12 - Dr. Yona Lunsky: Better Together

03/03/20 • 59 min

Yona Lunsky, Ph.D., C.Psych, joins us to discuss creating space for patient partners in research, barriers to care for individuals with developmental disabilities, her personal connection to her work, and so much more!

Dr. Lunsky is the Director of the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, and the Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) Program at CAMH. She is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Adjunct Scientist at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and has focused her research on the mental health needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families. Dr. Lunsky is the principal investigator of several studies examining clinical and systems issues related to health services. She is also involved in a number of projects focused on improving primary, emergency and mental health care. In more recent years she has become more involved in a number of partnership projects bringing together both researchers and clinicians with people with disabilities and their families to design innovative approaches to improving health care.

Follow Dr. Yona Lunsky on Twitter. Find out more about the Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, the Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) and other resources mentioned in the full show notes!

This episode of Accidental Intellectual is produced by Bronwyn Lamond, Rachael Lyon, Harrison McNaughtan, Stephanie Morris, Lee Propp, and Ariana Simone. Our theme music is by Alexandra Willet and our branding by Maxwell McNaughtan.

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11 - Sarah Hobbs-Blyth: Listening to Youth

Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Toronto, Sarah Hobbs-Blyth, joins us to discuss her “accidental” career trajectory, inclusive access to mental health, primary and sexual health care for youth, how her work in the field of sexual and reproductive health has played into her role as a parent, and so much more!

Sarah began her career in sexual health and health care working at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. She joined the Community Health Centre sector in 1999 and has held a variety of positions. Sarah has demonstrated her commitment to improving access to mental health, primary and sexual health care for youth through participating on various boards, committees and working groups both within the CHC sector and within the non-profit charitable sector. Sarah has a combined degree in Sociology and Gerontology from McMaster University, a master’s certificate in Healthcare Management from Schulich School of Business and has completed the Advanced Health Systems Leadership Program at Rotman School of Business. Sarah is committed to working from an anti-oppressive framework and is an advocate for the model of health and wellbeing.

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13 - Dr. Suze Berkhout: Stay With the Mess

Suze Berkhout, MD, Ph.D., joins us to discuss storytelling and why it matters, how to ethically share stories in an accessible and meaningful format, writing and other creative processes, learning to stay with the mess, and so much more!

Dr. Suze Berkhout is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and a clinician-investigator and practicing psychiatrist within the University Health Network. Her research explores how dimensions of self and social identity are shaped within medical and psychiatric practices, and the implications of this for the production and unintended consequences of biomedical knowledge. Her current overlapping and messy research projects explore these themes within Placebo and Nocebo Studies, First Episode Psychosis, and Transplant Medicine, and increasingly include methods that push at the limits of narrative convention.

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To learn more about the Accidental Intellectual podcast and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, visit our website at www.accidentalintellectual.com.