{"id":2982,"date":"2025-03-26T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/?page_id=2982"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:00:37","slug":"kathryn-birnie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/team\/kathryn-birnie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Birnie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-background-blend-mode:overlay;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-padding-top-medium:100px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:100px;--awb-padding-top-small:50px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:50px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.03) 14%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1170px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:calc( 0.026666666666667 * calc( 100% - 0px ) );--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:calc( 0.026666666666667 * calc( 100% - 0px ) );--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-top:30px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:72;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Dr. Kathryn (Katie) Birnie<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-paragraph\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-font-size:24px;\"><p class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left title-heading-tag fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:24;--minFontSize:24;line-height:1.5;\">PhD, R.Psych.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Dr. Birnie completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the iOUCH Pain Lab from 2016 to 2018. She is now a clinical psychologist and faculty at the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Birnie\u2019s Partnering For Pain patient-oriented research program focuses on designing and mobilizing evidence-based solutions for pain experienced in partnership with children, adolescents and their families. Her research spans the knowledge-to-action continuum including creating new knowledge, synthesizing existing evidence and mobilizing knowledge to inform health practice and policy. Her focus on knowledge mobilization, patient partnership, and implementation science aligns with her role as Associate Scientific Director of Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), a national knowledge mobilization network working to improve evidence-based children\u2019s pain management through coordination and collaboration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-max-width:500px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none fusion-animated\" style=\"border-radius:20px;\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"0.5\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"841\" alt=\"A headshot of Kathryn Birnie.\" title=\"Katie\" src=\"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2978\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27840%27%20height%3D%27841%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20840%20841%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27840%27%20height%3D%27841%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636-600x601.png 600w, https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636-800x801.png 800w, https:\/\/lab.research.sickkids.ca\/iouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/03\/Katie-e1743018731636.png 840w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2982","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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