Gillian Harvey, University of Alberta

Research

Nurse Staffing

Latest papers

Community-Based Co-Design of Public Health Messaging for Harm Reduction and Overdose Response Technology.
Health promotion practice · 2026
Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids.
CJEM · 2026
The relationship between COVID-19 and opioid-related emergency department visits in Alberta, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis.
Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Co-Design in Healthcare Through Capacity Building and Advanced Practice
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$49,130
Development of the Preferred Reporting Components for Co-design in Research (PRECISE) Guideline and Checklist
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$325,126
An Examination of Key Aspects to Operating and Delivering Remote Opioid Overdose Monitoring Supports.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$99,390

All 8 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Community-Based Co-Design of Public Health Messaging for Harm Reduction and Overdose Response Technology.

Rioux W, Harvey G, Rao S, Seo B, Ghosh SM

Health promotion practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/15248399261426003 PMID: 41999187

02

Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids.

Gehring ND, Weicker SA, Hyshka E, Lail P, Mrochuk M, Rittenbach K, Speed KA, Salvalaggio G, Harvey G, Twan S, Dong K

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-01042-w PMID: 41217727

03

The relationship between COVID-19 and opioid-related emergency department visits in Alberta, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis.

Speed KA, Bwala H, Gehring ND, Ahmed M, Dong K, Lail P, Twan S, Harvey G, McLane P, Salvalaggio G, Wild TC, Dmitrienko K, Hathaway J, Hyshka E

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2025

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.45.9.01 PMID: 40960730

04

Recovery and Renewal of Co-Design Approaches in Health: Protocol for a Realist Synthesis.

Mallakin M, Langley J, Harvey G, Walker S, Raber C, Beyzaei N, Paczka Giorgi LA, Holyoke P, Sellen K

JMIR research protocols2024

DOI: 10.2196/58318 PMID: 39018552

05

Development of the Preferred Components for Co-Design in Research Guideline and Checklist: Protocol for a Scoping Review and a Modified Delphi Process.

Munce SE, Steele Gray C, Pomeroy BC, Bayley M, Kokorelias KM, Luong D, Biddiss E, Cave T, Bragge P, Chew-Graham CA, Colquhoun H, Dadich A, Dainty KN, Elliott M, Feng P, Goldhar J, Hamilton CB, Harvey G, Kastner M, Kothari A, Langley J, Jeffs L, Masterson D, Nelson M, Perrier L, Riley J, Sellen K, Seto E, Simpson R, Staniszewska S, Srinivasan V, Straus SE, Tricco AC, Kuluski K

JMIR research protocols2023

DOI: 10.2196/50463 PMID: 37902812

06

A User-Centered Approach to Evaluating Wayfinding Systems in Healthcare.

Bubric K, Harvey G, Pitamber T

HERD2021

DOI: 10.1177/1937586720959074 PMID: 32969270

Advancing Inclusive and Equitable Co-Design in Healthcare Through Capacity Building and Advanced Practice

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Sellen, Katherine M

Keywords: Co-Design; Dissemination; Health Services Research

$49,130

Development of the Preferred Reporting Components for Co-design in Research (PRECISE) Guideline and Checklist

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Munce, Sarah E; Kuluski, Kerry H; Pomeroy, Beverley C; Steele Gray, Carolyn A

Keywords: Co-Design; Consensus; Delphi Process; Guidelines; Scoping Review

$325,126

An Examination of Key Aspects to Operating and Delivering Remote Opioid Overdose Monitoring Supports.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Ghosh, Sumantra M

Keywords: Harm Reduction; Opioid Epidemic; Overdose; Poisoning; Substance Misuse; Supervised Consumption; Virtual Health

$99,390

Saving Lives: The development and evaluation of a universal information design response for opioid poisonings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Harvey, Gillian

Keywords: information design; emergency; public health; visual communication design; visual analysis; human centred design; co-design

$69,746

Recovery and renewal of participation in healthcare change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Sellen, Katherine

Keywords: co-design healthcare improvement public health innovation participation action research

$232,417

Responding to dual public health crises in the Emergency Department: Advancing patient-centered care for people who use opioids during COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine; Dong, Kathryn A

Keywords: Addiction Medicine; Administrative Health Data; Covid-19; Emergency Department; Naloxone; Opioid Agonist Treatment; Opioid Use Disorder; Overdose; Patient-Oriented Research; Qualitative Research

$196,366

Contextually Appropriate Nurse Staffing Models: A Realist Review

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cummings, Greta; Booth, Andrew; Harvey, Gillian; Kitson, Alison L; lalleman, pieterbas; Raymond, Christy L; Schoonhoven, Lisette; Tod, Angela M

Keywords: Nurse Staffing

$313,649

Advancing the Science of Knowledge Translation: Measuring Context

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Squires, Janet E; Fairclough, Lee; Hutchinson, Alison M

Keywords: Context; Implementation; Knowledge Translation; Measurement; Systematic Review

$371,025

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their SSHRC grant from 2021

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Nurse Staffing Dear Professor Harvey, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Community-Based Co-Design of Public Health Messaging for Harm Reduction and Overdose Response Technology." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Saving Lives: The development and evaluation of a universal information design response for opioid poisonings" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]