, countering misinformation with trustworthy content, and measuring impact beyond academic publications. Through powerful stories from patients around the world, this conversation explores social media as a creative knowledge mobilization tool—and shows how clear, evidence-based communication can help patients understand chronic pain, support self-management, and participate more fully in their care. Dr. Furlan also offers practical and candid advice for researchers and healthcare professionals considering their own journey into digital education. Learn more about Dr. Furlan and her work: www.doctorandreafurlan.com/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctorandreafurlan.com%2F&token=ad70c5-1-1787948557762) www.youtube.com/c/DrAndreaFurlan (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fc%2FDrAndreaFurlan&token=2a8bfa-1-1787948557762)

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   15 Jul 2026

   Podcast 8: AB POR You - Ingrid Nielssen

   In this inspiring episode of LHS:STAT – Learning Health Systems: Speak Together, Act Together, host Candace Ramjohn welcomes Ingrid Nielssen, Patient Engagement Coordinator with the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, for a thoughtful conversation about what it truly means to engage people with lived experience as partners in research. Together, they explore how arts-based approaches can transform patient-oriented research—not simply as creative outputs, but as intentional methods for building trust, strengthening relationships, honouring lived experience, and generating more meaningful evidence. Ingrid shares stories from the PaCER (Patient and Community Engagement Research) Program, reflections on co-designing research with Indigenous youth, and practical insights into creating equitable research environments where every voice is valued. The discussion moves beyond methods to examine the foundations of excellent research: trust, transparency, collaboration, humility, and curiosity. Listeners will hear why research is both a process and a product, how arts-based knowledge mobilization can make evidence more accessible, and why patient-oriented research is strongest when it embraces collective knowledge and multiple ways of knowing. Whether you are a researcher, patient partner, clinician, student, or knowledge mobilizer, this episode offers practical wisdom and powerful reflections on creating research that is not only rigorous, but deeply human. Join us for a conversation that reminds us that impactful research begins with relationships—and that when we create space for diverse perspectives, we create stronger science for everyone.

4. 

   15 Jul 2026

   Podcast 7: AB POR You - Oralia Gómez-Ramirez

   Evaluating Creativity: Arts-Based Approaches, Public Health, and Graphic Medicine with Dr. Oralia Gómez-Ramírez How do we know whether arts-based approaches are actually making a difference? In this episode of AB POR You (Arts-Based Patient-Oriented Research for You), host Candace Ramjohn speaks with Dr. Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, as they explore the intersection of evaluation, public health, creativity, and arts-based knowledge mobilization. Dr. Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, MA, PhD, Credentialed Evaluator (CE), is a sociocultural anthropologist, implementation and applied public health expert, and research methodologist currently working as an Evaluation Specialist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). Through her practice, she strives to expand the evaluators’ traditional toolkit and enrich ways of doing public health evaluation by using arts- and creativity-based methods for different evaluative tasks and by fostering team-based, collaborative, and interdisciplinary-rich approaches. Drawing from her experience using photography, zines, creative writing, games, and comics in evaluation practice, Dr. Gómez-Ramírez challenges the assumption that arts-based approaches are inherently effective, emphasizing the importance of thoughtful evaluation, equity, context, and intentional design. She shares lessons learned from applying creative methods in public health settings, discusses the opportunities and challenges of evaluating arts-based initiatives, and reflects on the untapped potential of graphic medicine and comics as tools for research, communication, and learning. A thought-provoking conversation for researchers, evaluators, patient partners, knowledge mobilizers, and anyone interested in advancing arts-based approaches with both creativity and rigour. Learn more: - Personal website: www.oraliagr.com/ (https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oraliagr.com%2F&token=ebd51-1-1784144470440) - Mereth Li-Volmer’s website showing comics usage in public health: publichealthinsider.com/author/phcomms/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublichealthinsider.com%2Fauthor%2Fphcomms%2F&token=ce611b-1-1784144470440) - Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan’s example of doctoral dissertation turned into graphic novel: Gringo Love - University of Toronto Press - Emily Ferris’ My Favorite Thing is Monsters: www.fantagraphics.com/collections/emil-ferris (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fantagraphics.com%2Fcollections%2Femil-ferris&token=48a193-1-1784144470440)

5. 

