Qualitative research in Implementation Science: Eliciting stakeholder perspectives for intervention adaptation and selecting implementation strategies

Dr Johnny Bourke Research Fellow, Implementation Science, John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research 

Dr Johnny Bourke is a Research Fellow at the John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research at The University of Sydney. He has a PhD from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, a Masters of Health Science (rehab) from the University of Otago in New Zealand and a BA (psych) from Massey University in New Zealand.

In 2022 Johnny was awarded the Canterbury Medical Research Fund Emerging Researcher Fellowship examining positive relationships between disabled people and support workers. Johnny is passionate about codesign, including people with lived experience in the implementation process, and using realist approaches to evaluate implementation strategies.

His project “Spinal Cord Injury Health Maintenance Tool (SCI-HMT) aims to use a co-design mixed methods process to support individuals with SCI and their primary health care providers to promote better community self-management.