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, Adjunct Scientist at the Institute of Mental Health Research, 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 treatment access and outcomes for people with substance use health and mental health problems. She contributes her expertise to numerous standards and guidelines committees as well as policy development initiatives to improve mental health and substance use health care.
The Ontario Ministry of Health Innovation Fund awarded the “Best Innovation in Mental Health Care Delivery” to Dr. Corace and her colleague for their Regional Opioid Intervention Service. In 2022, Dr Corace and colleagues won an Innovation Expo award for the development and implementation of the Digital Front Door to Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinics.