   15 Jul 2026

   Podcast 5: JustIS in LHS - Paul Cairney

   Beyond the Myth of Perfect Policy Coherence: Wicked Problems, Values, and Learning in Complex Systems What if the policy coherence we so often strive for is not only unattainable, but potentially the wrong goal? In this thought-provoking episode in the JustIS in LHS series introduced by Denise Thomson, Associate Director of the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team, host Stephanie Montesanti, Co-Lead of the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team, engages with renowned policy scholar Professor Paul Cairney, University of Stirling, Scotland, to explore the realities of policymaking in complex systems. Together, they examine why wicked challenges such as climate change, health inequities, poverty, and Indigenous health continue to resist simple solutions despite widespread calls for integrated, whole-of-government approaches. The conversation unpacks the concept of perfect policy coherence, highlighting the tensions between values, politics, evidence, and institutional structures that shape policy decisions. Listeners will gain insights into policy learning, boundary spanning, democratic governance, and the role of values in advancing equity and meaningful change. This episode offers a compelling perspective for policymakers, researchers, implementation scientists, and health system leaders seeking to navigate complexity and create more equitable and responsive learning health systems. Listen now to explore why learning and adaptation—not perfect coherence—may be the key to lasting systems change.

6. 

   4 May 2026

   Podcast 6: AB POR You - Jane Zhao

   The next invigorating and inspiring episode has arrived, enveloped in insightful conversation with Jane Zhao, comic artist and primary care researcher based in Toronto, Canada. Jane is also completing a PhD in health policy and health services research at the University of Toronto. We foray into the topic of positionality, Jane's story and her personal experiences and reflections on arts-based approaches, particularly comics, in health research. We explore how creative methods can deepen research by making knowledge more accessible, relational, and impactful. Through Jane's storytelling and lived experience, it highlights how arts-based approaches foster meaningful engagement, amplify diverse voices, and bridge the gap between evidence and practice. Listeners (from the arts-based KMb curious to the connoisseur) will continue to gain insight into how creativity can transform the way we understand, share, and mobilize knowledge within learning health systems. Hosted by Candace Ramjohn, Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team. Links to Jane's work: Cover art for a journal: ojs.library.dal.ca/hpj/article/view/11721/10509 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fojs.library.dal.ca%2Fhpj%2Farticle%2Fview%2F11721%2F10509&token=c4f371-1-1777916139243) Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/chal…i=1000655168545 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fca%2Fpodcast%2Fchallenging-false-divides-in-arts-humanities-and-sciences%2Fid1669100558%3Fi%3D1000655168545&token=209ca-1-1777916139243) Book chapter : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1…19853855.ch24 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2Fepdf%2F10.1002%2F9781119853855.ch24&token=866ae6-1-1777916139243)

7. 

   11 Mar 2026

   Podcast 5: AB POR You - Minn Yoon

   The conversation continues on Arts-based Patient Oriented Research for You (AB POR You) series, with special guest Minn N. Yoon, Associate Professor, Mike Petryk School of Dentistry. Dr. Minn N. Yoon is an associate professor at the University of Alberta who utilizes arts-based research, such as the "see me, hear me, heal me" project, to humanize the clinical experiences of patients with head and neck cancer. By integrating storytelling and visual arts into research and knowledge mobilization, she advocates for a more empathetic, social approach to healthcare that addresses the needs of vulnerable and marginalized populations. Hosted by Candace Ramjohn, Visual Alchemist and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist with the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team. Discover more about Minn and her work at apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/minnnyou (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapps.ualberta.ca%2Fdirectory%2Fperson%2Fminnnyou&token=78f763-1-1773251268780)

8. 

