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Leading an innovative multidisciplinary program of research, monitoring, evaluation and quality improvement activities to guide health system improvements in the area of substance use.
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Dr. Kora DeBeck recipient of two prestigious research awards
March 26, 2024
Read moreDr. Kora DeBeck, a research scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and a Distinguished Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of
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BCCSU welcomes Dr. Sharon Vipler as Acting Executive Director
January 9, 2024
Read moreDr. Sharon Vipler has been appointed Acting Executive Director of the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). Dr. Vipler will serve in this role while
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First-of-its-kind, seamless addictions care available in Vancouver
December 4, 2023
Read moreRepublished from BC Government News People with addiction challenges are getting better, seamless treatment and recovery care through the new Road to Recovery initiative at
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New resources to help people with opioid use disorder
November 22, 2023
Read moreBC clinicians have newly updated clinical guidance to help deliver care for people living with opioid use disorder. The updated provincial Guideline for the Clinical
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Treating high-risk drinking, alcohol use disorder: new Canadian guideline
October 16, 2023
Read moreThe first-ever Canadian guideline for treating high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been published today in the CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Developed in partnership
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Anand R, Penta S, Cui Z, Fairbairn N, Socías ME Redesigning a stopped clinical trial as an emulated trial using real-world data to explore the effectiveness of slow-release oral morphine as a treatment for opioid use disorder Subst Use Addctn J PubMed
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Bozinoff N, Lei J, Mihic T, Moe J, Palis H, Nolan S, Ti L, Kennedy MC Uptake of low-dose buprenorphine initiation and associated patient characteristics in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study J Addict Med PubMed
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Kalicum J, Nyx E, Kennedy MC, Kerr T Perceived impacts of North Americas first de-medicalized safer supply program Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy PubMed
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Fleming T, Boyd J, McNeil R Reimagining subjectivities in place: necropolitical logics of safer supply and housing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Soc Sci Med PubMed
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Boyd J "Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access": Mothers who use unregulated drugs' experiences of dual public health emergencies Int J Drug Policy PubMed
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