Betty Onyura, PhD, CE
Director, Knowledge Mobilization
CAMH, Provincial System Support Program
Cross-appointed scientist, Wilson Centre, University of Toronto
Dates of Visit: June 19 – 22, 2023
Purpose of Visit
During this visit to CHES, Dr. Onyura will be meeting with individual members of the CHES community to discuss their research ideas, offer advice, and explore areas of joint interest. Dr. Onyura will also be presenting at the CHES Cutting Edge Speaker Series on June 20.
Biography
Following her PhD in organizational psychology, Betty began her career helping organizations use evaluation to gain the insight needed to optimize or sustain programs and innovations. For the past decade, Betty has worked as an educator, leader, and scholar in diverse roles across the academic health sciences system; and she identifies strongly as a scientist-practitioner (or practitioner-scientist). Presently, she is the Director, Knowledge Mobilization for the Provincial System Support Program at the Canadian Association of Mental Health. Betty is also a cross-appointed scientist at the Wilson Centre in Toronto. She leads a SSHRC-funded, program of research that is focused on the science of evaluation. Notably, she is interested in questions about the socio-political dimensions of evaluation practice – as well as about how to advance evaluation methodologies in ways that can influence more equitable, and sustainable innovation.