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Amy Salmon

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Amy Salmon

Researcher

Emergency Medicine

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.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (11 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Substance Use Participatory Action Research Patient-Oriented Research Community Based Research Family Networks Fentanyl Overdose Crisis Overdose Deaths

Latest papers

"Backed into a Corner": Lived experiences of receiving and providing involuntary psychiatric treatment under British Columbia's Mental Health Act.
PloS one · 2026
Beyond Attendance: Participation and Relational Work in Planned Group Recreational Activities in a Long-Term Care Village Setting.
The Gerontologist · 2026
Pre-relocation evaluation of the physical environment of a traditional care home before transitioning to a dementia village.
The Gerontologist · 2025 · senior author

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Understanding the Hidden Overdose Crisis impacting South Asian Communities in BC
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000
From youth to seniors: Bringing public and population health to the people
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$8,000
Family Matters: Engaging Loved Ones to Prevent Overdose Deaths in Semi-Urban and Rural Communities
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$688,501

All 19 grants and awards

25 publications.

"Backed into a Corner": Lived experiences of receiving and providing involuntary psychiatric treatment under British Columbia's Mental Health Act.

Snow ME, Salmon A, Banjo J, Morrow M, Varcoe C

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329049 PMID: 42268841

Beyond Attendance: Participation and Relational Work in Planned Group Recreational Activities in a Long-Term Care Village Setting.

Zhang Z, Chaudhury H, Salmon A, Mahmood A, Hung L

The Gerontologist2026

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnag211 PMID: 42675617

Pre-relocation evaluation of the physical environment of a traditional care home before transitioning to a dementia village.

Chaudhury H, Zhang Z, Salmon A

The Gerontologist2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf167 PMID: 40713765

Organisational factors associated with burnout among emergency and internal medicine physicians: a qualitative study.

Ghaseminejad F, Rich K, Rosenbaum D, Rydz E, Chow L, Salmon A, Palepu A, Dodek P, Leitch HA, Townson A, Lacaille D, Varshney V, Stanger E, Khan N

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085973 PMID: 39880435

Developing standards for the implementation of stepped care in child and youth mental health service settings: protocol for a multi-method, delphi-based study.

Young B, Mughal S, Churchill A, Rash J, Tee K, Salmon A, Shah J

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096453 PMID: 39725417

Differences in Physician Burnout by Specialty: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Ghaseminejad F, Rich KE, Rosenbaum D, Rydz E, Palepu A, Dodek P, Salmon A, Leitch HA, Townson A, Lacaille D, Varshney VP, Khan NA

The Permanente journal2024

DOI: 10.7812/tpp/24.040 PMID: 38980769

Missed opportunities to provide sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing in British Columbia: An interpretive description of users' experiences of Get Checked Online's design and implementation.

Iyamu I, Kassam R, Worthington C, Grace D, Pedersen H, Haag D, Bondyra M, Salmon A, Koehoorn M, Gilbert M

Digital health2024

DOI: 10.1177/20552076241277653 PMID: 39233893

Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada.

Moe J, Chavez T, Marr C, Cameron F, Feldman-Kiss D, Wang YE, Xavier JC, Mamdani Z, Purssell RA, Salmon A, Buxton JA

Harm reduction journal2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00963-6 PMID: 38378610

"Shared experience makes this all possible": documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison.

Palis H, Young P, Korchinski M, Wood S, Xavier J, Luk N, Mahil S, Bartlett S, Brown H, Salmon A, Nicholls T, Slaunwhite A

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17524-4 PMID: 38172781

Developmental evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Practice-based learnings from projects in British Columbia, Canada.

Iyamu I, Berger M, Fernando S, Snow ME, Salmon A

Evaluation journal of Australasia2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/1035719x221119841 PMID: 38603385

Understanding the Hidden Overdose Crisis impacting South Asian Communities in BC

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Fernando W., Saranee M

Keywords: Addiction; Arts-Based Methods; Gender; Overdose Crisis; Public Health; Qualitative Research; Social Determinants Of Health; Substance Use

$120,000

From youth to seniors: Bringing public and population health to the people

Co-investigatorCIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Open Pool

Principal investigators: Muller, Alison L

Keywords: Incarcerated Persons; Population Health; Public Health; Science Communication; Seniors; Youth

$8,000

Family Matters: Engaging Loved Ones to Prevent Overdose Deaths in Semi-Urban and Rural Communities

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salmon, Amy L; Hawkins, Jennifer

