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Kanna Hayashi

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Kanna Hayashi

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
94 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 18 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (8 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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207

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Research

Harm Reduction Overdose Substance Use People Who Use Drugs Opioid Use Community-Based Participatory Action Research Decriminalization Drug Use

Latest papers

Safer supply deprescribing during a toxic drug poisoning crisis in Vancouver, Canada.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026
Prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives initiative coinciding with reductions in unregulated street opioid use among young people who use drugs: An interrupted time series analysis.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026
Fidelity in the context of adapting a digital intervention for depression from an evidence-based in-person format in Vietnam.
BMC health services research · 2026

All 207 publications

Latest funding

The impacts of harm reduction services on healthcare access, engagement and outcomes among people who use drugs in Vancouver, BC amidst the toxic drug crisis
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,464,976
Evaluating the impacts of overdose prevention interventions among people who use opioids in Vancouver, BC amidst the evolving unregulated drug supply
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,648,576
Community-led research on health and safety in supportive housing: Investigating impacts of a 2024 amendment to the BC Residential Tenancy Act
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$124,939

All 17 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 207 publications.

Safer supply deprescribing during a toxic drug poisoning crisis in Vancouver, Canada.

Norton A, Hayashi K, Sayre EC, Nolan S, Strike C, Milloy MJ, Kerr T

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113274 PMID: 42470805

Prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives initiative coinciding with reductions in unregulated street opioid use among young people who use drugs: An interrupted time series analysis.

McAdam E, Karamouzian M, Milloy MJ, Verdicchio C, Sayre EC, Hayashi K, Kerr T, DeBeck K

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2026

DOI: 10.1111/add.70573 PMID: 42586551

Fidelity in the context of adapting a digital intervention for depression from an evidence-based in-person format in Vietnam.

Chau LW, Murphy JK, Nguyen VC, Tran HN, Minas H, Lam RW, Hayashi K, Nguyen TTX, Krebs E, O'Neil J

BMC health services research2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-15031-x PMID: 42387528

Payday Loan Use Among People With Lived and Living Experience of Substance Use.

Laing A, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Kerr T, Richardson L

Drug and alcohol review2026

DOI: 10.1111/dar.70205 PMID: 42375115

Prevalence and Correlates of Reporting a Gabapentin Prescription for Pain Among People Who Use Opioids: A Longitudinal Community-Recruited Study.

Piret EM, Palis H, Crabtree A, Choi J, DeBeck K, Hayashi K, Law MR, Milloy MJ

Drug and alcohol review2026

DOI: 10.1111/dar.70186 PMID: 42270317

Gender differences in the association between housing status and violence among people who report exposure to benzodiazepines.

Swaich A, Rufus-Sedgemore K, Choi J, Boyd J, DeBeck K, Milloy MJ, Sayre EC, Kerr T, Hayashi K

The International journal on drug policy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105324 PMID: 42119504

Self-reported cannabis use to manage opioid withdrawal symptoms and reductions in opioid use among people who use unregulated opioids: a cross-sectional analysis.

McAdam E, Reddon H, Socías ME, Lake S, Hayashi K, DeBeck K, Walsh Z, Milloy MJ

Journal of cannabis research2026

DOI: 10.1186/s42238-026-00458-0 PMID: 42343486

Uptake and Retention on Prescribed Psychostimulants for Harm Reduction: A Canadian Cohort Study.

Bach P, Choi J, Mok WY, Milloy MJ, DeBeck K, Kerr T, Hayashi K

Substance use & addiction journal2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/29767342261443853 PMID: 42105331

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 journal2026

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

Willingness to use microbicides among females who use unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

Habtegergesa M, McAdam E, Choi J, Verdicchio C, Hayashi K, DeBeck K

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2618621 PMID: 41572437

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Kanna Hayashi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Safer supply deprescribing during a toxic drug poisoning crisis in Vancouver, Canada.

Prescribed pharmaceutical alternatives initiative coinciding with reductions in unregulated street opioid use among young people who use drugs: An interrupted time series analysis.

Fidelity in the context of adapting a digital intervention for depression from an evidence-based in-person format in Vietnam.

Payday Loan Use Among People With Lived and Living Experience of Substance Use.

Prevalence and Correlates of Reporting a Gabapentin Prescription for Pain Among People Who Use Opioids: A Longitudinal Community-Recruited Study.

Gender differences in the association between housing status and violence among people who report exposure to benzodiazepines.

Self-reported cannabis use to manage opioid withdrawal symptoms and reductions in opioid use among people who use unregulated opioids: a cross-sectional analysis.

Uptake and Retention on Prescribed Psychostimulants for Harm Reduction: A Canadian Cohort Study.

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).

Willingness to use microbicides among females who use unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

Community-based evaluation of policing in the context of drug decriminalization: By and for people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Community-based evaluation of policing in the context of drug decriminalization: By and for people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada

Frequent collaborators

Kanna Hayashi

Thomas Kerr

Kora DeBeck

Evan Wood

Nadia Fairbairn

Lianping Ti

Lindsey Richardson

Paxton Bach

Seonaid Nolan

Jade Boyd

Hudson Reddon

Bohdan Nosyk

Bohdan Nosyk

Cheyenne Johnson

Zach Walsh

Kate Shannon

Rolando Barrios

Jane Buxton

Ryan Mcneil

Mohammad Karamouzian

Jan Klimas

John O'Neil

Mohammad Karamouzian

Samantha Young

Brittany Bingham

Mark Gilbert

Michael-John Milloy

Shira Goldenberg

Julio Montaner

Andreas Pilarinos

Samona Marsh

Kali-olt Sedgemore

Shira Goldenberg

Ayden Scheim

Mark Lysyshyn

Keith Ahamad

Kimberlyn McGrail

Michael Law

Carol Strike

Danya Fast