Research

Trauma-Informed Organizational & Leadership Practices


Integrated, Trauma-Informed and Gender Responsive Care

  • 2024-2027 “Building Psychological Safety in Long-Term Care: Strengthening Equity & Trauma-informed Organizational Capacity to Support Workforce Mental Health & Well-being” Funded by CIHR- Canadian Institutes of Health Research 

    Team Grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation Competition 2023-11-09

    PI: Yoon, R. 

    Co-A: Silva, I., Calver, J., Chee, J., Naik, S., Tomlin, N., Bourgeault, I., Espin, S, Bookey-Bassett,S., Roitenberg, J., Kovacs, A.,Sun,W. 

  • 2023-Registered Nurses of Ontario (RNAO) Advanced Clinical Fellowship

    Title: Trauma-informed Organizational and Leadership Practices to Support Workforce Mental Health and Resilience: A Rapid Knowledge to Action Synthesis

    PI: Yoon, R

  • 2026 “Leading Trauma-Informed Cultures of Care in Times of Uncertainty and Change: How Trauma-Informed Organizational and Leadership Practices Can Bolster Psychological Health and Safety“

    PI: Yoon, R

  • 2026 “Trauma-Informed Organizational and Leadership Practices to Support Workforce Mental Health: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis”

    PI: Yoon, R.

    Co-A : Onilude Y, Butac M

  • 2024 Emerging Through Adversity: Early Implementation Learnings of Leadership Capacity Supports to Bolster Team Resilience

    PI : Yoon, R

    Co- A: Jiwani-Ebrahim N, Roitenberg J

  • 2023-2024 “Dismantling the Status Quo: Wrapping around the Needs of Women with Substance use through Connection and Community” Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Engage Grant

    PI: Yoon, R

    Co-A: Poole, N.,  Cheung, C., Bloomenfeld, J., Kim A., Bawra, J.

  • 2023-2024 Creating Community Partnerships & Belonging for Women and racialized and/or LGBTQ2S women with Substance Use Challenges Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Planning and Dissemination Grant 

    PI: Yoon, R. 

    Co-I: Poole, N.,  Cheung, C., Bloomenfeld, J., Kim A., Bawra, J.

  • Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) Grant (2020) Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Research 

    Yoon, R (Co-PI), Coombs, M (Co-PI)., Furlong, A., & Dave, S.

    “Integrated Relapse Prevention Treatment Pathway for Women with Alcohol Use Disorder: Integrated Anti-Craving Medications Plus Counseling for Women”

  • COVID-19 Research Grant: TD Community Health Solutions Fund (2020)

    Yoon, R (PI) 

    “System Sector Impact of Covid-19 on Access to Withdrawal Management Services for People experiencing Substance Use: Lessons Learned & Ways Forward”


Equity Driven Community Engaged Participatory Research

  • 2024-05 Canadian Cancer Society Health Equity Research Grants - LOI - 2024

    Research Project Title: Open Door: co-creating equity-oriented cancer screening processes with high priority communities in Toronto’s Downtown West Neighbourhoods.

    PI: Yoon, R. 

    Co-A: Abejirinde I., Alamgir, A., Vahabi, M., Lofters, A.

  • 2026 “Cross-Pollinators and Boundary Spanners: Contributions of Ontario Health Team Fellows to Quality Improvement and Evaluation Capacity for Health Systems”

    PI: Yoon, R.

    Co-PI : Lake J, Chala MB, Chui A, Barnett R, Abdelhalim R, Xiao S, Côté-Boileau E, Anderson C

  • 2025 “Open Door” to Community Connected Pathways for Integrated Care.

    PI: Yoon, R.

    CO-A : Filaber K, Zhang C, Ledwos C, Humphries J, Décarie T

  • 2024 Scoping review protocol: what is the state of evidence for the use of communication apps with immigrant seniors in long-term care and community settings?

    PI: Yoon, R.

    CO-A : Wong JPH, Chung-Lee L, Akbarian A, Abdulai AF, Hou R, Ho M, Zinaic R, Anoushka A

  • 2023, Partnering with People with Lived/Living Experience of Mental Health and substance Use in Participatory Evaluation of an integrated virtual navigation support service for people experiencing substance use challenges.

    • PI: Yoon, R

      Co-A : Broderick M, Bolarhino J, Complin LD

    More publications can be found here : https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/34258-rosanra-yoon/publications

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