Curriculum vitae

Education

2018                PhD
Institute for Resources, Management and Sustainability
University of British Columbia
Thesis Title: Using Network Science to Understand Knowledge Exchange Pathways in Health Systems Research

2011-2013   Master of Science Student (transferred to PhD program) 
School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia

2009               MBA (Health Care Management)
Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia
Project Title: Using RFID for Asset Tracking in a Hospital
Specializations: Organizational Behaviour and Social Marketing

2002               Bachelor of Arts
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Specializations: Sociology/Anthropology, Women’s Studies

Employment History

2021-                    Senior Lead, Provincial Mental Health & Substance Use Network, BC Mental Health & Substance Use Service
Provincial Health Service Authority

2019-2021        Evaluation Consultant, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Providence Health Care

2016-2018       Senior Research Scientist & Co-Principal Investigator, Complexity Science Lab
The University of British Columbia

2013-2017       Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Complexity Science for Health Systems
World Health Organization

2013-2016       Associate Director & Researcher, Division of Mathematical Modeling
University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

2006-2013       Program Manager, Division of Mathematical Modeling
University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

2009                    Graduate Internship, Information, Evidence and Research Cluster
World Health Organization HQ. Geneva, Switzerland

2005-2006       UBCCDC Administration Manager
University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control

2004-2005       Research Administrator, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation
The University of British Columbia

2002-2004       Human Resources Manager
Coast Mountain Sports Division, Forzani Ltd. Richmond & Coquitlam, BC

1998-2002       Hospital Supply Management
Eastern Health. St. John’s, NL

Publications

Beamish L, Sagorin Z, Stanley C, English K, Garelnabi R, Cousineau D, Barrios R, Klimas J. Implementation of a Regional Quality Improvement Collaborative to Improve Care of People Living with Opioid Use Disorder in a Canadian Setting. BMC Health Services Research 2019 Sep 14;19(1):663.

English KM. Using Network Science to Understand the Knowledge Exchange Pathways in Health Systems Research. Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia; 2018.

English KM, Langley JM, McGeer A, Hupert N, Tellier R, Henry B, Halperin S, Johnston L, Pourbohloul B. Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: Developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 Apr 17; 18:184

Pourbohloul B, English KM and Hupert N. Complexity, the Bridging Science of Emerging Respiratory Outbreak Response. Mitleton-Kelly E, Paraskevas A and Day C (Eds.). Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science, Theory and Applications. United Kingdom. Edward Elgar Publishing. (2018).

English KM, Pourbohloul B. Health policy and systems research collaboration pathways: lessons from a network science analysis. BMC Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 Aug 28;15(1):71.

English KM, Pourbohloul B. Emerging Increasing Health Policy and Systems Research Capacity in Low-and-Middle Income Countries: Results from a Bibliometric Analysis. BMC Health Research Policy and Systems 2017 Jul 28;15(1):64

Skowronski DM, Moser FS, Janjua NZ, Davoudi B, English KM, Purych D, Petric M, Pourbohloul B. H3N2v and Other Influenza Epidemic Risk based on Age-Specific Estimates of Sero-Protection and Contact Network Interactions. PLoS One 2013;8(1):e54015.

Conway JM, Tuite AR, Fisman DN, Hupert N, Meza R, Davoudi B, English K, van den Driessche P, Brauer F, Ma J, Meyers LA, Smieja M, Greer A, Skowronski DM, Buckeridge DL, Kwong JC, Wu J, Moghadas SM, Coombs D, Brunham RC and Pourbohloul B. Vaccination against 2009 pandemic H1N1 in a population dynamical model of Vancouver, Canada: timing is everything. BMC Public Health 2011 Dec 14;11:932.

Reports

English, K. Best Practices in Oral Opioid agoniSt Therapy (BOOST) Provincial Collaboration: A Formative Evaluation. Report prepared for BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), Providence Health Care. 2019

Krista English, Veloshnee Govender, Karen Grépin, Etienne Langlois, Lucy Gilson, Crossley Pinkstaff, Babak Pourbohloul and Zubin Shroff. Chapter 2: Benchmarks in World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2017

English KM, Pourbohloul B. A Bibliometric Analysis of Health Policy and Systems Research: twenty years and looking forward. Technical Report prepared for the WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. 2016

English KM, Pourbohloul B. Network Analysis of HPSR Literature for the Alliance HPSR. Technical Report prepared for the WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. 2016

Pourbohloul B, English KM. A Novel Mathematical Framework for HIV Treatment Optimization. Technical Report prepared for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Health Policy Project. 2015

Pourbohloul B, English KM, Moser F, Davoudi B. Evaluation of the impact of select community-based intervention strategies on the transmission dynamics of influenza: A summary report of mathematical modeling outcomes; Technical Report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health, August 2011

Canadian Consortium for Pandemic Preparedness (CanPan) Report. An Overview of Mathematical Modelling Projects Pertaining to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Influenza. Technical Report prepared for Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR). 2010

Quality Improvement of Literacy, Tele-Care and Self Help (QUILTS) Team. BC HealthGuide Program Evaluation: Final Report on Evaluation Findings (June 2003-May 2005). Report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health, June 2006

