糖心APP

JBI Affiliated Group

Advancing evidence synthesis and knowledge translation in nursing and health care.

糖心APP Our JBI Affiliation

Dr. April Pike, dean of the Faculty of Nursing (fifth from left), at the JBI Colloquium 2025 in Kochi, India, Nov. 19鈥21, 2025. She joined researchers, health-care professionals and policy-makers from around the world to explore evidence-based practice under the theme 鈥淒iversity in Healthcare | Unity in Evidence.鈥

As a JBI Affiliated Group, the Faculty of Nursing collaborates with , an international evidence-based healthcare organization at Adelaide University in Australia. Founded in 1996 as the , named for the first matron of Royal Adelaide Hospital, it now goes by its initials.

2025 JBI Evidence Synthesis Impact Award

Congratulations to Dr. Joanne Smith-Young, Dr. April Pike, Michelle Swab and Dr. Roger Chafe, winners of the 2025 JBI Evidence Synthesis Impact Award.

Their qualitative systematic review, part of Dr. Smith-Young鈥檚 doctoral research, draws on 36 studies involving 661 participants to examine how parents and guardians access autism diagnostic services for their children. Long waiting times, financial burdens and gaps in professional knowledge made a diagnosis harder to reach, while professionals who listened to families鈥 concerns and acted on them offered valuable support.

JBI recognized the review for its methodological rigour, relevance and potential to inform policy and practice.

鈥淲e hope the evidence can help support more timely, informed, and family-centred approaches to autism diagnosis and care.鈥

鈥 Dr. Joanne Smith-Young, lead author

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Our Centre

Established in 2021, the connects researchers to a global network of evidence synthesis and knowledge translation. This collaboration supports the production of high-quality, relevant and up-to-date systematic and scoping reviews that inform health decisions and care practices.

The Centre鈥檚 research addresses real-world issues, including primary health care, rural and remote health, mental health, chronic disease management, Indigenous health, and nursing education, practice and policy. By expanding opportunities for students and faculty and fostering partnerships with other academic institutions and JBI-affiliated groups, it aims to inspire future leaders who exemplify the spirit of collaborative research and knowledge exchange.

Meet the Team

Core Staff

  • Joanne Smith-Young, PhD, RN (Director)
  • Karen Dobbin-Williams, PhD, RN
  • Julia Lukewich, PhD, RN
  • April Pike, PhD, RN
  • Michelle Swab, MA, MLIS
  • Kimberly Jarvis, PhD, RN
  • Jill Bruneau, PhD, NP
  • Jennifer Collins, PhD, RN
  • Kathleen Stevens, PhD, RN
  • Renee Crossman, PhD, RN

Adjunct Staff

  • Sandra Small, PhD, RN
  • Alice Gaudine, PhD, RN
  • Chantille Isler, PhD, RN
  • Joy Maddigan, PhD, RN
  • Deanne Curnew, PhD candidate, RN
  • Karen Parsons, PhD, RN
  • Dee Anne Belbin, PhD student, RN
  • Crystal Vaughan, PhD candidate, RN
  • Ahmad Deeb, PhD candidate, RN
  • Dawn Pittman, PhD candidate, RN
  • Robin Devey-Burry, PhD, RN

World EBHC Day

Held each year on Oct. 20, raises awareness of the need for better evidence to inform health-care policy, practice and decision-making and improve health outcomes worldwide.

The , Evidence and AI: People at the Centre, explores the rapidly growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in evidence-based healthcare. It examines how to keep people at the centre as AI is developed, deployed, governed, evaluated and used in health-care systems and evidence ecosystems.

Faculty Spotlight: AI in Evidence-Based Healthcare

Coming soon: our 2026 EBHC blog, Human鈥揳rtificial intelligence (H-AI) collaboration: An emerging role in healthcare, featuring the work of Dr. Frank Kiwanuka, research fellow, and Derrick Walsh, emergency nurse practitioner and educator, both with 糖心APP鈥檚 Faculty of Nursing.

In a on AI in stroke care, Dr. Kiwanuka and colleagues stress the importance of involving patients and families in developing and using AI-supported interventions, including building trust and supporting clear communication.

Derrick Walsh uses AI to enhance learning, support growing enrolment and prepare nursing students for evolving practice. He developed the Case Study to Podcast approach, which turns clinical cases into structured scripts and then into short, podcast-style learning segments.