Our Speakers

We have gathered a stellar, international group of scholars to share their experience with theory work in implementation science, including Professor Tracy Finch, Northumbria University, U.K., Professor Roman Kislov, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K., Dr Lisa Pfadenhauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, and Associate Professor Sarah Birken, Wake Forest University, U.S.

Sarah Birken, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Implementation Science at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Her scholarship relates to the selection and application of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks, and the role of context, particularly interorganizational relationships, in implementation. Dr. Birken has a strong commitment to community service, particularly to address food insecurity. 
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Tracy Finch is Professor of Healthcare & Implementation Science at Northumbria University (UK). As an Implementation Scientist and co-developer of Normalisation Process Theory (NPT), her research spans wide-ranging complex health and care interventions. Key applications of implementation science include development and evaluation of theory-informed implementation toolkits, advancing conceptual and practical work on implementation tailoring, and understanding how implementation outcome measurements can be more pragmatic.
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Roman Kislov is Professor of Health Policy and Management at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has substantial experience in leading qualitative longitudinal research on the processes and practices of knowledge mobilisation. His research interests include boundary spanning, collective leadership and theory development. Roman is Associate Editor of Implementation Science Communications and co-author of the Cambridge Element on Implementation Science (Cambridge University Press).
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Lisa Pfadenhauer is an implementation scientist working in public health, with a particular interest in how we understand and work with context in complex interventions. Much of her interest lies in the intersection of theory development, selection, integration, adaptation and application along various complex public health interventions in the global context and what we can learn from that.
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