Presentations

English KM. Knowledge, Networks and Organizing for Innovation. Healthy Starts & Evidence to Innovation. BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Vancouver BC, Canada. 2018

Krista English. Using Network Science to Understand the Knowledge Translation Pathways that Support Evidence Informed Decision Making. Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) Student Symposium. Vancouver BC, Canada. 2018

Krista English. Using Network Science to Understand the Knowledge Translation Pathways that Support Evidence Informed Decision Making in Learning Health Systems. CHSPR 30^th Annual Health Policy Conference: The System Awakens. Vancouver BC, Canada. 2018

Krista English, Babak Pourbohloul. Bibliometric & Network Analysis of the Health Policy and Systems Research Literature: How Much Does Research Influence Policy in LMIC and Latin American countries?. 3rd International & Interdisciplinary Workshop on Mathematical Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Health, Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America-IIWEE.  Quito, Ecuador. 2016

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English. Mathematical Modelling and Public Health Policy Design: It is a two-way street. 3rd International & Interdisciplinary Workshop on Mathematical Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Health, Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America. Quito, Ecuador. 2016

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English. Complex Systems Science: Adding Value to the Policy Process and Health Systems Strengthening. USAID, Washington DC, USA. 2015

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English, Nathaniel Hupert and Raymond Tellier, Modeling Communicable Disease Spread in Hospital Settings: Insights from New Provider Contact Network Data. 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens (IMRP). Singapore. 2015

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English, Suneeta Sharma, Yamir Moreno, Nicole Judice, Sandro Meloni, Nathaniel Hupert, Mai Hijazi: Optimizing HIV Management Strategies Through an Integrated Quantitative/Mathematical Framework. “Innovations in Program Design for Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Program Science Symposium”, ISSTRD, Brisbane, Australia. 2015

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English. Modeling Communicable Disease Spread in Hospital Settings: Insights from Data. Contagion ’14: Modeling of Disease Contagion Processes, 3rd edition, European Conference on Complex Systems. Lucca, Italy. 2014

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English. Complex Systems Science: Adding Value to the Policy Process and Health Systems Strengthening. The World Bank, Washington DC, USA. 2014

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English. Complexity Science and Health Systems: New Tools for Longstanding Problems. Satellite Session on Complexity Science and Health Systems, 3rd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Cape Town, South Africa. 2014

Babak Pourbohloul, Krista English. From Data to Decision: Modelling Methodologies that Inform Public Health Policy. Global Agenda Councils on Catastrophic Risks and Complex Systems, London, United Kingdom. 2014

English K, Marra F, Davoudi B, Gilbert M, Ogilvie G, Pourbohloul B. Evaluating the cost effectiveness of targeted vaccination strategies to reduce incidence of HPV-related cancer and other clinical outcomes in men who have sex with men (MSM) in British Columbia, Canada. STI & AIDS World Congress 2013 (Joint Meeting of the 20th ISSTDR and 14th IUSTI Meeting), Vienna, Austria. 2013

English K, Marra F, Davoudi B, Ogilvie G, Black A, Pourbohloul B. Evaluating the cost effectiveness of targeted vaccination strategies to reduce incidence of HPV-related cancer and other clinical outcomes in men who have sex with men (MSM) in British Columbia, Canada. International Health Economics Association (iHEA) 9th World Health Congress, Sydney, Australia. 2013

Pourbohloul B, English KM. Viewing Health Systems Through a Complex Network Lens. British Columbia Ministry of Health, Victoria, Canada. 2013

English KM, Davoudi B, Pourbohloul B. Evaluating the impact of targeted vaccination strategies to reduce incidence of HPV-related cancer and other clinical outcomes in men who have sex with men (MSM). BCCDC Research Symposium. BC, Canada. 2012

Funding

I’ve been awarded approximately $1.5M in funding since 2010.

Date	Funding Agency	Subject	Role
2015-2019	CIHR	An integrated real-time modeling and surveillance decision-support framework to inform public health emergency preparedness	Co-I
2014-2015	BCCDC Foundation	Understanding Organizational Knowledge Exchange Networks: BCCDC Research to Policy Survey Analysis	Co-I
2015	WHO	Bibliometric and Network Analysis of Health Policy and Systems Research Literature	Co-Applicant
2014-2015	CIHR	An Integrated Real-time Modeling and Surveillance Decision-support Framework to Inform Public Health Emergency Preparedness	Co-I
2014-2015	USAID	Optimizing HIV Management Strategies for Different Geographic Settings Through an Integrated Quantitative Framework	Co-PI
2011-2012	PHSA	Mathematical and Economic Modeling of HPV Vaccine Strategies Among the MSM Population in British Columbia	Co-Principal Applicant
2011-2012	Rockefeller Foundation	Complex Systems Analysis: Advancing Health System Policy Design and Planning	Co-Applicant
2011-2012	PHSA	Workflow Optimization Pilot Project in Healthcare Settings Using Wireless Technology	Co-I
2011-2012	CIHR	Bridging the Gap: A National Modeling Exchange	Co-I
2010-2011	BC Ministry of Health Planning	Evaluation of the Impact of Select Community-based Intervention Strategies on the Transmission Dynamics of Influenza	Co-I