Knowledge Broker
IWK Health / Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)
Laura Gibson, MA is health policy specialist based at IWK Health in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She currently works as a Knowledge Broker for Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), a national knowledge mobilization network working to improve evidence-based children’s pain management through coordination and collaboration.
After completing her training in health policy administration at Carewest Innovative Healthcare (Calgary, AB) in 2018, she accepted a position as a provincial policy advisor for Alberta Health Services where she received a nomination for the President’s Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in People Excellence.
Laura is a member of the national working group developing a standard in pediatric pain management with the Health Standards Organization (HSO), and is a passionate advocate for finding cost-effective and practical solutions to complex problems in the Canadian health system.
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Thursday, December 1, 2022
12:15pm – 2:45pm