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Rebecca Haines-Saah

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Rebecca Haines-Saah

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

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

Latest papers

Towards caring communities: A community-based qualitative inquiry of family caregiving for people who use drugs in rural settings.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Patients Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study
Substance Use and Misuse · 2025
Beyond struggle: A strengths-based qualitative study of cannabis use among queer and trans youth in Québec.
The International journal on drug policy · 2025

All 19 publications

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 · Nominated PI
$124,362
Youth not engaged in employment, education or training: a discrete choice experiment of intervention outcome preferences
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$264,040
Adolescent Cannabis Exposure, Brain Development and Cognitive-Emotional Outcomes
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$631,667

All 7 grants and awards

19 publications.

Towards caring communities: A community-based qualitative inquiry of family caregiving for people who use drugs in rural settings.

Mathias H, McCrindle J, Mirza N, Haines-Saah R, Mayan M, Duff E, Pijl EM, Schulz P, Auger S, Gravel-Ouellette A, Lockhart T, Hyshka E

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105450 PMID: 42542123

Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Patients Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Matheson J, MacKillop J, Sloan ME, Sanches M, Saini H, Haines-Saah R, Zaweel A, Hassan A, Buckley L, Porath A

Substance Use and Misuse20252 citations

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2519419

Beyond struggle: A strengths-based qualitative study of cannabis use among queer and trans youth in Québec.

London-Nadeau K, Lafortune C, Gorka C, Lemay-Gaulin M, Séguin J, Haines-Saah R, Ferlatte O, Chadi N, Juster RP, Bristowe S, D'Alessio H, Bernal L, Ellis-Durity K, Barbosa J, Da Costa De Carlos LAAC, Castellanos Ryan N

The International journal on drug policy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104512 PMID: 38991874

Scapegoated communities, shared struggles: A call for solidarity with people who use drugs and queer and trans people.

London-Nadeau K, Barborini C, Haines-Saah R, Bazarov M, Bristowe S, Khorkhordina M, Lemay-Gaulin M, Gorka C, Juster RP, D'Alessio H, Chadi N

The International journal on drug policy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104915 PMID: 40633507

Identifying mechanisms of youth mental health promotion: A realist evaluation of the Agenda Gap programme.

Jagosh J, McAuliffe C, McGuinness L, Goodyear T, Haines-Saah R, Daly Z, Halsall T, Hill TG, Kruz T, Wandolo J, Suri T, Jenkins E

PLOS mental health2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000068 PMID: 41661706

Defining a public health approach to substance use: Perspectives from professionals and practitioners across Canada.

Watson TM, Chochla S, Kim A, MacIntosh K, Bonn M, Haines-Saah R, Kamran H, Leece P, Penney G

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104427 PMID: 38663158

Expectancies of the Effects of Cannabis Use in Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD).

Elsaid S, Wang R, Kloiber S, Haines-Saah R, Hassan AN, Le Foll B

Brain sciences2024

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14030246 PMID: 38539634

Advancing socioecological mental health promotion intervention: A mixed methods exploration of Phase 1 Agenda Gap findings.

Jenkins E, Daly Z, McAuliffe C, McGuinness L, Richardson C, Hill TG, Goodyear T, Lind C, Barbic S, Rivers R, Haines-Saah R

Frontiers in public health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1066440 PMID: 36875387

Canadian newspaper coverage on harm reduction featuring bereaved mothers: A mixed methods analysis.

Morris H, Wild TC, Giovannoni M, Haines-Saah R, Koziel J, Schulz P, Bwala H, Kunyk D, Bubela T, Hyshka E

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294608 PMID: 38011175

A cautionary tale: university institutes of public health must "walk the talk".

Haines-Saah R, McLaren L

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00815-z PMID: 37644254

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Harm Reduction Dear Professor Haines-Saah, 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 "Towards caring communities: A community-based qualitative inquiry of family caregiving for people who use drugs in rural settings." (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 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]

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Rebecca Haines-Saah

Research

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Latest funding

Towards caring communities: A community-based qualitative inquiry of family caregiving for people who use drugs in rural settings.

Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Patients Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Beyond struggle: A strengths-based qualitative study of cannabis use among queer and trans youth in Qu&#xe9;bec.

Scapegoated communities, shared struggles: A call for solidarity with people who use drugs and queer and trans people.

Identifying mechanisms of youth mental health promotion: A realist evaluation of the Agenda Gap programme.

Defining a public health approach to substance use: Perspectives from professionals and practitioners across Canada.

Expectancies of the Effects of Cannabis Use in Individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD).

Advancing socioecological mental health promotion intervention: A mixed methods exploration of Phase 1 Agenda Gap findings.

Canadian newspaper coverage on harm reduction featuring bereaved mothers: A mixed methods analysis.

A cautionary tale: university institutes of public health must "walk the talk".

"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

Youth not engaged in employment, education or training: a discrete choice experiment of intervention outcome preferences

Adolescent Cannabis Exposure, Brain Development and Cognitive-Emotional Outcomes

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

Developing Cannabis Education and Harm Reduction Messages with Youth: A qualitative youth engagement research project (TRACE V)

Assessing the Needs of Vulnerable Sub-populations: A Scoping Review of Best Practices in Response to the Opioid Crisis

Transforming chronic kidney disease care:A personalized, patient-centered approach

Frequent collaborators

Emily Jenkins

Elaine Hyshka

Stefan Kloiber

Tanya Halsall

Trevor Goodyear

Kira London-Nadeau

Thomas Kerr

Bernard Le Foll

Ryan Mcneil

Claire O'Gorman

Pamela Leece

Ahmed Hassan

Petra Schulz

Saima Hirani

Amy Porath

Diane Lorenzetti

Leslie Buckley

Evan Wood

James MacKillop

Gerald Thomas

Jonathan Morris

Skye Barbic

Zach Walsh

Katrina Milaney

Kerry McBrien

Fiona Clement

Maria Mayan

Lindsay Mclaren

Benedikt Fischer

Charlotte Waddell

Beyond struggle: A strengths-based qualitative study of cannabis use among queer and trans youth in Québec.