Dr. Yvonne Codd

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 measures and articulates 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, and 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 an initial 24-month pilot.

  chronic rheumatology conditions   EMPLOYMENT   occupational adaptation   occupational identity   PARENTING   participation & engagement in life roles   work participation

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.