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Dec 20, 2023

Announcing the Quality, Innovation & Safety Grant Recipients

Portrait photos of two women, Dr. Sarah Colman and Dr. Karen Wang.

Congratulations to our successful 2023 Quality, Innovation and Safety Fund applicants

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the recipients of our inaugural Quality, Innovation, and Safety grants.

This new funding opportunity was created to support the Department's strategic goal of Integration, and in alignment with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's Quintuple aim (Improved Patient Experience; Better Outcomes; Lower Costs; Clinician Well-Being; Health Equity).  

Successful Applicants

Congratulations to the successful applicants, Dr. Sarah Colman and Dr. Karen Wang.

Dr. Sarah Colman

Dr. Sarah Colman MD FRCPC

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Geriatric Psychiatrist, CAMH and RECONNECT

Vice President, Medical Staff Association, CAMH

Funding

"A New Model for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): Psychogeriatric ACT"

$19,746 over 1.5 years

Site

Centre for Addiction & Mental Health

Dr. Karen Wang

Dr. Karen Wang MEd MD FRCPC MSc

Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Subspecialty Residency Program;
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Co-Chair, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Steering Committee;
Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatrist; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Funding

"SCOPE KIDS: Feasibility Study of a Collaborative Care Model for Delivery of Urgent Youth Mental Health Care"

$20,000 over 1.5 years

Site

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on their successful application addressing quality, innovation and safety in psychiatric care.

We look forward to hearing about the results of these important initiatives at future departmental events.

Dr. Benoit H. Mulsant,
Labatt Family Chair of the Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Simone Vigod,
Vice Chair, Clinical Innovation