Michael G. Wilson

Doctoral Candidate, Health Research Methodology Program, McMaster University
Research Assistant, Program in Policy Decision-Making, McMaster University
Associate Scientist, Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Research Interests

Knowledge transfer and exchange for health system managers and policymakers
Knowledge transfer and exchange for community-based organizations
Systematic and scoping review methods (including syntheses of qualitative evidence)
Politics of Canada's health care system
Community-based research methods
Social determinants of health and quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS

Biography

Mike is a PhD candidate in the Health Research Methodology Program (HRM) at McMaster University, working under the supervision of Dr. John N. Lavis and concurrently pursuing a diploma in Health Services and Policy Research. He holds a BHSc from McMaster, transferred from the MSc HRM program to the PhD program and also completed one year of political science training at the University of Toronto. Through his thesis, Mike is: 1) developing a searchable online database of systematic reviews with user-friendly summaries for CBOs in three sectors (HIV/AIDS, cancer, and mental health and addictions) and 2) evaluating the effects of a literature service on CBO executive directors' intention to use research evidence using a randomized controlled trial. Mike also holds three CIHR grants (one as co-principal investigator and two as co-investigator), has co-facilitated a series of five workshops at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care about using research evidence in health policymaking and has recently been awarded a CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award for 2009.

Major Research Activities

Research activity

Funding

Developing, updating and evaluating the PPD/CCNC database

Towards Evidence-informed Support Services for People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Scoping Review of Existing Research (co-principal investigator)

CIHR grant

Employment and Health Outcomes in HIV/AIDS: A Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study (co-investigator)

CIHR grant

Improving the Accessibility of Research Ethics Boards for Community-Based Research (co-investigator)

CIHR grant

Development of a quality appraisal tool for syntheses of qualitative evidence

National survey of Canadian AIDS service organizations and public units about their capacity to acquire, assess, adapt and apply research evidence

Systematic review on the impact of stigma on health outcomes of people living with HIV

Selected Publications

Wilson MG, Lavis JN, Rourke SB & Travers R (under review). Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: Helping community-based organizations link research to action.
Lavis JN, Wilson MG. Identifying the Synthesis Project's strengths and opportunities for improvement. Report prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hamilton, Canada: McMaster University Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, 2009.
Wilson MG, Dickie M, Cooper C, Carvalhal A, van der Meulen A, Bacon J & Rourke SB. (forthcoming). Treatment, care and support for people co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis C: A scoping review. Open Medicine.
Flicker S, Wilson MG, Travers R, Bereket T, McKay C, van der Meulen A, Guta A, Cleverly S & Rourke SB (2009). Community-Based Research in AIDS Service Organizations: What Helps and What Doesn't? AIDS Care, 21(1): 94-102.
Travers R, Wilson MG, Flicker S, Guta A, Bereket T, McKay C, van der Meulen A, Cleverly S, Dickie M, Globerman J & Rourke SB (2008). The Greater Involvement of People Living with AIDS Principle: Theory vs. Practice in Ontario's HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Sector. AIDS Care, 20(6): 615-624.

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