David Phipps obtained a PhD in immunology studying antibacterial proteins in insects. He then did postdoctoral research on HIV and the immune system. This led him to focus his career on knowledge mobilization and transferring research into benefits for communities. He is now the Executive Director of Research & Innovations Services, helping researchers engage stakeholders and increase impact.

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From bench to Broker
(my journey from
research to impact)
David Phipps, Ph.D., MBA
Executive Director,
Research & Innovations Services
@researchimpact

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Undergrad
MICR-360 – Immunology
Course Description:
The general principles and
mechanism of immune reaction.
Immunochemical and
immunobiological aspects of antibody
formation and cell-mediated immunity
in health and disease will be
considered.
COREQUISITE OR PREREQUISITE.
BCHM 310 or 315* or BIOL-334*/0.5
or equivalent , or permission of the
instructor.

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PhD: Bugs
The identification, isolation and characterization of
Gallysin-1, a hemolytic effector protein of the greater wax
moth, Galleria mellonella
David J. Phipps, June S. Chadwick and W. Peter Aston
(1994) Gallysin-1, an antibacterial protein isolated from
hemolymph of Galleria mellonella. Dev. Comp.
Immunol. 18: 13-23

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PhD: Bugs

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Ballet

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Post-doc: Blood
Phipps D.J. and Branch D.R. (1997), Increased
enzymatic activity of the T-cell antigen receptor-
associated Fyn protein tyrosine kinase in
asymptomatic patients infected with the human
immunodeficiency virus. Blood 90 (9):3603-3612

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Post-doc: Blood

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Elizabeth Badley
“from chromosome to community”

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Senator Colin Kenny: Commercializing the Outcomes of
Health Research (2002) in: The Health of Canadians –
The Federal Role, Final Report. Volume Six:
Recommendations for Reform. The Standing Senate
Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
http://bit.ly/eNL45i
Kananaskis G8 Summit, G8 Africa Action Plan (2002) section 6.4
http://bit.ly/eitIPj
“We commit to:…Supporting health research on diseases prevalent in
Africa, with a view to narrowing the health research gap, including by
expanding health research networks to focus on African health issues, and
by making more extensive use of researchers based in Africa”

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ResearchImpact-RéseauImpactRecherche
Group of 12 Canadian
universities actively
developing programming for
knowledge mobilization to
transfer research into social
and economic benefits for
local and global communities

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York University KMb Unit Services
• Knowledge brokering
• Event planning
• Capacity building
• Support for grant applications

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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan
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http://www.thestar.com/article/462613

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Toronto Hot Weather Response Plan

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Knowledge Mobilization
community
campus
campus
community
collaboration ImpactHOW WHAT
Knowledge mobilization helps make research
useful to society by supporting engaged
scholarship from inception to impact

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Activity Output Outcome
Impact
Dissemination Uptake ImplementationCo-production

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Co-produced pathway to impact

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