Shannon Scott, PhD, RN, FCAN, is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation for Child Health at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Scott developed the highly successful Translating Evidence in Child Health to enhance Outcomes, or ECHO, research program focused on improving health outcomes for children with acute and chronic health conditions. Her research cuts across multiple disciplines and merges research and the arts. Consistently, her research innovations have been awarded national prizes. She is a founding co-director, and the only registered nurse, of Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids, a nationally funded initiative developed to ensure every child receives the highest standard of emergency healthcare irrespective of where they seek care in Canada.

Dr. Scott is known for her enduring commitment to build capacity in nursing research and has mentored more than 60 trainees and junior colleagues across Canada. She has been awarded multiple honors including a Canada Research Chair, Distinguished Researcher, Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Excellence in Nursing Research awardee, inductee of the Royal Society of Canada's College of Scholars, Artists & Scientists, and is an inaugural Fellow in the Canadian Academy of Nursing in 2020. Dr. Scott is a Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland, and she holds Adjunct Professor appointments at the University of Manitoba and the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Canada.

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