Erin Michalak
Professor in the Department of Psychiatry; Founder and Network Leader, CREST.BD; Program Director, APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health; BC SUPPORT Unit Patient Engagement Methods Clusters Lead,
Psychiatry, Psychology, Mood & Anxiety Disorders, Mental Health, Patient Engagement, Knowledge Translation, Quality of Life, Implementation of Science.
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Dr. Erin Michalak – 2018 CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Transformation: Patient Engagement
Dr. Erin Michalak from Vancouver’s University of British Columbia is recognized for her work founding the Collaborative Research Team: CREST.BD, a network of researchers and knowledge exchange experts in Bipolar Disorder (BD). CREST.BD uses a novel model called Community-Based Participatory Research, which ensures researchers work hand-in-hand with patients and members of the BD communities, from setting priorities to developing research protocol. CREST.BD has produced meaningful new knowledge in their research priority areas: quality of life, stigma, psychological interventions, and self-care. They also specialize in knowledge translation– moving research results into action.
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Psychiatry professor Erin Michalak receives 2019 Douglas Utting Prize
UBC Faculty of MedicineOnline
URL: https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/psychiatry-professor-erin-michalak-receives-2019-douglas-utting-prize/
Biography
Dr. Erin Michalak is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, Program Director for the APEC Digital Hub for Mental Health and the Patient Engagement Methods Clusters Lead for the BC SUPPORT Unit. Her background is in psychology, with a PhD awarded from the University of Wales College of Medicine in the United Kingdom. Her research expertise lies in eHealth/mHealth, patient engagement in research, knowledge translation, mood disorders, quality of life, and implementation science. Her research has been well supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and other funders. Michalak is the founder and leader of the ‘Collaborative RESearch Team for the study of psychosocial issues in Bipolar Disorder’ (CREST.BD), a CIHR-funded Canadian network dedicated to collaborative research and knowledge exchange in bipolar disorder. She has published over 100 scientific articles and several books and book chapters.