Ramona Kyabaggu, MSc, is a Certified Health Information Management (CHIM) professional who graduated from the University of Western Ontario’s honours specialization program in health information management in 2009. Since then, she has worked in public health as a program evaluator and knowledge broker and taught Public Health Informatics at the University of Lusaka, Zambia. Currently, Ramona is a 4th year doctoral candidate in Health Information Science (Western University) and an assistant professor at Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina, where she coordinates the Master of Health Administration major in Health Informatics and Information Management (MHA-HIIM). Ramona is an applied, early career researcher whose primary research goal is to strengthen health system readiness for learning health systems. Her current PhD research addresses how we can improve health information systems implementation (e-prescribing specifically) through the better use of theory and evaluation.
Ramona is also a trainee at Western University's Lab for Knowledge Translation in Health and invites you to visit the trainee projects webpage to learn more about her and her colleagues' PhD research.
Instructor (School of Medicine and Health Sciences), University of Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia, Course: BSPH 424 Public Health Informatics, 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Faculty of Information and Media Studies), Western University, London, Ontario, Course: MIT 3000A Designing and Critiquing Research Methods, 2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Faculty of Information and Media Studies), Western University, London, Ontario, Course: GRADLIS 9005A – Managing and Working in Information Organizations, 2018
Instructor (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Course: JSGS 832 Population-based Health Program Management, 2020
Instructor (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Course: JSGS 830B Residency, 2020
Instructor (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Course: JSGS 856 Health Information Privacy Policy, 2020
Instructor (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Course: JSGS 858 Enterprise Information Management, 2021
Instructor (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy), University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Course: JSGS 887 Clinical Terminologies and Classification Systems, 2021
Presentations
Kyabaggu, R. (2020). Strengthening organizational capacity for health information systems implementation. Health Information Professionals Week Live (Canadian Health Information Management Association).,
Kyabaggu, R. and Ikenyi, U. (2019). An audit evaluation of EMR implementation in Uganda. 19th IFHIMA International Congress 2019, United Arab Emirates
Lopez-Mendivil, M., Abrams, K. and Kyabaggu, R. (2019). Visioning and curriculum design of University of Regina's Master of Health Information Management.19th IFHIMA International Congress 2019, United Arab Emirates
Ikenyei, U., Kyabaggu, R. and Ikenyei, M. (2019). The significance of fostering cross-national sharing of health information management strategies for infectious disease management.19th IFHIMA International Congress 2019, United Arab Emirates
Ikenyei, U., Kyabaggu, R. and Ikenyei, M. (2018). Is the private sector well positioned to help meet unmet demand for universal health coverage in Nigeria? What does the evidence say?. 5th Global symposium on health systems research, United Kingdom
Kyabaggu, R. (2016). Supportive environments for evidence use.Health Canada’s Strategic Policy Branch Advisory Group on KTE Grants and Contributions, Canada
Kyabaggu, R., Yost, J., Mackintosh, J. and Dobbins, M. (2016). Are online learning resources effective to build capacity for evidence-informed decision making.TRAIN Annual Meeting., United States
Kyabaggu, R., Dobbins, M., Ricketts, M., Pakes, B. and Muzumdar, P. (2015). Competency-based training for medical officers of health: A model of collaborative continuing professional development. Dissemination and Implementation Conference, United States
Kyabaggu, R. (2015). Mastering the art of evaluations. TRAIN Affiliate Consortium Annual Meeting, United States
Dobbins, M., Kyabaggu, R., Ricketts, M., Pakes, B., and Muzumdar, P. (2015). Competency-based training for medical officers of health: A model of collaborative continuing professional development. American Public Health Association conference, United States
Dobbins, M., Forsyth, P., Mackintosh, J., Kyabaggu, R., Tulloch, K., and Yost, J. (2014). Overcoming barriers to evidence-informed decision-making: Online learning for public health practitioners. Community Health Nurses of Canada Annual Conference., Canada
Dobbins, M. and Kyabaggu, R. (2014). Research into practice: methods & tools to support evidence-informed decision-making. CDPAC Fifth Pan-Canadian Conference, Canada
Dobbins, M., Forsyth, P., Mackintosh, J., Kyabaggu, R., Tulloch, K., and Yost, J. (2014). Understanding research evidence in 5 minutes or less: New videos for public health practitioners. Community Health Nurses of Canada Annual Conference., Canada
Sears K, Chera S, Dobbins M, Forsyth P and Kyabaggu, R. (2013). Sharing tacit knowledge to build capacity for knowledge translation: Lessons learned from pan-Canadian public health webinars.21st Cochrane Colloquium, Canada
Journal Articles
1. Jones, G.T., Kyabaggu, R., Marais, D., Macfarlane G.J. (2013). Reproducibility of pain manikins: A comparison of paper verses online questionnaire. British Journal of Pain. 7(3): 130-137.
Reports (selected)
Kyabaggu, R. (2014). Alcohol and chronic disease. Middlesex-London Health Unit. https://www.healthunit.com/uploads/health-index-alcohol-and-chronic-disease.pdf
Kyabaggu, R. (2013). Injury prevention: Perceptions and beliefs. Middlesex-London Health Unit. Available at: https://www.healthunit.com/uploads/mlhu-injury-prevention-perception-beliefs.pdf
Conference Publications
Dobbins, M, Ciliska, D., Mackintosh J., Kyabaggu, R., Howarth, C.You don’t know what you don’t know: A skills assessment to identify public health competency gaps. 9th European Public Health Conference, Vienna, Austria, Conference Date: 2016/11
