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Claire Benny
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Latest papers
Using health service data to understand unregulated toxic drug deaths in Alberta (2018-2023): an ecological study.
Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2026
Social inequities in injury-attributable emergency department visits across Alberta: an ecological study.
BMJ public health · 2026 · first author
Intentional injuries in newcomers to Alberta, 2016-2023.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $98,026
Understanding youth and parental attitudes toward road safety and driving in Alberta
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $661,726
Evaluating the impact of a novel acute care-based supervised injection service on patient outcomes
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
19 publications.
Using health service data to understand unregulated toxic drug deaths in Alberta (2018-2023): an ecological study.
Mathias H, Lithgow KV, Thomson E, Benny C, Tailfeathers E, Hyshka E
Social inequities in injury-attributable emergency department visits across Alberta: an ecological study.
Benny C, Pabayo R, Drul C, Belton KL
Intentional injuries in newcomers to Alberta, 2016-2023.
Mahajan C, Saunders N, Benny C
Graduated drivers licensing and traffic injury-attributable emergency department visits in Alberta, an interrupted time series study.
Benny C, Belton KL
Income inequality and deaths of despair: a population-based study of 19 million Canadian adults.
Were JM, Farmer G, Benny C, Smith BT, Yamamoto S, Maximova K, Nykiforuk CIJ, Trovato F, Senthilselvan A, Siddiqi A, Pabayo R
Income inequality and deaths of despair risk in Canada, identifying possible mechanisms.
Loverock A, Benny C, Smith BT, Siddiqi A, Pabayo R
Public health unit engagement in school mental health programs and adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: COMPASS, 2018-2022.
Benny C, Smith BT, Patte KA, Leatherdale ST, Pabayo R
An investigation into the relationship between community engagement and maternal mental health in Calgary, Alberta using the All Our Families cohort.
Benny C, Pietrosanu M, Lowe SAJ, Yamamoto SS, Kong L, McDonald S, Pabayo R
The association between reproductive rights and access to abortion services and mental health among US women.
Liu SY, Benny C, Grinshteyn E, Ehntholt A, Cook D, Pabayo R
Income inequality and mental health in adolescents during COVID-19, results from COMPASS 2018-2021.
Benny C, Senthilselvan A, Patte KA, Smith BT, Veugelers PJ, Leatherdale ST, Pabayo R
Understanding youth and parental attitudes toward road safety and driving in Alberta
Principal investigators: Benny, Claire
Evaluating the impact of a novel acute care-based supervised injection service on patient outcomes
Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine
Keywords: Acute Care; Community-Engaged Research; Health Services Research; Injection Drug Use; Population Health; Supervised Consumption Services
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
Frequent collaborators
- Karen Patte and Roman Pabayo: 20 shared papers
- Roman Pabayo and Claire Benny: 16 shared papers
- Candace Nykiforuk and Roman Pabayo: 7 shared papers
- Shelby Yamamoto and Roman Pabayo: 7 shared papers
- Roman Pabayo and Eun-Young Lee: 7 shared papers
- Candace Nykiforuk and Elaine Hyshka: 6 shared papers
- Elaine Hyshka and Holly Mathias: 6 shared papers
- Roman Pabayo and Katerina Maximova: 6 shared papers
- Candace Nykiforuk and Katerina Maximova: 5 shared papers
- Arjumand Siddiqi and Roman Pabayo: 5 shared papers
- Arjumand Siddiqi and Katerina Maximova: 5 shared papers
- Elaine Hyshka and Roman Pabayo: 5 shared papers
- Karen Patte and Claire Benny: 5 shared papers
- Sheila McDonald and Shelby Yamamoto: 4 shared papers
- Sheila McDonald and Roman Pabayo: 4 shared papers
- Arjumand Siddiqi and Claire Benny: 3 shared papers
- Shelby Yamamoto and Claire Benny: 3 shared papers
- Karen Patte and Katerina Maximova: 3 shared papers
- Candace Nykiforuk and Sheila McDonald: 2 shared papers
- Elaine Hyshka and Claire Benny: 2 shared papers
- Sheila McDonald and Claire Benny: 2 shared papers
- Candace Nykiforuk and Frank Trovato: 1 shared paper
- Candace Nykiforuk and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Arjumand Siddiqi and Frank Trovato: 1 shared paper
- Elaine Hyshka and Esther Tailfeathers: 1 shared paper
- Sheila McDonald and Linglong Kong: 1 shared paper
- Shelby Yamamoto and Linglong Kong: 1 shared paper
- Shelby Yamamoto and Frank Trovato: 1 shared paper
- Roman Pabayo and Linglong Kong: 1 shared paper
- Natasha Saunders and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Katerina Maximova and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Esther Tailfeathers and Holly Mathias: 1 shared paper
- Esther Tailfeathers and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Eun-Young Lee and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Linglong Kong and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Holly Mathias and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- Frank Trovato and Claire Benny: 1 shared paper
- School of Public Health
- Demography
- Health Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Department of Community Health Sciences
- Center for Health Promotion
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Roman Pabayo
Demography
16 shared papers, latest 2026
Scott Leatherdale
School of Public Health and Health Systems
6 shared papers, latest 2024
Paul Veugelers
Public Health Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2023
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan
Public Health Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Karen Patte
Health Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Arjumand Siddiqi
Epidemiology
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Shelby Yamamoto
School of Public Health
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Elaine Hyshka
School of Public Health
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Sheila McDonald
Department of Community Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Frank Trovato
Department of Sociology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Candace Nykiforuk
Center for Health Promotion
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Natasha Saunders
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Katerina Maximova
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Esther Tailfeathers
Department of Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Eun-Young Lee
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Linglong Kong
Mathematics & Statistical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Holly Mathias
Department of Human Ecology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Radha Chari
Obstetrics and Gynecology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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