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Amanda Slaunwhite

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Amanda Slaunwhite

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, 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.
38 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Overdose Substance Use Contingency Management Prison Health Psychosis Psychotic Spectrum Disorder Substance Use Disorder Incarcerated People

Latest papers

Correction: Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada.
Health & justice · 2026 · senior author
Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026
Sex differences in the 1-year outcomes of emergency department patients with alcohol withdrawal.
CJEM · 2026 · senior author

All 43 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating the effectiveness of contingency management to improve uptake of antipsychotic treatment in provincial correctional centres
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$556,110
Natural Disaster Impacts on Overdose Mortality in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Understanding the impact of COVID19 on patient complexity and overdose risk in among people incarcerated in provincial correctional centres in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$35,000

All 21 grants and awards

43 publications.

Correction: Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada.

McQuarrie L, Dasgupta DP, Nicholls T, Martin RE, McLeod KE, Kinner S, Greiner L, Olley M, Roth K, Palis H, Krishnamoorthy A, Slaunwhite A

Health & justice2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40352-026-00459-4 PMID: 42789154

Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Zhao B, Hu K, Desai R, Au S, Sedgemore KO, Tardelli V, Carter A, Bach P, Schutz C, Slaunwhite A, Crabtree A, Palis H

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2026

DOI: 10.1111/add.70580 PMID: 42621749

Sex differences in the 1-year outcomes of emergency department patients with alcohol withdrawal.

Scheuermeyer F, Barbic S, Socias ME, Slaunwhite A

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00986-3 PMID: 40748580

Problem representation of the Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG) within the context of dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and toxic drug deaths in British Columbia, Canada.

Gudiño Pérez D, Macevicius C, Norton A, Beck-McGreevy P, Selfridge M, Kalicum J, Urbanoski K, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Arredondo J, Wallace B, Pauly B

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105102 PMID: 41385807

Evaluating the impact of the risk-mitigation guidance for opioid prescribing in British Columbia, Canada using a cross-model comparison approach: study protocol.

Flynn MJ, Mustafa H, Enns B, Karugaba M, Carter A, Guerra-Alejos BC, Slaunwhite A, Nosyk B, Irvine MA

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102234 PMID: 41448700

A scoping review of the association between the built environment and overdose mortality.

Jurkus M, Hoolsema S, Crooks VA, Schuurman N, Slaunwhite A, Bardwell G

Drug and alcohol dependence2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112925 PMID: 41151354

Trends in hepatitis C care in Canada's provincial and territorial prisons from 2020 to 2024.

Albaini O, Laprise F, Anderson-Apopei J, Bartlett S, Brown A, Goralczyk K, Kaita K, Kiefer L, Levesque J, Martin B, Meloche A, Myrah D, Nakehk'o R, Slaunwhite A, Whitten C, Kronfli N

Canadian liver journal2025

DOI: 10.3138/canlivj-2025-0030 PMID: 41725799

Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada.

McQuarrie L, Dasgupta DP, Nicholls T, Martin RE, McLeod KE, Kinner S, Greiner L, Olley M, Roth K, Palis H, Krishnamoorthy A, Slaunwhite A

Health & justice2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40352-025-00389-7 PMID: 41273663

Association between prescribed stimulant medications and overdose among individuals receiving opioid agonist therapy: A retrospective cohort study from British Columbia, Canada.

Young S, Fairbairn N, Cui Z, Bach P, Mok WY, Budau J, Slaunwhite A, Ti L, Hayashi K, Nolan S

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2025

DOI: 10.1111/add.16760 PMID: 39871812

"Before medically advised" hospital discharge and the risk of subsequent drug overdose: A case-crossover analysis.

Staples JA, Hu X, Khan M, Daly-Grafstein D, Naik H, Kaasa BM, Brubacher JR, Nasmith T, Lyden JR, Moe J, Crabtree A, Slaunwhite A

Journal of hospital medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.13510 PMID: 39350702

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Overdose Dear Professor Slaunwhite, 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 "Correction: Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada." (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 "Evaluating the effectiveness of contingency management to improve uptake of antipsychotic treatment in provincial correctional centres" (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]

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Amanda Slaunwhite

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Correction: Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada.

Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3&#x2009;years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Sex differences in the 1-year outcomes of emergency department patients with alcohol withdrawal.

Problem representation of the Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG) within the context of dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and toxic drug deaths in British Columbia, Canada.

Evaluating the impact of the risk-mitigation guidance for opioid prescribing in British Columbia, Canada using a cross-model comparison approach: study protocol.

A scoping review of the association between the built environment and overdose mortality.

Trends in hepatitis C care in Canada's provincial and territorial prisons from 2020 to 2024.

Evaluating the association of transferring governance of correctional health care services with overdose and all-cause mortality: a retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada.

Association between prescribed stimulant medications and overdose among individuals receiving opioid agonist therapy: A retrospective cohort study from British Columbia, Canada.

"Before medically advised" hospital discharge and the risk of subsequent drug overdose: A case-crossover analysis.

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Heather Palis

Bohdan Nosyk

Bohdan Nosyk

Karen Urbanoski

Tonia Nicholls

Brittany Barker

Brittany Barker

Kurt Lock

Seonaid Nolan

Paxton Bach

Lianping Ti

Kali-olt Sedgemore

Karen Urbanoski

Jessica Moe

Natt Hongdilokkul

Sofia Bartlett

Frank Scheuermeyer

Amy Salmon

Bernadette Pauly

Skye Barbic

Nadia Fairbairn

Jane Buxton

Hasina Samji

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Alissa Greer

Geoff Bardwell

Andrew Kestler

Bernadette Pauly

Andrew Ivsins

Samantha Young

Brian Grunau

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Bruce Wallace

Kanna Hayashi

Lindsey Richardson

Helen Brown

Eric Grafstein

Christian Schütz

Heather Orpana

Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.