Jude Kornelsen
Contact
Centre for Rural Health Research
320-5950 University Boulevard, Department of Family Practice, UBC
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
jude.kornelsen@familymed.ubc.ca
Jude Kornelsen, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice (UBC), co-Director of the Centre for Rural Health Research and an Honorary Professor, Sydney Medical School. For the past 20 years she has worked towards creating, examining and sharing comprehensive evidence to support health planning for vulnerable populations, particularly in the area of rural maternity care, surgical care and transport. She has a keen interest in rigorously documenting the experiences of those who often do not have a voice in the health care system and creating evidence-based solutions to increase access to care for these populations. Key values that underlie her work include recognizing the centrality of patients and communities in the planning process; working closely with key system partners, privileging an expansive definition of evidence from individual, key partner and community experience to scientific evidence and approaching research from an integrated perspective with a strong focus on knowledge translation and policy outputs.