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Kim Corace
Dr. Kimberly Corace, PhD, CPsych is a Canadian psychiatrist based in Ottawa, Ontario.
Career and Affiliations
The Royal
Corace is the Vice President of Innovation and Transformation at The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group.1)
University of Ottawa
Corace is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Ottawa.2)
Carleton University
Corace is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University.3)
Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table
Corace is a member of the Behavioural Science Working Group of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.4)
Communication Initiative Network
Corace is a member of the Communication Initiative Network, a group “convening the communication and media development, social and behaviour change community.”5) The network is affiliated with BBC Media Action, the Department of International Development (now the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), Food and Agriculture Organization, Inter-American Development Bank, International Development Research Centre, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Open Society Foundations, Pan American Health Organization, Save the Children, UNAIDS, UNICEF, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund, University of Guelph, USAID, World Health Organization (WHO),
Research
Corace's areas of research interest include the evaluation of multidisciplinary models of hepatitis C care, mental health and substance use issues as barriers to hepatitis C treatment, stigma, treatment readiness and adherence, motivators and barriers for vaccine uptake.6)
Her work also focuses on health behaviour change, including how behaviour change theories can be used to guide and inform novel interventions to facilitate health behaviour change (i.e., healthcare worker vaccination uptake and hand hygiene adherence) as well as the implementation of evidence into healthcare practice. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, her research is currently exploring the mental health and substance use impacts of COVID-19 on people with pre-existing mental health and substance use problems, as well as the impact of changes in service provision and care delivery due to COVID-19.
Fundiing
Corace has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).7) 8)
1)
Corace, K. (2020, November 17). Our clients and families need your support more than ever. The Royal. https://web.archive.org/web/20220502141553/https://www.theroyal.ca/get-involved/your-impact/stories-of-impact/our-clients-and-families-need-your-support-more-ever
2)
Corace, Kim. Department of Psychiatry. Retrieved May 2, 2022, from https://archive.ph/nQVux
3)
Hub Affiliates - Mental Health and Well-being Research and Training Hub. Carleton University. Retrieved May 2, 2022, from https://archive.ph/V6vAH
4)
About Us. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/
5)
Kimberly Corace. Communication Initiative Network. Retrieved May 2, 2022, from https://archive.ph/ktoMr
6)
Kim Corace. University of Ottawa. Retrieved May 2, 2022, from https://archive.ph/LxpF8
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Hamel, C., Corace, K., Hersi, M., Rice, D., Willows, M., Macpherson, P., Sproule, B., Flores-Aranda, J., Garber, G., Esmaeilisaraji, L., Skidmore, B., Porath, A., Ortiz Nunez, R., & Hutton, B. (2020). Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions for methamphetamine addiction: protocol for a scoping review of the literature. Systematic Reviews, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01499-z
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Wolfe, D., Corace, K., Rice, D., Smith, A., Kanji, S., Conn, D., Willows, M., Garber, G. E., Puxty, J., Moghadam, E., Skidmore, B., Garritty, C., Thavorn, K., Moher, D., & Hutton, B. (2020). Effects of medical and non-medical cannabis use in older adults: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 10(2), e034301. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034301