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Annette Boaz is a UK-based academic working on the relationship between research, policy and practice. She is Professor of Health and Social Care at Kings College London, and Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit.[1]

Academic and policy career

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In 2005 Boaz co-founded Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate & Practice.[2] a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the relationship between research evidence and public policy. From 2005–2017 Annette Boaz was editor in chief.

In October 2019 Boaz was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[3]

Annette Boaz is the co-founder with Kathryn Oliver of Transforming Evidence.[4] an international community of researchers and policy makers sharing expertise about how evidence is made and used to make a difference.

In May 2022 Boaz and Kathryn Oliver, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, provided written evidence to the UK Parliament Inquiry on Delivering a UK science and technology strategy.[5]

Published works

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  • What Works Now? Evidence-informed policy and practice(2019) Policy Press,[6] edited by Annette Boaz, Huw Davies, Alec Fraser and Sandra Nutley.
  • 'It depends': what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice Implementation Science volume 19 (2024)[7]
  • If health organisations and staff engage in research, does healthcare improve? Strengthening the evidence base through systematic reviews Health Research Policy and Systems volume 22, Article number: 113 (2024)[8]
  • Are research-policy engagement activities informed by policy theory and evidence? 7 challenges to the UK impact agenda Policy Design and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 3 (2021)[9]
  • Does the diffusion of innovations model enrich understanding of research use? Case studies of the implementation of thrombolysis for stroke Journal of Health Services Research and Policy,[10] 21 (4).
  • Does the engagement of clinicians and organisations in research improve healthcare performance: a three stage review BMJ Open,[11] 5 (12)

References

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  1. ^ London, King's College (December 19, 2024). "Annette Boaz". King's College London.
  2. ^ "Evidence & Policy". Bristol University Press.
  3. ^ Sciences, Academy of Social. "Fellows". Academy of Social Sciences.
  4. ^ "Transforming Evidence". transforming-evidence.org.
  5. ^ "None".
  6. ^ Annette Boaz, Huw Davies. "What Works Now?". Policy Press.
  7. ^ Boaz, A.; Baeza, J.; Fraser, A.; Persson, E. (2024). "'It depends': what 86 systematic reviews tell us about what strategies to use to support the use of research in clinical practice - PMC". Implementation Science : Is. 19 (1): 15. doi:10.1186/s13012-024-01337-z. PMC 10875780. PMID 38374051.
  8. ^ Boaz, Annette; Goodenough, Belinda; Hanney, Stephen; Soper, Bryony (August 19, 2024). "If health organisations and staff engage in research, does healthcare improve? Strengthening the evidence base through systematic reviews". Health Research Policy and Systems. 22 (1): 113. doi:10.1186/s12961-024-01187-7. PMC 11331621. PMID 39160553.
  9. ^ Hopkins, Anna; Oliver, Kathryn; Boaz, Annette; Guillot-Wright, Shannon; Cairney, Paul (July 3, 2021). "Are research-policy engagement activities informed by policy theory and evidence? 7 challenges to the UK impact agenda". Policy Design and Practice. 4 (3): 341–356. doi:10.1080/25741292.2021.1921373 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
  10. ^ Boaz, Annette; Baeza, Juan; Fraser, Alec (October 1, 2016). "Does the 'diffusion of innovations' model enrich understanding of research use? Case studies of the implementation of thrombolysis services for stroke". Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 21 (4): 229–234. doi:10.1177/1355819616639068. PMID 27009153 – via SAGE Journals.
  11. ^ Boaz, Annette; Hanney, Stephen; Jones, Teresa; Soper, Bryony (December 1, 2015). "Does the engagement of clinicians and organisations in research improve healthcare performance: a three-stage review". BMJ Open. 5 (12): e009415. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009415. PMC 4680006. PMID 26656023 – via bmjopen.bmj.com.