Assistant Professor. Division of Social Medicine
Dr. Hudson Reddon, PhD (he/him), is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Social Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a research scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). His research focus is to conduct innovative longitudinal research to investigate substance use trajectories among people who use unregulated drugs (PWUD) during the fentanyl era. His recent work involves evaluating the risks, as well as the potential benefits, of evolving cannabis use/access patterns among people at highest risk of overdose and other substance-related harms, and investigating the predictors of HIV disease progression and engagement with HIV care among marginalized and medically underserved PWUD.
Dr. Reddon has an established track record of attracting research funds as a principal investigator (Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Public Health Agency of Canada) and has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers in high impact academic journals. He also has a keen interest in teaching and completed a Bachelors of Education degree at the University of Toronto. He has been involved in the design and delivery of curriculum among undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of health equity and chronic disease management at UBC and Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Reddon completed his graduate training at McMaster University in Health Research Methodology and Clinical Epidemiology and is an active member of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, the International Cannabinoid Research Society and the Canadian HIV Trials Network. His research program is supported by a Michael Smith Health Research BC – St. Paul’s Foundation/BC Centre on Substance Use Scholar Award.
Dr. Reddon is currently accepting graduate students.