Keywords: Community Based Research; Family Networks; Fentanyl; Overdose Crisis; Overdose Deaths; Participatory Action Research; Patient-Oriented Research; Rural And Semi-Urban; Substance Use; Using Alone

$688,501

Care, Health, Economics, and Society: Spillover Effects of Caregiving in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Zhang, Wei; Salmon, Amy L; Sawatzky, Richard

Keywords: Caregiver; Caregiving Responsibilities; Culture; Economic Evaluation; Gender; Health Utility; Patient-Oriented Research; Policies; Socioeconomic Status; Work Productivity Loss

$100,000

Workload management through understanding and addressing resident needs in long term care: A study to adapt, validate, implement and evaluate the Synergy Model

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Havaei, Farinaz; Keselman, David

Keywords: Long Term Care; Mixed Methods; Psychological Health And Safety In The Workplace; Staffing; Workload Management; Workplace Conditions

$99,974

GREENHOUSE: buildinG ResiliEncE iN youtH thrOUgh cannabiS lEarning

Nominated PICIHR2020Catalyst Grant: Cannabis and Mental Health- First Nations/Inuit/Métis approaches

Principal investigators: Salmon, Amy L; Gross, Brian

Keywords: Cannabis Use; Indigenous Youth; Inquiry-Based Learning; Qualitative Methods; Rapid Review Methods; Resilience; Theatre-Based Methods; Youth Mental Health; Youth Substance Use

Knowledge Synthesis to Support and Promote Mental Wellness and Resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use

Principal investigators: Puyat, Joseph H; Kazanjian, Arminée

Keywords: Complementary Mental Health Strategies; Home-Based Activities; Mental Wellness And Resiliency During Covid-19 Pandemic

$48,118

Preventing Opioid Deaths due to COVID Related Increase in Smoking Illicit Substances (Preventing OD CRISIS)

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Moe, Jessica; Davison, Carolyn; Buxton, Jane; Salmon, Amy L; Slaunwhite, Amanda K

Keywords: Innovative Adaptations Of Services For People Smoking Drugs; Matching Access To Harm Reduction To Smoking-Specific Risks

$200,000

A mixed methods evaluation of risk mitigation measures to address the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and overdose

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Slaunwhite, Amanda K; Hongdilokkul, Natt; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Pauly, Bernadette M; Urbanoski, Karen A

Keywords: Epidemiology; Health Policy; Infectious Diseases; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Pandemic Response; Public Health; Substance Use

$777,439

A BC wide program for Indigenous patients to Gain Equitable access to kidney transplantation: The BRIDGE to Transplantation Initiative.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant - SPOR iCT Rewarding Success - Phase 3

Principal investigators: Gill, Jagbir S; Assu, Alissa; Appleton, Leanne A; Hart, Colleen A

Keywords: Access; Cultural Safety; End Stage Kidney Disease; Indigenous Health; Living Donation; Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

$2,400,000

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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Amy Salmon

Research

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Latest funding

"Backed into a Corner": Lived experiences of receiving and providing involuntary psychiatric treatment under British Columbia's Mental Health Act.

Beyond Attendance: Participation and Relational Work in Planned Group Recreational Activities in a Long-Term Care Village Setting.

Pre-relocation evaluation of the physical environment of a traditional care home before transitioning to a dementia village.

Organisational factors associated with burnout among emergency and internal medicine physicians: a qualitative study.

Developing standards for the implementation of stepped care in child and youth mental health service settings: protocol for a multi-method, delphi-based study.

Differences in Physician Burnout by Specialty: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Missed opportunities to provide sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing in British Columbia: An interpretive description of users' experiences of Get Checked Online's design and implementation.

Feeling safer: effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of continuous pulse oximetry for people who smoke opioids at overdose prevention services in British Columbia, Canada.

"Shared experience makes this all possible": documenting the guiding principles of peer-led services for people released from prison.

Developmental evaluation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Practice-based learnings from projects in British Columbia, Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Kirsten Bell

Diane Lacaille

Karen Tee

Peter Dodek

Wei Zhang

Mark Gilbert

Habib Chaudhury

Amanda Slaunwhite

Jai Shah

Nadia Khan

Farinaz Havaei

Jai Shah

Mieke Koehoorn

Catherine Worthington

Jessica Moe

Peter Cornish

Daniel Grace

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Joseph Puyat

Arminée Kazanjian

Daniel Vigo

Sheila Boamah