Dr Yona Lunsky: Research that Informs Policy and Transforms Practices

Programs Curriculum of Caring Phase 3: CARE in Practice Dr Yona Lunsky: Research that Informs Policy and Transforms Practices

Dr Yona Lunsky: Research that Informs Policy and Transforms Practices

Phase 3: CARE in Practice

Dr Yona Lunsky is ‎a Professor and Developmental Disabilities Lead with Deptartment of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Dr Lunsky's clinical research and work is profoundly influential in improving health care for people with DD. We want to particularly highlight the Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) and online resources aimed at positively impacting health and health care for people with DD. Go to http://www.hcardd.ca/ and pass on the news about this work!

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