Knowledge Translation Planning Committee (KTPC)
The NCDDR has convened a Knowledge Translation Planning Committee comprised of senior staff from NIDRR-funded Knowledge Translation projects. The committee meets via teleconference bimonthly and in person annually, and maintains an electronic discussion list.
KTPC objectives
The purpose of the Committee is to assist in identifying needs, suggesting resources and supports, and describing information dissemination and utilization conduits appropriate for NIDRR’s KT Program and its target audiences.
KTPC members
- Katherine Belknap, ABLEDATA; Macro International
- Marianne Farkas, Innovative KDU for Disability and Professional Organizations and Stakeholders; Boston University
- Kurt Johnson, Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC); University of Washington
- Joseph Lane, Center on Knowledge Translation for Technology Transfer
- Brian T. McMahon, DBTAC Coordination, Outreach, and Research Center (CORC); Virginia Commonwealth University
- Pam Mott, National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC); University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Mark Odum, National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC); HeiTech Services
- Ralf Schlosser, EVIDAAC: A Database of Appraised Evidence in Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Northeastern University
- John Stone, Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRIE-2); University at Buffalo
- John Westbrook – Liaison. NCDDR, Research Utilization Support and Help (RUSH); SEDL
Additional KTPC discussion list participants
- Amy Armstrong
- Ruth Brannon
- Pat Brown
- Jessica Chaiken
- Margaret Campbell
- Eva Gavillan
- Mark Harniss
- Lin Harris
- Stephen Lowe
- Frank Martin
- Cate Miller
- Kathleen Murphy
- Paul Preston
- Theresa SanAgustin
- Shelley Reeves
- Sally Rogers
- Art Sherwood
- Joann Starks
- Pimjai Sudsawad
Selected resources
In 2006 and 2007, the NCDDR provided workshops in conjunction with the KTPC annual meeting.
- KT Measurement: What Constitutes Quality?, December 3, 2007
Presenters: Margaret Campbell, Phd, NIDRR; Michelle Gagnon, Canadian Institutes on Health Research; Pimjai Sudsawad, ScD, NIDRR - Knowledge Value Mapping, November 14, 2006
Presenter: Juan Rogers PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
