Mark Lysyshyn, Simon Fraser University

Research

Harm Reduction Health Behaviour Change Healthcare Engagement Overdose People Who Use Drugs Substance Use Toxic Drug Crisis

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 · Principal investigator
$1,464,976
Innovation in health services in response to a rapidly changing illicit drug toxicity crisis in BC: Investigating the role of supervised inhalation sites and novel harm reduction interventions
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,021,276

All 2 grants and awards

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hayashi, Kanna; Fairbairn, Nadia S; Lysyshyn, Mark

Keywords: Harm Reduction; Health Behaviour Change; Healthcare Engagement; Overdose; People Who Use Drugs; Substance Use; Toxic Drug Crisis

$1,464,976

Innovation in health services in response to a rapidly changing illicit drug toxicity crisis in BC: Investigating the role of supervised inhalation sites and novel harm reduction interventions

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salters, Kate; Barrios, Rolando; Montaner, Julio S

Keywords: Access To Healthcare; Evaluation; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Illicit Drug Toxicity Crisis; People Who Use Drugs; Prescribed Safer Supply; Supervised Consumption Sites

$1,021,276

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: Harm Reduction Dear Professor Lysyshyn, 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 harm reduction 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 "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" (2026), 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]