Myra Piat
Assistant Professor
PhD
Implementation Science, Mental Health Recovery, Knowledge Translation, Equity, Qualitative Research
Dr Piat is an Assistant Professor at »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ, Department of Psychiatry and has a cross-appointment as Assistant Professor, McGill School of Social Work. Dr Piat’s research is focused on implementation science, mental health recovery and equity. Her priority is to engage and give a voice to equity deserving groups, including service users and families/caregivers. She has been the lead on many Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ funded projects. Her most recent research is on adapting Walk the Talk Toolkit for equity deserving groups. , is a free online bilingual toolkit designed to help organizations overcome the challenges of implementing recovery-oriented services into their work.
A strong advocate of system transformation through collaboration and co-production, Dr Piat’s interest is on conducting real-world applied research that ultimately makes a difference in the lives of those with mental health challenges.
Dr Piat is open to the supervision of students who should send her a letter of interest and CV and see the project descriptions below.