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Shira Goldenberg

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Shira Goldenberg

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.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Marginalized Women Sex Work Sexually Transmitted Infections Health Access Health Services Used Immigrant Health Linked Administrative Data Marginalized Populations

Latest papers

Increasing trends and incidence of nonfatal overdose among women sex workers who use drugs in British Columbia: The role of criminalization-related barriers to harm reduction.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023 · senior author
Interest in receiving psychedelic-assisted therapy among marginalized women: Implications and findings from a community-based study in Canada.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022
Sex work community participation in criminalized environments: a community-based cohort study of occupational health impacts in Vancouver, Canada: 2010-2019.
International journal for equity in health · 2022 · senior author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Informing community-based interventions to address unmet overdose prevention and sexual health needs of marginalized women during and beyond COVID-19
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$105,000
Intersectional determinants of im/migrant women's sexual and reproductive health access: Informing interventions during COVID-19 and beyond
CIHR · 2020 · Supervisor
$105,000
Evaluating Impacts of Structural and Community-Led Interventions on STBBI Risk Environments for Street and Off-Street Sex Workers
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$1,024,304

All 7 grants and awards

15 publications.

Increasing trends and incidence of nonfatal overdose among women sex workers who use drugs in British Columbia: The role of criminalization-related barriers to harm reduction.

Argento E, Shannon K, Fairbairn N, Moreheart S, Braschel M, Goldenberg S

Drug and alcohol dependence2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.109789 PMID: 36753803

Interest in receiving psychedelic-assisted therapy among marginalized women: Implications and findings from a community-based study in Canada.

Argento E, Goldenberg S, Deering K, Lavalley J, Braschel M, Bingham B, Shannon K

Drug and alcohol dependence reports2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100044 PMID: 36845985

Sex work community participation in criminalized environments: a community-based cohort study of occupational health impacts in Vancouver, Canada: 2010-2019.

Pearson J, Shannon K, McBride B, Krüsi A, Machat S, Braschel M, Goldenberg S

International journal for equity in health2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01621-8 PMID: 35139867

Determinants and Inequities in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Care Access Among Im/Migrant Women in Canada: Findings of a Comprehensive Review (2008-2018).

Machado S, Wiedmeyer ML, Watt S, Servin AE, Goldenberg S

Journal of immigrant and minority health2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10903-021-01184-w PMID: 33811583

Sharpening our public health lens: advancing im/migrant health equity during COVID-19 and beyond.

Machado S, Goldenberg S

International journal for equity in health2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-021-01399-1 PMID: 33557854

Structural barriers to condom access in a community-based cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: influence of policing, violence and end-demand criminalisation.

Goldenberg S, Liyanage R, Braschel M, Shannon K

BMJ sexual & reproductive health2020First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2019-200408 PMID: 32184290

The impact of end-demand legislation on sex workers' access to health and sex worker-led services: A community-based prospective cohort study in Canada.

Argento E, Goldenberg S, Braschel M, Machat S, Strathdee SA, Shannon K

PloS one2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225783 PMID: 32251452

Women's utilization of housing-based overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada: An ethnographic study.

Collins AB, Boyd J, Hayashi K, Cooper HLF, Goldenberg S, McNeil R

The International journal on drug policy2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102641 PMID: 31887644

Police-related barriers to harm reduction linked to non-fatal overdose amongst sex workers who use drugs: Results of a community-based cohort in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Goldenberg S, Watt S, Braschel M, Hayashi K, Moreheart S, Shannon K

The International journal on drug policy2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102618 PMID: 31838244

Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis B vaccination among sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: Implications for integrated HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis services.

Ranjan A, Shannon K, Chettiar J, Braschel M, Ti L, Goldenberg S

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.07.032 PMID: 31404673

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Marginalized Women Dear Professor Goldenberg, 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 "Increasing trends and incidence of nonfatal overdose among women sex workers who use drugs in British Columbia: The role of criminalization-related barriers to harm reduction." (2023), 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 "Evaluating Impacts of Structural and Community-Led Interventions on STBBI Risk Environments for Street and Off-Street Sex Workers" (2019), 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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Shira Goldenberg

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Increasing trends and incidence of nonfatal overdose among women sex workers who use drugs in British Columbia: The role of criminalization-related barriers to harm reduction.

Interest in receiving psychedelic-assisted therapy among marginalized women: Implications and findings from a community-based study in Canada.

Sex work community participation in criminalized environments: a community-based cohort study of occupational health impacts in Vancouver, Canada: 2010-2019.

Determinants and Inequities in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Care Access Among Im/Migrant Women in Canada: Findings of a Comprehensive Review (2008-2018).

Sharpening our public health lens: advancing im/migrant health equity during COVID-19 and beyond.

Structural barriers to condom access in a community-based cohort of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: influence of policing, violence and end-demand criminalisation.

The impact of end-demand legislation on sex workers' access to health and sex worker-led services: A community-based prospective cohort study in Canada.

Women's utilization of housing-based overdose prevention sites in Vancouver, Canada: An ethnographic study.

Police-related barriers to harm reduction linked to non-fatal overdose amongst sex workers who use drugs: Results of a community-based cohort in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Barriers and facilitators to hepatitis B vaccination among sex workers in Vancouver, Canada: Implications for integrated HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis services.

Informing community-based interventions to address unmet overdose prevention and sexual health needs of marginalized women during and beyond COVID-19

Intersectional determinants of im/migrant women's sexual and reproductive health access: Informing interventions during COVID-19 and beyond

Evaluating Impacts of Structural and Community-Led Interventions on STBBI Risk Environments for Street and Off-Street Sex Workers

Violence and police harassment associated with barriers to drug treatment amongst women sex workers who use drugs in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Evaluating Inequities in Refugee and Immigrant Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Access (IRIS): A Mixed-Methods, Population-Based Study in British Columbia

Building a partnership in gender, work and health in the sex industry: impacts of criminalization under an end demand model on safety, health and human rights of sex workers

Examining gaps in the viral hepatitis cascade of prevention and care for marginalized women

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Shira Goldenberg

Kate Shannon

Kanna Hayashi

Julio Montaner

Kanna Hayashi

Kathleen Deering

Lianping Ti

Nadia Fairbairn

Jade Boyd

Kate Shannon

Brittany Bingham

Ryan Mcneil

Julio Montaner

Mark Gilbert

Jill Chettiar