   28 Jan 2026

   Podcast 4: AB POR YOU - Alexis Attinoto

   Listen in on the next exciting conversation in the Arts-based Patient Oriented Research for You (AB POR You) series, with guest Alexis Louise Attinoto, MS, BSN-RN, a Nurse research coordinator from Chicago, Illinois as she shares her experiences and explorations in Graphic Medicine and arts-based knowledge mobilization from a science communication perspective. Hosted by Candace Ramjohn, Visual Alchemist and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist with the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team. Discover more about Alexis Attinoto: alexislouisehealthycommunications.wordpress.com/ (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falexislouisehealthycommunications.wordpress.com%2F&token=7f59e2-1-1769628728627) orcid.org/0009-0002-9366-4182 (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0009-0002-9366-4182&token=42b404-1-1769628728627)

9. 

   14 Nov 2025

   Podcast 3: AB POR You - Yelena Gluzman

   In this next exciting conversation of the Arts-Based POR You series, hear Yelena Gluzman, an interdisciplinary scholar and an experimental theater director and filmmaker whose work draws on feminist STS, critical disability studies, ethnomethodology and distributed cognition. Her recent projects investigate how "other minds" are staged in laboratory experiments (Cognitive Neuroscience and the Experimental Theater of Other Minds, 2021), and trace the distributed and embodied communication ecologies of captioners who transcribe in real time for d/Deaf and Hard-of-hearing students. Her publications contribute to discussions on performance as research (PaR) and consider the promises of experimental reflexivity and "research as theater" (RaT). She is currently Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Studies in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta.

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    28 Oct 2025

    Podcast 2: ABPORYou - Michael Frost

    Tune in to another exceptional episode of the LHS:STAT AB POR You (Arts-based Patient-Oriented Research [for] You series, where we engage in reflexive conversations on arts-based knowledge mobilization and what it means for whom, with whom, and by whom this work is being done. Hosted by Candace Ramjohn, Visual Alchemist and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist for the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, this episode features Michael Frost - an artist, an Advocate, a gardener, a care partner for his mom, and a volunteer at a local community respite care organization. Michael is also an autistic person who is active in the patient-oriented research space, exploring oral healthcare and non-evidenced disability. Check out Michael's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@sculptingthoughtsculptingd223 (https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2F%40sculptingthoughtsculptingd223&token=65a346-1-1761607867939)

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    27 Oct 2025

    Podcast 1: ABPORYou - Kathleen Sitter

    Tune in to the exceptional first episode of the LHS:STAT AB POR You (Arts-based Patient-Oriented Research [for] You series, where we engage in reflexive conversations on arts-based knowledge mobilization and what it means for whom, with whom, and by whom this work is being done. Hosted by Candace Ramjohn, Visual Alchemist and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist for the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, this episode features Kathy Sitter, PhD, and Canada Research Chair in Multisensory Storytelling in Research and Knowledge Translation, Dorothy Killam Fellow, and Professor with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, and Adjunct Professor with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University. Dr. Sitter's transdisciplinary research advances novel sensory methodologies that center on lived experience and support whole-person care to inform decision-making in healthcare and social practice. She has led and collaborated on projects spanning digital storytelling, theatre, 4D installations, smellscapes, and tactile mapping. Her portfolio includes more than 500 creative and scholarly contributions, with over 200 invited and juried exhibitions. She is the Director of the Multisensory Research Studio, where she leads projects focused on storytelling, accessible research design, and sensory-based knowledge sharing. Highlighted works include: multisensorystudio.ca Patientstories.ca cumming.ucalgary.ca/research/psychi…lm-team-members (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcumming.ucalgary.ca%2Fresearch%2Fpsychiatry-oncology%2Fcalm%2Fcalm-team-members&token=93d25e-1-1761606740184) Stoplivingsecretlives.com Cartoon abstract: www.tandfonline.com/action/download…1257_sm0001.jpg (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Faction%2FdownloadSupplement%3Fdoi%3D10.1080%252F02615479.2015.1131257%26file%3Dcswe_a_1131257_sm0001.jpg&token=222fd8-1-1761606740184) The Cut of It: www.multisensorystudio.ca/the-cut-of-it (https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.multisensorystudio.ca%2Fthe-cut-of-it&token=7c0cb9-1-1761606740184)

