Associate Professor, Division of Social Medicine
Jade Boyd, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use. She draws upon qualitative, ethnographic and community-based methods to examine social, structural and environmental factors that impact people who use drugs. Dr. Boyd co-leads the BCCSU’s Qualitative and Community-Based Research field office where she collaborates with local and national peer-based, drug user-led groups, as well as leads a program of community-based research activities investigating drivers of drug-related harms among women, including barriers to harm reduction and the criminalization of women who use drugs. Dr. Boyd is supported by a Scholar Award from Michael Smith Health Research BC/St. Paul’s Foundation.