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Maureen Dobbins
B.Sc.N., Ph.D.

Maureen Dobbins joined the School of Nursing in 1999 and is currently a tenured Associate Professor with a cross appointment with Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and School of Rehabilitation Sciences. Maureen is also a career scientist funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health.

Maureen has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from McMaster University and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Toronto.

She has conducted several national studies focused on knowledge transfer and exchange and public health decision-making. Maureen is currently conducting a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a knowledge broker on public health decision-making. She also launched www.health-evidence.ca in March 2005 which is a registry of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions.

Maureen plans to continue to evaluate knowledge brokering and evidence-informed decision-making in public health, in Canada and internationally over the next five years.

Selected recent publications include:

Dobbins M, De Corby K, Robeson P, Husson H, Tirilis D. School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6-18. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD007651. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007651.

Dobbins, M., Robeson, P, DesMueles , M., Jentha, N (2008). A methodology for searching the grey literature for effectiveness evidence syntheses related to public health: A report from Canada. Health Inform Journal, 17(1): 9-12. 

Dobbins, M., DeCorby, K., Manske, S., Goldblatt, E. (2008). Effective Practices for School-Based Tobacco Use Prevention. Preventive Medicine, 46: 289-97. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.10.003.

Dobbins, M., Rosenbaum, P., Plews, N., Law, M., Fysh, A. (2007 Information Transfer: What do decision-makers want and need from researchers. Implementation Science, 2 (20). Available at: http://www.implementationscience.com/content/2/1/20.

Dobbins, M., Jack, S.M., Thomas, H., Kothari, A. (2007).  Public Health Decision Makers’ Informational Needs and Preferences for Receiving Research Evidence. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 4(3): 156-163

Dobbins, M., Davies, B., Danseco, E., Edwards, N., Virani, T. (2005). Changing Nursing Practice: Evaluating the Usefulness of a Best Practice Guideline Implementation Toolkit. The Canadian Journal on Nursing Leadership 18(1): 34-45.

Dobbins, M., Ciliska, D., Estabrooks, C.A., Hayward, S. (2005). Chapter 11: Changing Nursing Practice in an Organization. In: DiCenso, A., Ciliska, A., Guyatt, G. Evidence-Based- Nursing: A Guide to Clinical Practice. Philadelphia: Elsevier Publishing.

Dobbins, M., DeCorby, K. (2004). A Knowledge Transfer Strategy for Public Health Decision Makers. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 2: 100-108.

Dobbins, M., Thomas, H., O’Brien, MA, Duggan, M. (2004) The Use of Systematic Reviews in the Development of New Provincial Public Health Policies in Ontario. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 20:4, 399-404.