Dianne J Russell is Research and Knowledge Exchange Consultant and Professor Emeritus with CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Dianne has been a health services researcher for over 30 years and a key individual in the development, evaluation and dissemination of clinical outcome measures such as the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM). Her consulting is focused on facilitating the use of research evidence in practice by engaging with research users throughout the research process and by making research results easily accessible in multiple formats to families, service providers, and policy decision-makers.