Title:
Associate Professor
Doctorate:
RN, PhD
Address
POD-470C
Telephone:
416-979-5000 ext. 6331
Email Address:
Biography:
Dr. Elizabeth McCay has recently been appointed as Research Chair in Urban Health at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing (DCSN). She has been a Ryerson Faculty member since 1998 and was previously the Associate Director, SRC in the DCSN.
She currently holds a CIHR New Investigator Award. Dr. McCay’s research interests include; the study of vulnerable youth and mental illness; negative psychological consequences of illness on self-concept and the development of group interventions to promote healthy self-concepts. Dr. McCay is Co-Principal Investigator on a pilot study of Mental Health Need of Street Youth in Toronto (funded by The Wellesley Institute). Dr. McCay has held a number of research grants as a Principal Investigator from national funding agencies, such as CIHR, SSHRC and NARSAD related to self-concept in first episode schizophrenia, as well as the development and evaluation of a group intervention to minimize engulfment and promote healthy self-concepts. She has published and presented papers in these and related areas.
Dr McCay is also Co-Director (with Dr. Heather Beanlands) of the Centre for Health in at Risk Populations (CHIRP) whose aim is to identify and address clinical research questions related to promoting health in vulnerable individuals, families and communities. Her teaching interests include conceptualizations of health and illness across a broad range of clinical populations, as well as the health of vulnerable populations.
Research Funding
2011-2012
McCay, E. (PI). Srivastava, R., Dzendoletas, D., Fournier, C., Frankford, R., Ganguli, R., Sawchenko, L., Sloane, G., Vo, D., Beanlands, H., Bhattacharyya, O., Browne, G., Donald, F., Ginsburg, K., Gucciardi, E., Hughes, J., Jeffs, L., Martin-Misener, R., Saewyc, E., Sangster-Gormley, E., Schwind, J., Segal, Z., Souraya, S., Spalding, K., Vahabi, M., Williams, C., Aiello, A., Blidner, R. Implementing and Evaluating Mindfulness Approaches in Community-based Primary Healthcare Settings. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, October 2011 - October 2012. Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant, $24,920.00
2011-2012
McCay, E. (PI). Howes, C., McDonald, M., Quesnel, S., Ginsburg, K., Guimond, T., Kidd, S., Hughes, J., Hwang, S., Karabanow, J., Langley, J., MacLaurin, B., Saewyc, E., Santa Mina, E., Scwind, J., Aiello, A. A Resilience and Strengths-based Intervention to Promote Engagement,Positive Development and Reduce Risk in Street-involved Youth. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Meeting, Planning and Dissemination, Planning Grants, $24,800.00
2011-2012
McCay, E (PI). Romano, D., Langley, J., Archie, S., Cheng, C., Conrad, G., Manchanda, R., Menezes, N., Roy, P., Tibbo, P., Beanlands, H., Dewa, C., Rose, D., Santa Mina, E., Schwind, J., Zipursky, R., Aiello, A., Rehder, M., Gehrs, M., Robinson, K., Jeffs, L., Norman, R., Hassall, L., Fata, M. Sustaining Recovery: Supporting the Transition from Specialized Services to Primary Care for At-Risk Youth Who Have Experienced a First Episode of Psychosis. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Meeting, Planning and Dissemination, Planning Grants, $23,800.00
2009 -2012
McCay, E. (PI). Beanlands, H.; Cooper, L.; Hughes, J.; Hwang, S.; Karabanow, J.; Langley, J., MacLaurin, B.; McMain, S.; Quesnel, S..; Sidani, S.; Worthington, C. Enhancement of Transitional Housing Programmes for Street-involved Youth through the Application of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to Strengthen Resilience. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Partnerships for Health Improvement and the Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2009-2012, $324,792.00 (CIHR - 229,792.00; MHCC -$95,000.00)
2009 – 2010
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., Hughes, H., Hwang, S., Karabanow, J., Langley, J., McMain, S.,Quesnel, S., Enhancement of Transitional Housing Programmes for Street Youth through Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Canadian Institutes of Health, Partnership for Health Improvement: Development Proposal. Amount Requested, $14,900.00
2010-2015
Beitchmen, J., Henderson, J., McMain, S., Rush, B., Wolfe, D., McCay, E., Chaim, G., Cheung, G., Goldstein, A., Skilling, T., Boak, A., Cunning, S., Brownlie, E., Ballon, B., & Field, J. Mitigating risk and creating effective treatments: Improving services to children and youth with co-morbidities through discover, collaboration, innovation and integration. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Co-morbidity of brain disorders and other health problems, Emerging Team Grant, $1499,373.00
2008-2009
Day, D., Hart, T. & McCay, E.,A model of sexual risk and injury risk behaviours among incarcerated youth (Funded by Ryerson University, Interdisciplinary Grant, $19,981)
