Dr. Brittany Barber
Sustainability Lead
With extensive experience working across health and public sectors, Brittany has applied knowledge of mixed methods to better understand the complexity of challenges and how research can be used to translate evidence to practice.
About
Dr. Barber is a PhD trained health systems scientist with expertise in health geography, behavior change, and implementation of evidence-based interventions. Brittany completed her doctoral studies at Dalhousie University before transitioning into a CIHR Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship with a health system partner. As an embedded scientist, her research focuses on environmentally sustainable learning health systems and improving implementation of evidence-based practice.
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Select published work
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Integrating Health Geography and Behavioral Economic Principles to Strengthen Context Specific Behavior Change Interventions. Journal of Translational Behavioral Medicine.
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Integrating Health Geography and Behavioral Economic Principles to Strengthen Context Specific Behavior Change Interventions. Journal of Translational Behavioral Medicine.
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Transitional Care Models in Canada for Older Adults Transitioning from Hospital to Home: A Protocol for a Systematic Review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports.
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Education
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Dalhousie University
PhD, Health
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Dalhousie University
MA, Health Promotion
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University of Western Ontario
BA, Social Justice and Peace Studies
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Certificates​
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The Center for Implementation - StrategEase: The HOW of Creating Sustainable Change
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UCL Centre for Behaviour Change International Training Programme: Advanced Module: Principles & Practice Behavioural Systems
