Dr. Lisa Pfadenhauer is a senior researcher at the Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany and an adjunct assistant professor at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, USA. She holds a B.A. in International and Cultural Business Studies, a Master of Public Health (MPH), and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Public Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of evidence, practice, and policy, with particular interest in methods such as evidence synthesis and primary qualitative research. Lisa is involved in developing and applying theories and hands-on approaches to exchange and translate knowledge into practice and policy. For example, she co-developed, supported the implementation and evaluated an integrated knowledge translation approach implemented across five countries (Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa) and eight institutions. In addition to her research, Lisa is passionate about teaching and has developed, implemented and evaluated several innovative teaching formats at LMU.

Dr. Marie-Therese Schultes is an implementation scientist at the Pettenkofer School of Public Health, LMU Munich and at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich. She is a certified health psychologist with a special interest in competency development in implementation science, implementation evaluation and participatory research. Marie-Therese is the founder of the German Speaking Implementation Science Network INFo↔P.