2008-2009
McCay, E., Karabanow, J., Kidd, S., Langley, J., Goering, P., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., & Hwang, S. Street-Involved Youth: The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Skills Training to Mitigate Emotional Distress and to Support Mental Health, Resilience and Overall Functioning. Social Sciences and Health Research Council (4A –Funding $5000.00, Ryerson University)
2008-2009
Boydell, K. Addington,J., Goering, P., McCay, E., Stasiullis, E., & Volpe, T. Using Dance to Translate Research on Early Psychosis (Funded by CIHR, $24,000.00)
2007-2009
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Sidani, S., Gucciardi, E., & Gurevich, The Development of an Intervention to Promote Psychological Well Being Across Three Distinct Illness Populations (Funded by Ryerson University, Interdisciplinary Grant $20,000.00)
2007-2009
Beanlands, H., McCay, E., Horsburgh, M., Sidani, S., Cattran, D., Hladunewich, M. Can psychosocial variables and self-management behaviors help explain progression in chronic kidney disease? (Funded by the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Allied Health Scientific Council. $49,658)
2005-2008
McCay, E., Langley, J., Beanlands, H. , Cooper C., Howes, C., Bach, K. Mental Health Needs of Transitional Street Youth. (Funded by the Wellesley Institute - Advanced Community-Based Research Award 50,060.00)
2006-2007
McCay, E., Langley, J. Karabanow, J. Henderson, A., Kidd, S., Cooper, L., Beanlands, H. & Spalding, K. Mental Health Needs of Street-Involved Youth in Canada: Establishing Evidence for a Policy Driven Agenda (Funded by CIHR, Institute of Gender & Health, $9750.00)
2006-2007
McCay, E., Karabanow, J. Henderson, A., Kidd, S., Langley, J., & Cooper, L. Promoting Mental Health and Resilience in Street-Involved Youth. (Ryerson SSHRC 4A Funding, $5,000.00)
2004-2007
Boydell, K.M., Co-investigators, Addington, J., Gladstone, B., Goering, P., Krupa, T., McCay, E., Volpe, T.,Youth Experiencing First Episode Psychosis: A Comprehensive Examination of Pathways to Care. (Funded by CIHR, 180,000
2003-2008
McCay, E.; CIHR New Investigator Award - Promoting healthy self-concepts to mitigate engulfment and self-stigmatization in chronic illness populations: Evaluating the effectiveness of group interventions (Funded by CIHR 50,000.00 per year)
Selected Publications:
Papers published in refereed journals:
McCay, E., Quesnel, S., Langley, J., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., Blidner, R., Aiello, A., Howes, C., & Bach, K., (2011) A Relationship-Based Intervention to Improve Social Connectedness in Street-Involved Youth: A Pilot Study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.24,4, 208-215.
McCay, E., (2011). Experience of Emotional Stress and Resilience in Street-Involved Youth: The Need for Early Mental Health Intervention, Healthcare Quarterly Special Issue on Child and Youth Mental Health in the Community, 14, (2), 65 – 71.
McCay, E., Langley, J., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., Mudachi, N., Harris, A., Blidner, R., Bach, K., Dart, C., & Miner, S. (2010) Recognizing the Need for a Multi-determined Approach To Meet the Mental Health Needs of Street-involved Youth, The Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, Special Issue – Determinants of Mental Health, 42, (3), 30-49.
Romano, D., McCay, E., Goering, P., Zipursky, R., & Boydell, K. (2010) Reshaping an enduring sense of self: The process of recovery from a first episode of schizophrenia. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 4, 3, 243-250.
Levac, A. & McCay, E. (2008) Exploring Parent Participation in a Parent Training Program for Children’s Aggression: Understanding & Illuminating Mechanisms of Change. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing,21(2), 80-92.
Costantini, L., Beanlands, H., McCay, E., Cattran, D., Hladunewich, M., & Francis, D., (2008) The Self-Management Experience of People with Mild to Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease: Are We Achieving Collaborative Care? American Nurses Nephrology Association Journal, 35(2), 147-156.
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Zipursky, R., Roy, P., Leszcz, M., Landeen, J., Conrad, G., Romano, D., Ryan, K., Francis, D., Hunt, J., Parmasaad, S. & Chan, E., (2007) Evaluating a Group Intervention to Strengthen Self-Concept and Reduce Engulfment In First Episode Schizophrenia: Preliminary Results. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 6(3), www.auseinet.com/journal/vol6iss3/mccay.pdf
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Leszcz, M., Goering, P., Seeman, M., Ryan, K., Johnston, N. & Vishnevsky, T. (2006). A group intervention to promote healthy self-concepts and guide recovery in first episode schizophrenia. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 30, (2), 105-110.
