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Dr. Yvonne Codd

Assistant Professor (Occupational Therapy)
      
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Dr. Yvonne Codd

Assistant Professor (Occupational Therapy)

 coddy@tcd.ie

 


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.
  chronic rheumatology conditions   EMPLOYMENT   occupational adaptation   occupational identity   PARENTING   participation & engagement in life roles   work participation
Project Title
 Parenting Matters with Arthritis: Developing and Testing a Parent-focused Intervention Programme to Support Parenting with Inflammatory Arthritis
From
September 2024
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Trinity Research Doctorate Awards
Project Type
Funded PhD
Project Title
 Work-Able Solutions
From
1st January 2023
To
Summary
This Sláintecare funded project is piloting an integrated care occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation service and delivering work-focused interventions to individuals with musculoskeletal disorders and arthritis to support work ability and work retention in three sites around Ireland. This Sláintecare Integration Innovation Fund (2022) project was awarded funding to the value of €725,936 and a 6-month funding extension was awarded in January 2025 to the value of €141,174.
Funding Agency
Sláíntecare Integration Innovation Fund
Programme
National Clinical Programme (Rheumatology)
Project Title
 OT4Parenting
From
April 2023
To
Summary
This international study group is led by researchers in the University of Sydney and Yvonne is leading the Irish arm of this work. We are conducting research promoting occupational therapy support for parenting for adult clients across the globe in diverse populations and practice settings. We are conducting an international cross-sectional survey of occupational therapists' perspectives on parenting. Data collection is completed and analysis is currently underway. You can read more about our work at www.ot4parenting.org.

Details Date
Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead on the National Clinical Programme (Rheumatology). 2020-present
Co-Study Group Leader of the EULAR Work in RMDs Study Group June 2024
Academic Occupational Therapist Committee Member on the UCD Centre for Arthritis Research Steering Committee March 2024 - to date
Workwell Trial Steering Committee Member: Independent occupational therapy member providing oversight to the Workwell Trial on behalf of the funder (Versus Arthritis). This RCT is testing an occupational therapy-led work programme for people with inflammatory arthritis who are experiencing difficulties at work. July 2021 - Nov 2024
Member of the EULAR HPR Work Rehabilitation Study Group June 2021-May 2022
Board Member of Arthritis 2007-2009
Member of the WHO Rehabilitation Programme Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation (PIR) Peer Review Group for Musculoskeletal Conditions April 2021- August 2021
Details Date From Date To
CORU registered (OT 014326) Current Present
Member of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (MAOTI 2195) June 1999 Present
Member of the Next Generation Trialists in Stroke Recovery, Rehabilitation and Life After Stroke Working Group April 2024 Present
Member of the AOTI Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders Advisory Group. Previously served as Data Lead, CPD & Education Officer, Chair and Secretary 2000 Present
Member of the Irish Health Professional Society (IRHPS). Previously held committee roles as Chair and Secretary June 1999 Present
Member of the AOTI Vocational Advisory Group February 2024 Present
AOTI Communications Committee Chairperson December 2021 April 2023
Member of the AOTI Conference Committee 2021 January 2021 December 2021
Somerville, S., Codd, Y., Gowran R.J., The role of occupational therapy in providing vocational rehabilitation for people living with inflammatory arthritis: a scoping review, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
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, 2025, Poster, PUBLISHED  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, 2025, Poster, PUBLISHED  URL
Yvonne Codd, Anne Honey, Margaret McGrath, Experiences of occupational therapy practice and parenting: Irish findings from the OT4Parenting international study, Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference 2024, Athlone, Ireland, 26-27th September 20, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Yvonne Codd, Innovative multidisciplinary approach in early inflammatory arthritis, EULAR, Vienna, Austria, 12th June 2024, 2024, EULAR, Invited Talk, PRESENTED  URL
Yvonne Codd, Work-Able Solutions: An Integrated Care Occupational Therapy Vocational Rehabilitation Service Project, UCD Centre for Arthritis Research: Research Seminar Series, Dublin, 19th January, 2024, UCD Centre for Arthritis Research, Invited Talk, PRESENTED  URL
McGrath, M., Honey, A., Codd, Y., Ryder, J.V., Morrison,, R., Abezeid, C.M., Zein, H., Tan, H.L., Sim, S.S., Yunus, F.W., .,Romli, M.W., Pitch, E., Every parent matters: The value of a parent-centric approach to supporting parenting occupations and roles, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Codd, Y., Porter-Armstrong, A., Turtle, B., McNally, A., McArdle, M.,, Stinson, M., MCIlwaine, P., Abbi, L., Morrow, F., Hughes, T., Maguire, A., Stapleton, T., A Communities of Practice approach to understand barriers and facilitators in implementing clinical based stroke research, Irish Heart Foundation Stroke Conference, Dublin, 15th November 2024, 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Yvonne Codd, A preliminary report of an occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation integrated care programme, International Conference of Integrated Care, Belfast, UK, 22-24th April 2024, 2024, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED  URL
Anna O'Reilly, Caoimhe Kelly, Mairead Cahill, Pauline Boland, Yvonne Codd, Experiences of parenting with inflammatory arthritis: A scoping review, Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference 2024, Athlone, Ireland, 26-27th September, 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Award Date
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
Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Best Workshop Abstract Prize 2024
Irish Rheumatology Health Professional Society Silver Medal Award for Research 2023 2023
Irish Rheumatology Health Professional Society Gold Medal Award for Research 2022 2022
Irish Rheumatology Health Professional Society Gold Medal Award for Research 2021 2021
Irish Rheumatology Health Professional Society Educational Bursary Second Prize 2021
Member of the QI team which was a Finalist in the National Clinical Excellence Awards (Excellence in Quality Care category) and won 1st Prize in Naas General Hospital Quality Improvement Audit & Research 2021
Irish Rheumatology Health Professional Society Silver Medal Award for Research 2018 2018
Arthritis Ireland (Kildare Branch) Research Bursary 2018
Arthritis Ireland (Kildare Branch) Research Bursary 2017
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.