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Kiffer Card

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Kiffer Card

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (7 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Loneliness Social Connection Social Isolation Public Health Health Promotion Intervention Social Determinants Of Health Collective Impact

Latest papers

Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026
Willingness to disclose sexual orientation and gender identity on federal government surveys: A community-based research study with gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men and nonbinary and Two-Spirit people in Canada.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Innovative Nurse-Led Community Health Centre-Corrections Partnership for Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in Victoria, British Columbia.
Viruses · 2025

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Companions or Crutches? The Social Uses and Psychological Consequences of Conversational Large Language Models
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Navigating the Table Together: Experiences, Challenges, and Ways to Inclusive Social Eating
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$2,000
What's Next for Canada's Public Health Guidelines for Social Connection?
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$14,668

All 18 grants and awards

13 publications.

Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.

Aguilera-Mijares S, Wang L, Trigg J, Hogg RS, Lachowsky N, Gormezano A, Sereda P, Card K, Oviedo-Joekes E, Emerson SD, Lal A, Budu M, Hart TA, Cox J, Grace D, Tan DHS, Moore DM

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113159 PMID: 41980572

Willingness to disclose sexual orientation and gender identity on federal government surveys: A community-based research study with gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men and nonbinary and Two-Spirit people in Canada.

Jacobsen K, Babin C, Gormezano A, Blackwell E, Klassen B, Higgins R, Card K, Ferlatte O, Lachowsky NJ

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01127-0 PMID: 41107695

Innovative Nurse-Led Community Health Centre-Corrections Partnership for Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in Victoria, British Columbia.

Selfridge M, Barnett T, Munro L, Card K, Nishimura S, Beaumont A, Clarke C, Guarasci K, Lundgren K, Besko K, Drost A, Fraser C

Viruses2025

DOI: 10.3390/v17121590 PMID: 41472260

A Qualitative Study of National Perspectives on Advancing Social Prescribing Using Co-Design in Canada.

Saragosa M, Mulligan K, Hsiung S, Biswas S, Card K, Hébert PC, Welch V, Nelson MLA

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2024

DOI: 10.1111/hex.14144 PMID: 38984442

PROTOCOL: Effects of social prescribing for older adults: An evidence and gap map.

Ghogomu ET, Welch V, Yaqubi M, Dewidar O, Barbeau VI, Biswas S, Card K, Hsiung S, Muhl C, Nelson M, Salzwedel DM, Saragosa M, Yu C, Mulligan K, Hébert P

Campbell systematic reviews2024

DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1382 PMID: 38434537

Reach of GetCheckedOnline among gay, bisexual, transgender and queer men and Two-Spirit people and correlates of use 5 years after program launch in British Columbia, Canada.

Montiel A, Ablona A, Klassen B, Card K, Lachowsky NJ, Brennan DJ, Grace D, Worthington C, Gilbert M

Sexually transmitted infections2024

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-056007 PMID: 38604697

Assessing options for poppers policy in Canada: A call to action for evidence-based policy reform.

Schwartz C, Card K, Elliott R, Hollett K, Jollimore J, Pasic A, Smiley S, Tooley L, Pruden H, Knight R

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104017 PMID: 37028133

Factors associated with 60-day adherence to "safer supply" opioids prescribed under British Columbia's interim clinical guidance for health care providers to support people who use drugs during COVID-19 and the ongoing overdose emergency.

Selfridge M, Card K, Kandler T, Flanagan E, Lerhe E, Heaslip A, Nguyen A, Moher M, Pauly B, Urbanoski K, Fraser C

The International journal on drug policy2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103709 PMID: 35525052

Sexual minority status modifies the association between HIV risk behavior and prevalent mood or anxiety disorders in British Columbia, Canada.

St-Jean M, Closson K, Salway T, Card K, Patterson TL, Hogg RS, Lima VD

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2022

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-021-02141-6 PMID: 34279694

Correction to: Factors Associated with Mood Disorder Diagnosis Among a Population Based Cohort of Men and Women Living With and Without HIV in British Columbia Between 1998 and 2012.

Closson K, Osborne C, Smith DM, Kesselring S, Eyawo O, Card K, Sereda P, Jabbari S, Franco-Villalobos C, Ahmed T, Gabler K, Patterson T, Hull M, Montaner JSG, Hogg RS, Comparative Outcomes and Services utilization Trends (COAST) study

AIDS and behavior2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02693-4 PMID: 31820184

Companions or Crutches? The Social Uses and Psychological Consequences of Conversational Large Language Models

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Aknin, Lara; Benoit, Cecilia M; Chen, Frances; Cosco, Theodore D; Joordens, Steve; Kim, Lawrence

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Digital Mental Health; Human-Computer Interaction; Large Language Models; Loneliness; Psychosocial Wellbeing; Social Connection; Social Support; Technology And Society

$100,000

Navigating the Table Together: Experiences, Challenges, and Ways to Inclusive Social Eating

SupervisorCIHR2025Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Akram, Iqra

Keywords: Ics Travel Awards

$2,000

What's Next for Canada's Public Health Guidelines for Social Connection?

