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.
Research at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)
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)
- Coming in the Fall – 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)
- Coming in the Fall – Road to Recovery Evaluation
Research at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity (CGSHE)
CLINICAL AND INTERVENTION RESEARCH
- Evaluating Inequities in Refugee and Immigrants’ Health Access (IRIS)
- Trans Health Research Project
- Trauma-Informed Support (TRIS) Project
- UBC Men’s Health Research Program
COMMUNITY-BASED COHORTS AND SOCIAL/POLICY RESEARCH
- Drive for Change (DFC)
- AMPLIFY Project
- 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)