Ginetta Salvalaggio

Research

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

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
Connect 2 Care: Evaluation of a novel community outreach program for socially vulnerable patients with complex needs
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$325,890
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
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$80,120

All 3 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

Connect 2 Care: Evaluation of a novel community outreach program for socially vulnerable patients with complex needs

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: McBrien, Kerry; Fabreau, Gabriel; Nguyen, Van

Keywords: Acute Care Use; Complex Needs; Health Navigation; Homelessness; Primary Care Attachment; Program Evaluatoin; Socially Vulnerable Populations; Transitional Case Management

$325,890

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: Accidental Drug Poisoning Death (Drug Overdose) Dear Professor Salvalaggio, 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 accidental drug poisoning death (drug overdose) 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]