Currently
PhD student
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
ryan.t.deforge@gmail.com
Research Interests
gerontology / health & aging
chronic disease management
knowledge brokering
public health
oranizational & systems level
communication
health services delivery
mental health and addiction
clinical practice guidelines
management science & org behaviour
implementation science
outcome evaluation
social work
risk communication
decision support tools
primary (health) care
education
knowledge dissemination
behavioral/decision sciences
health informatics
Methodologies
case study
social network analysis
qualitative: ethnography
qualitative: phenomenology
qualitative: grounded theory
qualitative: narrative
qualitative: critical paradigms of inquiry
mixed methods
quantitative: experimental
quantitative: observational
quantitative: secondary database analysis
quantitative: modeling
survey research
arts-based
Theoretical Perspectives
behavioural
socio-political
sociology
critical theories
structure & agency & KT
complexity theory
postmodern KT
political science
public and health policy
philosophy
KTTC roles
member
planning committee Winnipeg 2009-2010
steering committee 2010-
virtual seminar series working group 2010-
