TY - JOUR ID - 3742 TI - Reimagining Researchers in Health Research; Comment on “Experience of Health Leadership in Partnering With University-Based Researchers in Canada: A Call to ‘Re-Imagine’ Research” JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Plamondon, Katrina M. AD - School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 86 EP - 89 KW - Researcher Roles KW - Research Relationships KW - Knowledge Translation KW - humility DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2020.05 N2 - It is widely accepted that research evidence should inform policy and practice in health service organizations. Yet, amid increasingly complex and even wicked realities, where health inequities prevail and resource-strained health service organizations struggle to keep pace with demand, using research to inform practice and policy remains an elusive ideal. Bowen and colleagues’ study illuminates critical relational pathways for engagement in evidence-informed practice and decision-making and suggests beginning insights into what might contribute to the tenuousness of this aspirational ideal. But what kind of reimagination is needed to move toward more genuine engagement in research? This commentary argues for reimagining the relationship between researchers and health research, positioning researchers as responsive, guided by humility, and part of a greater collective effort to advance a public good. It challenges notions of objectivity and detached expertise, suggesting that researchers embrace an active practice of humility focused on approaching research in service and from a position of learning rather than knowing. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3742.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3742_819bfa77e249a691e1cb518da311f0f3.pdf ER -