Sara Macdonald

Sara Macdonald is the manager of knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) at the Institute for Work & Health (IWH).

She and her team engage stakeholders in research projects, from concept development and grant applications to the dissemination of research results. She works on KTE projects to improve stakeholder engagement, research uptake and capacity building in the broader prevention community, including the planning of the monthly IWH Speaker Series webinars. In collaboration with the Director of Strategic Relations, Macdonald also plans an annual knowledge exchange event for targeted IWH stakeholders.

Macdonald earned an occupational health and safety certificate at Ryerson University to complement her earlier education in science at the University of Waterloo and in business systems management and project coordination from Askengren College in Gothenburg, Sweden.