The Division of Social Medicine’s faculty, students and fellows engage in a wide range of research activities aimed at improving the quality and access of healthcare services amongst historically underserved populations.
Substance Use Research
COHORT STUDIES AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS)
- AIDS Care Cohort to Evaluate Exposure to Survival Services (ACCESS)
- At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS)
- Assessing Economic Transitions Study (ASSETS)
- Cheque Day Study
- Scientific Evaluation of Supervised Injecting (SEOSI)
- Mitsampan Community Research Project in Thailand
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH
CLINICAL RESEARCH
- A Prospective Cohort of Substance Users in British Columbia: Tracking Health Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization Among Patients Evaluated for Addiction Care (OPAC)
- An Evaluation of the Use of Community Transition Teams to Improve Health Outcomes for Individuals with an Opioid Use Disorder Following Release from British Columbia Corrections (OPAC Corrections Study)
- Addition of High Dose Stimulant and Engagement-focused Contingency Management, Alone and In Combination, to Treatment-as-usual for the Management of Methamphetamine Use Disorder (ASCME): A Pan-Canadian Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial
PROGRAM EVALUATION
- Observational Prospective Study of Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT) and Tablet Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (TiOAT)
- National Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT) Environmental Scan
- Drug Checking
- An Evaluation of Safer Opioid Prescribing (AESOP)
- Road to Recovery (R2R)
Gender and Sexual Health Equity Research
CLINICAL AND INTERVENTION RESEARCH
COMMUNITY-BASED COHORTS AND SOCIAL/POLICY RESEARCH
- Drive for Change (DFC)
- An Evaluation of Sex Workers Health Access (AESHA)
- Food and Beverage Sector Worker Study (FABS)
- Researching Environments that Affirm 2S/LGBTQ+ Identities, Relationships & Mental Health (REAFFIRM) Collaborative
- Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS: Longitudinal Women’s Needs Assessment (SHAWNA)