Biography
Dr. Tea Rosic, MD, PhD, is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at CHEO and Clinician-Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute. Dr. Rosic obtained her PhD in Health Research Methodology at McMaster University where she also completed her residency training in Psychiatry. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa Department of Psychiatry and with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. Dr. Rosic’s clinical work with youth experiencing substance use concerns, and their families, inspires the research she conducts. Her research program aims to better understand the development, prevention, and management of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (concurrent disorders) in young people. She has a special interest in health services research in concurrent disorders across the lifespan.
Dr. Rosic is currently accepting graduate students through the University of Ottawa. She is also accepting undergraduate students, medical students, and residents interested in developing and honing research skills in psychiatry and epidemiology. Current projects focus on:
- Assessment and management of nicotine vaping in youth
- The role of substance use in child and adolescent emergency department visits
- Population-level trends in health service use for concurrent disorders
- Concurrent disorders service delivery for children and adolescents
Her research lab uses diverse quantitative and qualitative research methods to achieve these goals. Opportunities for students include participation in primary observational data collection, quantitative methods and analysis, implementation science and evaluation, knowledge syntheses, and knowledge mobilization.