Dr. Danielle Rice

Psychologist (Ph.D., C. Psych, Supervised Practice), St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Mental Health, Mental Health and Addictions, Substance Use Among Children and Youth, Depression, Psychology, Improving Quality and Methods of Research, Knowledge Synthesis, Systematic Review

Media

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Biography

Dr. Danielle Rice is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences. She is also a clinical and health psychologist (supervised practice) at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in the Mood Disorders Program, where she provides individual and group therapy, conducts comprehensive psychological assessments, and is actively involved in program evaluation, health system changes, and research related to depression and bipolar. Her role involves an important focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion for both research and clinical care. Rice received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from McGill University in 2022. Rice has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in the respected leading journals (e.g., BMJ, Perspectives in Psychological Science, JAMA Intern Med). She is a co-investigator on numerous grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). She is interested in health policy and health systems research, evidence synthesis, and the reproducibility and methodological quality of studies, especially within the field of mental health.

Expertise

  • Mental Health during COVID-19
  • Social connectedness in COVID-19
  • Mental health
  • Mental health and addictions
  • Substance abuse among children and youth
  • Depression
  • Psychology
  • Improving quality and methods of research
  • Knowledge synthesis
  • Systematic review