Elaine Hyshka, University of Calgary

Research

Harm Reduction Accidental Drug Poisoning Death (Drug Overdose)Community-Partnered Research Provincial Drug Policy Social Autopsy Structural Marginalization Addiction Implementation Science

Latest funding

"Every Overdose Death is a Policy Failure": Catalyzing community-partnered research on provincial drug policies as structural drivers of drug poisoning mortality and morbidity in Alberta
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$124,362
CRISM Network Coordinating Centre
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
CRISM Phase II: Prairie Region Node
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$2,395,000

All 4 grants and awards

"Every Overdose Death is a Policy Failure": Catalyzing community-partnered research on provincial drug policies as structural drivers of drug poisoning mortality and morbidity in Alberta

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - IPPH - Structural Determinants of Health

Principal investigators: Haines-Saah, Rebecca J; Schulz, Petra; Hyshka, Elaine; Salvalaggio, Ginetta L

Keywords: Accidental Drug Poisoning Death (Drug Overdose); Community-Partnered Research; Harm Reduction; Provincial Drug Policy; Social Autopsy; Structural Marginalization

$124,362

CRISM Network Coordinating Centre

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: CRISM Network Coordinating Centre

Principal investigators: Hodgins, David C; Ali, Farihah; Bruneau, Julie; Henry, Robert; Rehm, Jürgen T; Socías, María E; Stewart, Sherry H; Wood, Evan

Keywords: Addiction; Mental Health; National; Network; Substance Use

$4,000,000

CRISM Phase II: Prairie Region Node

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: CRISM Phase II: Regional Nodes

Principal investigators: Hodgins, David C; Acoose, Sharon L; Dell, Colleen A; Hyshka, Elaine; Poulin, Ginette; Wild, Cameron T

Keywords: Addiction; Harm Reduction; Implementation Science; Intervention; Research-Practice Network; Substance Use; Substance Use Disorder

$2,395,000

A Meta-Ethnography of Methamphetamine Use: Mobilizing qualitative synthesis and the lived experiences of People Who Use Drugs to inform harm reduction and public health interventions in Alberta

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Methamphetamine and related psychostimulant use

Principal investigators: Haines-Saah, Rebecca J; Blanchette, Kevin L

Keywords: Meta-Ethnography; Methamphetamine; People Who Use Drugs; Qualitative Research

$80,120

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Harm Reduction Dear Professor Hyshka, 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]. Your research on harm reduction 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 CIHR-funded project ""Every Overdose Death is a Policy Failure": Catalyzing community-partnered research on provincial drug policies as structural drivers of drug poisoning mortality and morbidity in Alberta" (2025), 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]