Dr. Paula Goering has made wide-ranging and significant contributions to the field of mental health services research in Canada and internationally, including advancements in the field of KT. This bi-annual award, which recognizes her contribution, is sponsored by University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation.

The 2014 award winner is the 'Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities' project, lead by Dr. Yona Lunsky.

Please join a webinar highlighting the project’s achievements in collaboration!

Objectives:

• Describe mental and physical health and the health care disparities faced by Ontario’s adults with developmental disabilities;

• Discuss the impact of bringing scientists, policymakers and community stakeholders together to develop and carry out mental health research; and

• Share lessons learned for successfully integrating KT in mental health and addictions research.

Presenters:

• Dr. Yona Lunsky, Clinician Scientist, Dual Diagnosis Research, CAMH

• Additional speakers still to be confirmed

About H-CARDD

Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) is a research program whose primary goal is to enhance the overall health and well-being of people with developmental disabilities through improved health care policy and services. H-CARDD research is conducted by dedicated teams of scientists, policymakers, and health care providers. H‐CARDD is funded by the Partnerships for Health System Improvement Program of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Health Systems Research Fund of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. For more information, visit www.hcardd.ca.

Paula Goering Collaborative Research and Knowledge Translation Award: Linking Sectors & Linking Data to Improve Mental Health of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

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