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Andrea Krüsi

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Professor EmeritusSchool of CriminologySimon Fraser University

Andrea Krüsi

Professor Emeritus

School of Criminology

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
53 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 15 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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103

Publications

2,367

Citations

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their Simon Fraser University profile.

Sex work policy criminalization of HIV critical public health gender policing critical perspectives qualitative and methods community-based participatory approaches

Latest papers

"I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.
Contemporary drug problems · 2026 · senior author
Towards occupational health and safety in sex work
The Lancet Public Health · 2026 · first author
Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017-2024).
Harm reduction journal · 2026

All 103 publications

Latest funding

A Community-Based HIV/STBBI Public Health Observatory
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$982,541
Setting Directions for a Community-Based HIV & STBBI Surveillance Observatory
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$99,626
Evolving Criminal Legal System Approaches, Women, Substance Use, Violence & HIV - A Qualitative Study
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$826,200

All 20 grants and awards

103 publications.

"I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.

McDermid J, Fast D, Vieira E, Wise M, Joe DJ, Krüsi A

Contemporary drug problems20262 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/00914509251385948 PMID: 42534527

Towards occupational health and safety in sex work

Andrea Krüsi, Jennie Pearson, ZAHRA STARDUST, Stefan Baral, Jules Kim, Tommy Cairns, Kirstin Kielhold, Magda Lopes Queta, Fatou Drame, Shira Goldenberg

The Lancet Public Health20261 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00251-8 PMID: 42497877

Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017-2024).

Moreheart S, Shannon K, Hayashi K, Bartels W, Pearson J, Krüsi A, Goldenberg SM

Harm reduction journal20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01398-x PMID: 41593641

Additional file 1 of Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Sarah Moreheart, Kate Shannon, Kanna Hayashi, Wiebke Bartels, Jennie Pearson, Andrea Krüsi, Shira Miriam Goldenberg

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31367384

Additional file 1 of Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Sarah Moreheart, Kate Shannon, Kanna Hayashi, Wiebke Bartels, Jennie Pearson, Andrea Krüsi, Shira Miriam Goldenberg

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31367384.v1

'It's Primarily Around Their Viral Load': Public Health Decision-Making and HIV Risk Assemblages in Ontario, Canada.

Daroya E, French M, Hastings C, Krüsi A, Molldrem S, Owino M, Peck R, Wah A, McClelland A

Sociology of health & illness2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.70220 PMID: 42333019

Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Sarah Moreheart, Kate Shannon, Kanna Hayashi, Wiebke Bartels, Jennie Pearson, Andrea Krüsi, Shira Miriam Goldenberg

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8316917.v1

Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Sarah Moreheart, Kate Shannon, Kanna Hayashi, Wiebke Bartels, Jennie Pearson, Andrea Krüsi, Shira Miriam Goldenberg

Figshare2026Open Access

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8316917

Policing and nonfatal overdose in a community-based cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: influence of stigma and other intersecting systems of marginalization (2014-2024).

Kielhold K, Shannon K, Strong D, Bazzi AR, Zhou H, Campbell CK, Krüsi A, Pitpitan EV, Goldenberg SM

The International journal on drug policy2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105479 PMID: 42691723

Take-home naloxone (THN) ownership among a community-based cohort of sex workers who use drugs in metro vancouver: longitudinal trends and structural determinants (2017-2024).

Moreheart S, Shannon K, Krüsi A, Bartels W, Zhou H, Hayashi K, Luba E, Merrison C, Goldenberg SM

Harm reduction journal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01483-1 PMID: 42277811

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Sex work policy Dear Professor Krüsi, 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 ""I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC." (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 "Evolving Criminal Legal System Approaches, Women, Substance Use, Violence & HIV - A Qualitative Study" (2023), 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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Andrea Krüsi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.

Towards occupational health and safety in sex work

Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017-2024).

Additional file 1 of Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Additional file 1 of Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

'It's Primarily Around Their Viral Load': Public Health Decision-Making and HIV Risk Assemblages in Ontario, Canada.

Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Use of clinic- and community-based overdose prevention services by sex workers who use drugs: findings from a community-based cohort in Vancouver, Canada (2017–2024)

Policing and nonfatal overdose in a community-based cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: influence of stigma and other intersecting systems of marginalization (2014-2024).

Take-home naloxone (THN) ownership among a community-based cohort of sex workers who use drugs in metro vancouver: longitudinal trends and structural determinants (2017-2024).

Frequent collaborators

Kate Shannon

Shira Goldenberg

Thomas Kerr

Kathleen Deering

Kanna Hayashi

Evan Wood

Brittany Bingham

Julio Montaner

Ruth Martin

Danya Fast

Neora Pick

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Jane Buxton

Rodney Knight

Carmen Logie

Mark Gilbert

Ryan Mcneil

Sherri Pooyak

Nicole Berry

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