Dr. Kathy Georgiades is one of the Core Members of the Offord Centre for Child Studies. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, and an Associate Member of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University. Dr. Georgiades also holds the endowed David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies.
Dr. Georgiades’ integrated program of research, mentorship and collaboration seeks to improve child and youth mental health at the population level and reduce inequities in access to effective mental health care.
To achieve these goals, Dr. Georgiades designs and implements epidemiologic studies of child and youth mental health and access to care among the general population and among underserved population sub-groups, including immigrants, refugees, racial and ethnic minoritized children and youth, as well as those living in socio-economically disadvantaged communities. These studies generate high quality evidence designed to address fundamental questions related to population prevalence, incidence and determinants of child and youth mental disorders and access to mental health care; and when repeated, provide foundational data that permit evaluation of child and youth mental health policies and practices.
Inherent in all of her studies are close partnerships with policy makers, administrators and practitioners who use the evidence generated to facilitate data-driven and evidence-informed decisions related to the allocation and targeting of child and youth mental health resources and the implementation and evaluation of policies and practices designed to improve child and youth mental health and reduce inequities in timely access to effective care.
Learn more about Dr. Georgiades: https://offordcentre.com/our-team/kathy-georgiades/.