Carla Hilario

Assistant Professor

School of Nursing

Office: UBCO Landmark Offices
Email: carla.hilario@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Health equity; youth mental health; community resilience; implementation science.

Courses & Teaching

NRSG 502 - Research and Inquiry for Evidence-Based Nursing and Healthcare (Spring 2023)

Degrees

PhD, University of British Columbia
MSN, University of British Columbia
BScN, University of British Columbia

Research Interests & Projects

My current research is in the area of health equity and youth mental health, including access to and experiences of care, social determinants of mental health, and co-designing inclusive services and systems with diverse young people. I am leading projects on racial discrimination and youth mental health; COVID-19 and youth mental health; and strategic foresights/truths for decolonizing futures with Indigenous and newcomer youth.

Selected Publications & Presentations

Google Scholar Profile

Selected Grants & Awards

Active Grants as NPI

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health service use, 2022-2024, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

COVID-19 and the mental health of adolescents in Alberta, 2021-2024, Women and Children’s Health Research Institute.

Investigating racism in youth mental health care: A mixed-methods youth-engaged study, 2021-2024, Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Strategic foresights for Canada’s reconciliation futures: Engaging Indigenous and newcomer youth, 2019-2023, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council.

Selected Active Grants as Co-I

Evaluating the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on youth substance use and mental health trajectories over time: renewal of the COMPASS cohort, 2022-2027, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. NPI: Scott Leatherdale.

Empowering Next-generation Researchers In perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH), 2022-2024, Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot. NPI: Susan Samuel.

Exploring inter-ethnic relationships in the settlement sector, 2022-2026, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council. NPI: A. Ka Tat Tsang.

Peer-based mental health supports for children and youth in low-resource settings, 2022-2023, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. NPI: Joseph Puyat.

Reducing inpatient readmission rates for patients discharged from acute psychiatric care in Alberta using peer and text message support, 2021-2024, Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Health System. NPI: Vincent Agyapong.

Professional Services/Affiliations/Committees

• Member, CIHR College of Reviewers, 2022 – present
• Member, Equity Committee, UBC Faculty Association, 2022 – present

Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5tgzb5MWs