Full Name
Dr. Kim Corace, Ph.D., CPsych
Job Title
Vice President, Innovation & Senior Scientist
Organization
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Country
CANADA
Speaker Bio

Dr. Kim Corace, PhD, C.Psych. is the Vice-President of Innovation & Senior Scientist at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Ottawa, Clinical Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Program Director of Evidence-Based Evaluation & Clinical Programming in the Mental Health & Substance Use Care Program at The Ottawa Hospital, Senior Scientist at Homewood Research Institute, and a Clinical Health Psychologist. In addition, Dr. Corace was a Presidential Officer of the Canadian Psychological Association from 2019-2022. Through her roles, she partners with providers, agencies, and persons with lived expertise to provide strategic leadership for mental health and substance use health system transformation and integration, including innovation in digitally-enabled service delivery models. Working at provincial, national, and international levels, her work focuses on reducing stigma and improving access to care and outcomes for people with substance use health and mental health needs. She contributes her expertise to numerous standards and guidelines committees as well as policy development initiatives to improve care. She has received numerous accolades and awards for her outstanding contributions, including an Innovation Expo Award to Dr Corace and colleagues for the development and implementation of a novel digital health solution that increases access to substance use health care.

Kim Corace, Ph.D., CPsych