Boydell, K., Gladstone, B., Addington, J., Goering, P., McCay, E., Krupa, T. Stasiulis, E., & Volpe, T. (2006) "Youth Experiencing First Episode Psychosis: A Comprehensive Examination of Pathways to Mental Health." Schizophrenia Research 86: S116
Beanlands, H. McCay, E. Landeen, J. (2006). Strategies for Moving Beyond the Illness in Early Schizophrenia and Chronic Kidney Disease. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 38, (3),10-30.
Papers presented, refereed (published abstracts):
McCay, E. Aiello, A., Ramiro, M., Beanlands, H.; Cooper, L.; Hughes, J.; Hwang, S.; Karabanow, J.; Langley, J., MacLaurin, B.; McMain, S.; Quesnel, S..; Sidani, S.; Worthington, C, Enhancement of Transitional Housing Programs for Street-involved Youth through the Application of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to Strengthen Resilience, Presented at Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses National Conference, October 27, 2011
Donna, R., Goering, P., McCay, E., Boydell, K., & Zipursky, B., Examining the Reshaping of an Enduring Sense of Self: The Process of Recovery From a First Episode of Schizophrenia, Paper presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI, May 14-18, 2011.
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., Langley, J., & Robinson, P., Supporting Resilience amongst Street-Involved Youth, Paper Presented at the Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses National Conference Hope, Health and Healing: Mental Health Nursing Around the Corner and Around the World, Halifax, October 21, 2009
Romano, D., McCay, E., Goering, P., Zipursky, R., & Boydell, K. The process of recovery from a first episode of schizophrenia: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach. Presented at the 35th Annual Harvey Stancer Research Day in Psychiatry, June 25, 2009
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., Pratt, D., Aiello, A. & Bowler, K., Understanding the Mental Health Needs of Street-Involved Youth: The Need to Build on Strength and Commitment, Presented at the 2nd Annual Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing Annual Research Day, June 24, 2009.
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Zipursky, R., Roy, P., Leszcz, M., Conrad, G.,Romano, D., Landeen, J., & Ryan, K., Addressing Engulfment in First Episode Schizophrenia: The Role of Self-concept. Paper presented at The American Psychiatric Association, Institute on Psychiatric Services, Chicago,Il, October 2, 2008
Langley, J., & McCay, E., Mental Health Needs of Transitional Age Street Youth: A collaborative project. Presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vancouver, September 8, 2010.
McCay, E., & Langley, J., Mental Health Needs of Transitional Youth on the Street, A Collaborative Project, Paper presented to the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Montreal, November 18, 2007.
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Cooper, L., et al. Promoting Mental Health and Resilience in Street-Involved Youth, Paper presented at the 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, July, 2007, Vienna Austria.
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Zipursky, B., Leszcz, M., Roy, P., Conrad, G., Landeen, J., & Ryan, K., Francis, D., Hunt, J., Parmasad, S. Evaluating a Group Intervention to Reduce Engulfment and Self-Stigmatization in First Episode Schizophrenia: Preliminary Findings; Poster presented at the 15th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado, March 2007.
McCay, E., Beanlands, H., Zipursky, B., Leszcz, M., Roy, P., Conrad, G., Landeen, J., & Ryan, K., A Group Intervention to Reduce Engulfment and Self-Stigmatization in First Episode Schizophrenia: Preliminary Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Presented to the 15th International Symposium for the Psychotherapy of the Schizophrenia and other Psychoses. Madrid Spain, June 2006.
Posters presented, refereed (published abstracts)
McCay, E.. Aiello, A., Ramiro, M., Beanlands, H.; Cooper, L.; Hughes, J.; Hwang, S.; Karabanow, J.; Langley, J., MacLaurin, B.; McMain, S.; Quesnel, S..; Sidani, S.; Worthington, C,Implementing and Evaluating Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in Urban Street Youth: Addressing the Need for Mental Health Intervention, Poster presented at the International Conference on Urban Health, Brazil, November 2 to 4, 2011.
McCay, E., Frankford, R., Dzendoletas, D., Blidner, R., Beanlands, H., Gucciardi, E., Souraya, S. The Evaluation of a Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Promote Well Being for Individuals Experiencing Psychological Distress in the Context of Chronic Illness and Health Challenges: A Pilot Study in Progress, Poster presented at The Inner City Health Innovations Day, St Michael’s Hospital, October 28, 2011
Boydell, K.M., Gladstone, B., Addington, J., Goering, P., McCay, E., Krupa T., Stasiulis, E. and Volpe, T. Youth experiencing first episode psychosis: A comprehensive examination of pathways to mental health care. Poster presented at Building on Family Strengths: Research and Services in Support of Children and their Families Conference. Portland, Oregon, May 29 – June 2, 2007.
McCay, E., Langley, J., Beanlands, H. , Cooper C., Howes, C., Bach, K., Approaches to Mental Health Needs of Transitional Street Youth, Poster presented at the 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Montreal, July 2006.