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Current Academic Appointment  

SENIOR LECTURER, Jerusalem College of Technology, Department of Marketing and Management

Academic Education         

Post Doctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Ontario, Program in Policy Decision-Making, Areas of Concentration: Health Policy, Knowledge Translation, 2009- 2012

Ph.D., University of Toronto, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Area of concentration: Organizational Behaviour, November 2007

Master of Business Administration, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Areas of Concentration: Marketing and Health Services Management, Deans’ Honour List, April 2000

Bachelor of Arts, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Area of Concentration: Economics, Dean’s Honour List, June 1997

Relevant Non-academic Employment   [only most recent]

• 2012-current: Senior researcher, Institute for Health Technology Assessment, Gertner National Institute of Health Policy
• 2011-2012: Project lead on developing a Knowledge Translation framework and strategy for the World Health Organization’s Department of Ageing and Health (Geneva, Switzerland).
• 2007-2011: Independent consultant i.e. Management consultant with the Ontario Ministry of Health Long Term Care’s Strategy Division (compiling literature reviews on numerous topics to inform policy decisions), eHealth division (focused on the implementation of a province-wide lab information system), World Health Organization (project focusing on the effects of nursing and midwifery on primary health care). 

Research and Development Activities

Current Research and Development Activities

1. Determining the Perceptions of Researchers in Israel on Knowledge Translation activities
2. Determining Research Knowledge Infrastructure for Healthcare Systems 
3. Pushing Useful Science to Healthcare Managers and Policymakers
4. Developing a Knowledge Translation Framework for Ageing in Health

Past Research and Development Activities

1. Examining the Relationship Between Processes and Outcomes: What is the Relationship Between Clinical Practice Guidelines and hospital Length of Stay
2. The cost of nursing turnover study
3. Information communication technology in home care

Publications

Selection of Peer-Reviewed Papers in Refereed Journals

ELLEN, M., and Shamian J., (2013), “Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge … Maybe We Need More Than Incentives to Get Us Moving”, Healthcare Papers

ELLEN M., Wilson MG., Lavis JN., Grimshaw J., Haynes RB., Ouimet M., Raina P., Gruen R., (2013), “Pushing Useful Science To Health System Managers And Policymakers”, Health Evidence and Policy

ELLEN, M., Lavis, JN, Ouimet, M., Grimshaw, J., Bedard, PO., (2011), “Determining research knowledge infrastructure for healthcare systems: A qualitative study”, Implementation Science, Volume 6 (60), weblink: http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/60 , 3080 all-time accesses, 169 accesses in the past 30 days

ELLEN, M. and Shamian, J., (2011), “How we move Beyond Evidence-Based Policy Prescription for an Aging Population to Action”, Healthcare Papers, Volume 11 (1), P76-83

Shamian, J. and M. ELLEN, (2011), “Shaping Health Policy: The Role of Nursing Research – Three Frameworks and Their Application to Policy.” In A.S. Hinshaw and P.A. Grady, editors, Shaping Health Policy through Nursing Research, New York, USA: Springer Publishing Company, Chapter 3

ELLEN, M., Brown A.D., Cockerill R., (2009), “Do Clinical Practice Guidelines Influence Length of Stay in Ontario Acute Care Hospitals?”, Healthcare Quarterly, Volume 12 (4), 64-71