Valeria Rac

MD, PhD

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Dr. Valeria Rac’s research is focused on program and network evaluations and complex interventions in chronic disease management, working closely with patients and their family members, community partners, innovators, researchers and government/policy-makers. Using a variety of evaluative approaches to assess our healthcare system, she and her team provide rapid, timely feedback to all involved stakeholders that contribute to the establishment of a learning healthcare system. They generate rigorous evidence and decision support to implement innovative, system-disruptive technologies that empower patients, deliver the best outcomes, and create high-performing, cost-effective healthcare systems. She co-leads the Diabetes Action Canada Knowledge Mobilization, Implementation and Evaluation Program and Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program.

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Knowledge Mobilization

Knowledge mobilization (KM) involves activities that help create and use research in practical ways. For example, working together with patient partners to develop research and sharing the results with others are both KM activities. The goal of KM is to close the gap between research (what we know) and practice (what we do), enabling research to be applied in real-world settings more quickly to improve the lives of patients and the public.