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    8 May 2025

    Podcast 4: JustIS in LHS – Discussion with Seye Abimbola

    Welcome to the Learning Health Systems: Speak Together, Act Together (LHS: STAT) podcast! This podcast is a collaboration between Dr. Stephanie Montesanti, Academic Lead of the AbSPORU Learning Health System (LHS) Team and also on Faculty at School of Public Health at the University of Alberta; Dr. Cory Bradley, Faculty at the Center of Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) at Northwestern University and podcast host of Catch the Power with Dr. Bradley (https://www.podpage.com/catch-the-power-with-dr-bradley/). In this continuation of the JustIS in LHS podcast series, Dr. Stephanie Montesanti and Dr. Cory Bradley engage in a profound and enlightening discourse with Dr. Seye Abimbola. Introduction by Denise Thomson, Associate Director of the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team.

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    8 May 2025

    Podcast 3: JustIS in LHS – Discussion with Katie Hoskins

    Welcome to the Learning Health Systems: Speak Together, Act Together (LHS: STAT) podcast! This podcast is a collaboration between Dr. Stephanie Montesanti, Academic Lead of the AbSPORU Learning Health System (LHS) Team and also on Faculty at School of Public Health at the University of Alberta; Dr. Cory Bradley, Faculty at the Center of Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) at Northwestern University and podcast host of Catch the Power with Dr. Bradley (https://www.podpage.com/catch-the-power-with-dr-bradley/). This episode of the series centers on Embedding Equity in Implementation Science for better and more equity-focused learning health systems: JustIS in LHS. The podcast delivers a high-energy and rich discussion between Dr. Katie Hoskins, on Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Stephanie Montesanti and Dr. Cory Bradley, about opportunities to advance equity through implementation strategy. Introduction and closing of the discussion by Denise Thomson, Associate Director of the AbSPORU LHS Team.

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    8 May 2025

    Podcast 2: JustIS in LHS – Discussion between Cory Bradley, Carl May and Stephanie Montesanti

    Welcome to the Learning Health Systems: Speak Together, Act Together (LHS: STAT) podcast! This podcast is a collaboration between Dr. Stephanie Montesanti, Academic Lead of the AbSPORU Learning Health System (LHS) Team and also on Faculty at School of Public Health at the University of Alberta; Dr. Cory Bradley, Faculty at the Center of Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) at Northwestern University and podcast host of Catch the Power with Dr. Bradley (https://www.podpage.com/catch-the-power-with-dr-bradley/). Join Dr. Stephanie Montesanti as she engages with Dr. Carl R. May and Dr. Cory Bradley in this riveting discussion on equity and social justice in implementation during the Implementation Science Collaborative discussion series from April 2024 titled Situating Implementation Science (IS) in res(IS)tance: Using critical theory to advance new practics that advance health equity in the design and evaluation of implementation processes. Listen and explore the conversation that inspired the Sowing Seeds of Equity: Cultivating Change in Implementation Science event and the JustIS in LHS podcast series. Introduction and closing of the discussion by Denise Thomson, Associate Director of the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit Learning Health System Team.

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    8 May 2025

    Podcast 1: JustIS in LHS – Introduction with Stephanie Montesanti and Cory Bradley

    Welcome to the Learning Health Systems: Speak Together, Act Together (LHS: STAT) podcast! This podcast is a collaboration between Dr. Stephanie Montesanti, Academic Lead of the AbSPORU Learning Health System (LHS) Team and also on Faculty at School of Public Health at the University of Alberta; Dr. Cory Bradley, Faculty at the Center of Dissemination and Implementation Science (CDIS) at Northwestern University and podcast host of Catch the Power with Dr. Bradley (https://www.podpage.com/catch-the-power-with-dr-bradley/). This episode of the series centers on Embedding Equity in Implementation Science for better and more equity-focused learning health systems: JustIS in LHS. There is no better introduction than this engaging discourse between Dr. Stephanie Montesanti and Dr. Cory Bradley, co-hosts of the Sowing Seeds of Equity: Cultivating Change in Implementation Science. Learn what has inspired and motivated them to bring this event and the JustIS in LHS podcast series to life. Introduction by Denise Thomson, Associate Director of the Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Learning Health System Team.

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