Implementation Research in Policy and Practice (HRI Event)

The Centre for Implementation Research UL is a multidisciplinary centre aimed to enhance the adoption of evidence-based research, policies, programs, and professional practices for effective service delivery to public entities, industry collaborators and other established partnerships.

The Centre for Implementation Research University of Limerick will host a talk by Jane Lewis, Managing Director of the Centre for Evidence Implementation (CEI) UK titled “Implementation science in practice”. CEI is a global, for-purpose evidence intermediary and advisory organisation dedicated to using the best evidence in practice and policy.

Jane will be joined by the Centre leads Professor Alice Coffey, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, and Professor Sean Redmond, School of Law who will deliver a short presentation on the journey to becoming a centre and future plans..

Jane will be joined by the Centre leads Professor Alice Coffey, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, and Professor Sean Redmond, School of Law who will deliver a short presentation on the journey to becoming a centre and future plans.

This event may be recorded for future promotional use by the University of Limerick.

All venues are wheelchair accessible but should you have any specific accessibility queries, please contact us at: Research@ul.ie

Jane Lewis

Jane Lewis is a Managing Director at the Centre for Evidence and Implementation (CEI), responsible for CEI’s work in the UK. CEI is an evidence intermediary, specialising in the application of implementation science to improve the lives and wellbeing of people in communities facing adversity. CEI's work encompasses evidence synthesis, impact and implementation evaluation, and active implementation support. Jane worked in social research and policy evaluation for many years, and then ran a network supporting evidence informed practice in children's services before finding her way – driven by frustration at the limited impact of evidence - into the world of implementation science. Before joining CEI she was responsible for innovation, development, implementation and scale-up of Save the Children’s UK early childhood programmes. Her current work spans systematic reviews, hybrid intervention-implementation evaluations, programme development, and advising on scale-up potential and strategies.

Professor Alice Coffey

Professor Alice Coffey is Chair in Nursing and Midwifery research, Lead of the UL Implementation Research Group, P.I. of the HEA funded North / South Delirium Education (DelHPIre) project and Programme Lead for the Professional Doctorate in Healthcare Practice. Her research focuses on Implementation science, Evaluation, Transitional care, Gerontology, Delerium, Dementia, and Palliative Care. Professor Coffey is a member of the governance committee representing UL on Omega Epsilon Chapter (at large) of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Organisation.

Dr Sean Redmond

Dr Sean Redmond is Adjunct Professor of Youth Justice in the School of Law at the University of Limerick. He is a civil servant employed by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs seconded to the university