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G

Keywords: Collective Impact; Implementation Science; Learning Health Systems; Loneliness; Policy And Practice; Public Health; Public Health Guidelines; Social Connection; Social Health; Social Isolation

$14,668

Communities as 'First Responders' to Climate Change: Strengthening Social Connectedness Through Community Driven Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Gislason, Maya K; Palmer-Fluevog, Alexis

Keywords: Climate Change; Climate Justice; Cultural Dimensions Of Health; Health Equity; Older Adults; Public And Population Health; Social Connectedness; Social Determinants; Structural Determinants

$124,647

Developing a Comprehensive Strategy for Safer Youth Cannabis Use in British Columbia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Benoit, Cecilia M.

Keywords: knowledge mobilisation; community-based research; youth engagment; cannabis use

$51,785

Inspiring Action: An Exploration of Climate Resilience Groups for Improved Mental Health Amoung for Older Adults in Canada.

Nominated PICIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Palmer-Fluevog, Alexis; Ibrahim, Maliha

Keywords: Climate Emotions; Climate Resilience Groups; Community Support; Consensus Building; Ecological Distress; Innovative Intervention; Intergenerational Connections; Mental Health Impacts; Older Adults; Scalable Interventions

$125,000

Enhancing mental health promotion for the rural and remote health emergency management workforce in British Columbia, Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Cat. Gr.:CPHO Report - Centre for Res. on Pand. Prepar. and Health Emerg.

Principal investigators: Buse, Christopher G; Charters, Mary H; gardner-clark, suzanne

Keywords: Climate Change; Emergency Planning, Response And Recovery; Health System Workforce; Mental Health; Public Health Preparedness

$125,000

Connected Conversations: The Stories and Science Describing The Impacts of Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Disconnection and What We Can Do To Build a More Connected Canada

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Open Pool

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Bombaci, J. P; Chen, Frances

Keywords: Health Promotion; Loneliness; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Disconnection; Social Isolation

$5,990

Promoting Cognitive Wellbeing in Seniors Through Intergenerational Befriending Interventions: Developing and Tailoring the CompanionLink Program

Nominated PICIHR2023Operating Grant: BHCIA: Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Kepes, David; Taverna, Franco

Keywords: Befriending; Intervention; Knowledge Mobilization; Knowledge Synthesis; Loneliness; Seniors; Social Isolation

$99,518

Defining group sex: Experiences of pleasure, risk, and belonging across sexual encounters with different numbers of simultaneous partners

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gormezano, Aki

Keywords: Group sex; risk perception; sex as leisure; sexual consent; sexual disclosure; Partner number sexuality; Community-based research

$63,070

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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Kiffer Card

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Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.

Willingness to disclose sexual orientation and gender identity on federal government surveys: A community-based research study with gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men and nonbinary and Two-Spirit people in Canada.

Innovative Nurse-Led Community Health Centre-Corrections Partnership for Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in Victoria, British Columbia.

A Qualitative Study of National Perspectives on Advancing Social Prescribing Using Co-Design in Canada.

PROTOCOL: Effects of social prescribing for older adults: An evidence and gap map.

Reach of GetCheckedOnline among gay, bisexual, transgender and queer men and Two-Spirit people and correlates of use 5 years after program launch in British Columbia, Canada.

Assessing options for poppers policy in Canada: A call to action for evidence-based policy reform.

Factors associated with 60-day adherence to "safer supply" opioids prescribed under British Columbia's interim clinical guidance for health care providers to support people who use drugs during COVID-19 and the ongoing overdose emergency.

Sexual minority status modifies the association between HIV risk behavior and prevalent mood or anxiety disorders in British Columbia, Canada.

Correction to: Factors Associated with Mood Disorder Diagnosis Among a Population Based Cohort of Men and Women Living With and Without HIV in British Columbia Between 1998 and 2012.

Developing a Comprehensive Strategy for Safer Youth Cannabis Use in British Columbia

Defining group sex: Experiences of pleasure, risk, and belonging across sexual encounters with different numbers of simultaneous partners

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Mark Hull

Kate Mulligan

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Aki Gormezano

Nathan Lachowsky

Nathan Lachowsky

Vivian Welch

Daniel Grace

Robert Hogg

Kai Jacobsen

Tamara Barnett

Benjamin Klassen

Jody Jollimore

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Michelle Nelson

Karen Urbanoski

Catherine Worthington

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Robert Hogg

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