Implementation Support Coordinator

Carrie Costello is the Implementation Support Coordinator for The Center for Implementation. She is a graduate of the University of Victoria BFA program and came into research after her middle child was diagnosed early in life with a profound intellectual disability. She has been a parent partner in research on over 15 projects and is the primary co-investigator on two of these research studies.  She specializes in facilitating conversations with children and youth.

In her work with parents and youth, the most common complaint about research is how long it takes to actually make stuff happen. She is passionate about finding ways to put the research into action and joining TCI is a perfect way to support this work.

Before joining TCI, Carrie worked in patient engagement at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and the CHILD-BRIGHT research network (which she is still involved with). She won the Frank Gavin Patient Engagement Leadership Award and the Made With Patients Rising Star award for her work. Carrie is also an award winning playwright for young audiences and an avid puppeteer.

Carrie supports training workshops and project manages new course creation at TCI.