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Biography
Yvonne joined the Discipline of Occupational Therapy as an Assistant Professor in September 2023. She holds a PhD., MSc. and BSc Cur Occ (Hons) awarded by Trinity College Dublin. As an occupational therapist and a researcher, Yvonne is interested in clinically applied research which describes and measures the impact of occupation-focused interventions to support enjoyment and engagement in life roles including employment and parenting across a range of conditions. In her academic career to date Yvonne has previously held an Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy position in the School of Allied Health, University of Limerick where she taught on the MSc. Occupational Therapy (professional qualification) programme and supervised projects on the MSc. in Advanced Healthcare Practice. She has previously taught occupational therapy students at undergraduate level in Trinity College Dublin, and nursing and allied health professionals at postgraduate level in University College Dublin and University of Ulster. Yvonne held a Research Fellow position in the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College Dublin on the REfLECTS Study, a CHITIN funded randomised control trial of mirror box therapy in upper limb rehabilitation with sub-acute stroke patients. Yvonne has extensive experience in clinical rheumatology, chronic conditions, vocational rehabilitation, service design and clinical research. She holds expertise in developing and implementing work rehabilitation therapy pathways for employees with an injury, illness, on long-term seek leave, or requiring redeployment to support work ability and work retention. In her clinical career to date, Yvonne has worked in outpatient and inpatient rheumatology services working with adults, young adults and children. She has also worked in primary care adult settings, in paediatric primary care (6-18 years) with children with a broad range of developmental difficulties, in school support teams (6-18 years, and children with intellectual disability. Yvonne represents Occupational Therapy as the Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead on the National Clinical Programme for Rheumatology. Yvonne is the Principal Investigator and Project Lead on Work-Able Solutions which is an integrated care occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation service project. Work-Able Solutions secured funding from the Sláintecare Integration Innovation Fund for piloting to test proof of concept. Yvonne is member of the ot4parenting international research group which is conducting research to promote occupational therapy support for parenting for adult clients across the globe in diverse populations and practice settings.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Yvonne Codd, Trish Fitzgerald, Oriel Glennon, Jane Brownlee, Katie Mahon, Tadhg Stapleton, Gary Killeen, David Kane, A preliminary report of an occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation integrated care programme, International Journal of Integrated Care, International Conference of Integrated Care, Belfast, UK, 22-24th April 2024, 25, (2), 2025Oral Presentation, 2025, URL
- Paula Minchin, Yvonne Codd, Nicole Glassey, Current Occupational Therapy Practices in Hand OA: Advancing Care in Primary and Integrated Services, All Ireland Conference on Integrated Care, Dublin, 26th March 2025, 2025Poster, 2025, URL
- Yvonne Codd, Gary Killeen, David Kane, Susan Somerville, Katie Mahon, Jane Brownlee, Oriel Corcorcan, Trish Fitzgerald, Tadhg Stapleton, Enhancing vocational outcomes in Irish clinical practice for adults with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders: 12-month interim findings from Work-Able Solutions, All Ireland Conference on Integrated Care, Dublin,, 26th March 2025, 2025Poster, 2025, URL
Research Expertise
Yvonne is interested in clinically applied research which measures and articulates the impact of occupation-focused interventions to support engagement and enjoyment in life role including employment and parenting across a range of conditions.
Recognition
- Trinity Research Doctorate Award 2024/2025 PI-based Projects Scheme 2024
- Nominated for a Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award in 2023-24 2024
- Member of the REfLECTS Team which is a finalist in the Advancing Healthcare Awards 2024 in the `Northern Ireland Government Award for Partnering, Leading, Shaping to Improve Population Health' Category. Submission entitled: Stroke bootcamp initiative to improve AHP stroke rehabilitation. 2024