Prior to completing her PhD in Nursing, she worked for 12 years as a hospital-based IBCLC and clinical nurse specialist in maternal child health. Dr. Semenic pursued post-doctoral training in knowledge translation (KT), and her research program focuses on enhancing the uptake of evidence-based care, with a special interest in breastfeeding support. Her research projects include the study of barriers and facilitators to implementing the Baby-Friendly Initiative in different health care contexts; women’s needs and experiences related to primary care breastfeeding support; and the use of communities of practice (CoPs) to enhance KT capacity in nursing. She is also co-chair for the development of the Registered Nurses of Ontario’s new Best-Practice Guideline on supporting and sustaining breastfeeding.