Dr Kristin Konnyu

Dr Kristin Konnyu
Dr Kristin Konnyu
Dr Kristin Konnyu

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Implementation Science in the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation at the University of Aberdeen where I teach and conduct research on evidence synthesis and implementation science in health, public health, and increasingly, climate change mitigation and adaptation interventions. Prior to this role, I was an Assistant Professor in the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health at Brown University where I led multiple systematic reviews for the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality as part of Brown’s Evidence Based Practice unit and taught graduate and undergraduate evidence synthesis and implementation science methods courses.

The broad focus of my work over the past two decades has been enhancing methods of knowing ‘what we know’ (evidence synthesis) and ‘how do we get what we know into practice’ (implementation science). I am particularly interested in complex systems that often involve multiple actors performing multiple behaviours over time to achieve a target change (e.g., de-implementing low value care, adopting novel healthcare innovations). I hold degrees across several disciplines (basic sciences, rehabilitation, education, epidemiology) and am interested in complex problems requiring complex solutions; I thus take a strong interdisciplinary approach to my work and value working in interdisciplinary collaborations.

I am co-course coordinator for one PGT course at the University of Aberdeen (PU5031: Evidence-based health) and evaluator for two other courses (PU5027: Fundamentals of research design and PU5038: Designing real-world trials). I welcome supervising both Masters- and PhD-level students interested in implementation or evidence synthesis methods for complex problems (e.g., decarbonising healthcare, addressing implementation gaps, etc.).

Qualifications

  • PhD Epidemiology 
    2018 - University of Ottawa 

    Focus on methods of synthesizing complex (implementation) interventions

  • BEd Education 
    2013 - University of Ottawa 
  • MSc Rehabilitation Sciences 
    2008 - University of British Columbia 
  • BSc Anatomy and cell biology 
    2005 - McGill University 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • LGBTQIA+ champion, SMMSN
  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Committee, SMMSN
  • Athena Swan Committee, SMMSN
External Memberships
  • Member and Author, Cochrane Collaboration (2008-Present)
  • Methods editor, Climate Solutions Working Group, Campbell Collaboration (2023-Present)
  • Member, Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (2022-Present)

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

  • Robert L. Kane Memorial Award for report with strong clarity and conciseness, Annual  AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Meeting reports published between 2021-2022. (2022)
  • Joseph De Koninick Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, University of Ottawa (2019)
  • Worton Researcher in Training Award, The Ottawa Hospital (2018)
  • Award of Excellence, Faculty of Medicine Awards in Education, University of Ottawa (2017)
Research

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.


Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Applied Health Sciences

Supervising
Accepting PhDs
Teaching

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

I am co-course coordinator for one PGT course at the University of Aberdeen (PU5031: Evidence-based health) and evaluator for two other courses (PU5027: Fundamentals of research design and PU5038: Designing real-world trials). 

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

I regularly teach short courses on methods of implementation science and evidence synthesis for small groups or webinars as well as one-on-one tutoring. 

Publications

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  • Schedule of Visits and Televisits for Routine Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review

    Balk, E. M., Konnyu, K., Cao, W., Bhuma, M. R., Danilack, V. A., Adam, G. P., Matteson, K. A., Peahl, A. F.
    Commissioned by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National Institutes of Health (NIH). 219 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Systematic reviews can guide clinical practice and new research on primary headaches in pregnancy: An editorial on the 2022 American Headache Society Members' Choice Award paper

    Saldanha, I. J., Bhuma, M. R., Konnyu, K. J., Adam, G. P., Zullo, A. R., Chen, K. K., Roth, J. L., Balk, E. M., Cao, W.
    Headache, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 774-776
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Pharmacotherapy interventions for adolescent co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders: a systematic review

    Scott, K., Helseth, S. A., Saldanha, I. J., Balk, E. M., Adam, G. P., Konnyu, K. J., Steele, D. W., Becker, S. J.
    Family Practice, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 301-310
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Management of Acute Left-Sided Colonic Diverticulitis: A Systematic Review

    Balk, E. M., Adam, G. P., Bhuma, M. R., Konnyu, K. J., Saldanha, I. J., Beland, M. D., Shah, N.
    Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 175, no. 3, pp. 379-387
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Infrastructures of trust: The case for investing in vaccine demand

    Friedhoff, S., Winner, D., Dodson, K., Perkinson, L., Konnyu, K., Claflin, C., Nair-Desai, S., Cohen Tanugi-Carresse, A., Chen, K., Nambiar, K., Castellon-Perez, N., Ranney, M., Aubert, R., Buttenheim, A., Wardle, C., Halle, T.
    The Rockefeller Foundation. 87 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
  • Imputing intracluster correlation coefficients from a posterior predictive distribution is a feasible method of dealing with unit of analysis errors in a meta-analysis of cluster RCTs

    Konnyu, K. J., Taljaard, M., Ivers, N. M., Moher, D., Grimshaw, J. M.
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 139, pp. 307-318
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Factors affecting healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and uptake: a living behavioural science evidence synthesis

    Crawshaw, J., Konnyu, K., Castillo, G., van, A. Z., Grimshaw, J., Presseau, J.
    57 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Management of primary headaches during pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding: A systematic review

    Saldanha, I. J., Bhuma, M. R., Konnyu, K. J., Adam, G. P., Mehta, S., Zullo, A. R., Chen, K. K., Roth, J. L., Balk, E. M., Cao, W.
    Headache, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 11-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Behavior Change Techniques in Continuing Professional Development

    Konnyu, K. J., McCleary, N., Presseau, J., Ivers, N. M., Grimshaw, J. M.
    The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 268-273
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice [protocol for a Cochrane review update]

    Ivers, N., Antony, J., Konnyu, K., O'Connor, D. A., Presseau, J., Grimshaw, J. M.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 13, no. 6, CD000259
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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