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Andreas Pilarinos

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Andreas Pilarinos

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.
11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Emergency Care Governance Knowledge Mobilization Learning Health System Health And Wellness Indigenous Health Indigenous Sovereignty Network Development

Latest papers

Facilitators and barriers to patient and public involvement in developing learning health systems within community health services: ascoping review.
Research involvement and engagement · 2026
Correction: A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada.
BMC medical education · 2025 · first author
A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada.
BMC medical education · 2025 · first author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000
Co-Creating a Learning Health System for Emergency Care in British Columbia to Strengthen Health Emergencies Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$141,610
The Toronto Youth Equity and Substances (TYES) Study: Investigating Substance Use-Related Social and Clinical Outcomes among Youth Experiencing Homelessness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,591,200

All 7 grants and awards

13 publications.

Facilitators and barriers to patient and public involvement in developing learning health systems within community health services: ascoping review.

Dos Santos IK, Vasarhelyi K, Wong KLY, Berndt A, Windsor T, Yuen K, Zhao Y, Wong J, Macdonald S, Pilarinos A, Hung L

Research involvement and engagement2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00978-2 PMID: 42778946

Correction: A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada.

Pilarinos A, Key J, Joseph ED, Maher S, Quinn L, Bingham B

BMC medical education2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-08131-5 PMID: 41126169

A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada.

Pilarinos A, Key J, Joseph ED, Maher S, Quinn L, Bingham B

BMC medical education2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-025-07736-0 PMID: 40817057

Interest in using buprenorphine-naloxone among a prospective cohort of street-involved young people in Vancouver, Canada.

Pilarinos A, Bingham B, Kwa Y, Joe R, Grant C, Fast D, Buxton JA, DeBeck K

Journal of substance use and addiction treatment2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2023.209005 PMID: 36921770

Methadone Maintenance Treatment Discontinuation Among Young People who use Opioids in Vancouver, Canada.

Pilarinos A, Kwa Y, Joe R, Dong H, Grant C, Fast D, Buxton JA, DeBeck K

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437221136468 PMID: 36377240

Navigating Opioid Agonist Therapy among Young People who use Illicit Opioids in Vancouver, Canada.

Pilarinos A, Kwa Y, Joe R, Thulien M, Buxton JA, DeBeck K, Fast D

The International journal on drug policy2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103773 PMID: 35780565

Initiation of opioid agonist treatment and subsequent substance use and other patterns among adolescents and young adults in Vancouver, Canada.

Pilarinos A, Fast D, Nosova E, Kwa Y, Joe R, Buxton JA, DeBeck K

Drug and alcohol dependence2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109441 PMID: 35427979

Centering Young People's Perspectives, Needs, and Preferences in Research Regarding Barriers to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder-Reply.

Pilarinos A, Bromberg DJ, Karamouzian M

JAMA pediatrics2022First author

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0474 PMID: 35404407

Digital Health Interventions for Delivery of Mental Health Care: Systematic and Comprehensive Meta-Review.

Philippe TJ, Sikder N, Jackson A, Koblanski ME, Liow E, Pilarinos A, Vasarhelyi K

JMIR mental health2022

DOI: 10.2196/35159 PMID: 35551058

Latent patterns of polysubstance use among people who use opioids: A systematic review.

Karamouzian M, Pilarinos A, Hayashi K, Buxton JA, Kerr T

The International journal on drug policy2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103584 PMID: 35074608

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Operating Grant: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding - General

Principal investigators: Hohl, Corinne M; Moore, Kieran M; Rizzuti, Francesco A; Archambault, Patrick; Brooks, Steven C; Chandra, Kavish; Cheng, Ivy S; Fok, Patrick T; Grant, Jennifer; Janjua, Naveed Z; Jelic, Tomislav; Leeies, Murdoch A; Legault, Gabrielle; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McRae, Andrew D; Morrison, Laurie J; Perry, Jeffrey J; Picard, Christopher T; Rosychuk, Rhonda J; Saxinger, Lynora; Stone-McLean, Jordan; Wiemer, Hana M

Keywords: Health Data; Health Emergencies Preparedness; Influenza; Observational Studies; Pandemic Preparedness; Surveillance

$3,000,000

Co-Creating a Learning Health System for Emergency Care in British Columbia to Strengthen Health Emergencies Preparedness

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Cat. Grant: Partnering for Impact - Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies

Principal investigators: Lau, Yuen Yan; Ferraro, Kimberly A; Korchinski, Lori; Ring, Todd; Bird, Marissa; Cassidy-Matthews, Chenoa M; Hohl, Corinne M; Kestler, Andrew; Pilarinos, Andreas; Vanderhout, Shelley; Whitmore, Carly

Keywords: Emergency Care; Governance; Knowledge Mobilization; Learning Health System

$141,610

The Toronto Youth Equity and Substances (TYES) Study: Investigating Substance Use-Related Social and Clinical Outcomes among Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Karamouzian, Mohammad; Werb, Daniel M

Keywords: Health Equity; Homeless Youth; Prospective Cohort Studies; Substance Use Disorders

$1,591,200

Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Provincial Stream Grants

Principal investigators: Barbic, Skye P; Langton, Julia; Leach, Michelle; Legault, Gabrielle; Marchand, Kirsten I; Menear, Matthew; Pomeroy, Beverley C; Sutherland, Jason M

Keywords: British Columbia; Data; Engagement; Foundry; Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health System; Mental Health; Research; Substance Use; System Of Measurment

$635,373

AMPLIFY: Elevating the stories of Indigenous women, gender diverse, and Two-Spirit peoples

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bingham, Brittany L; Price, Roberta

Keywords: Indigenous Health; Lgbtq+ Health; Qualitative Methods; Reproductive Health; Reproductive Justice; Sexual Health; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Social Determinants; Women Living With Hiv; Women'S Health

$1,411,426

Wellness, Health, and Youth: A Research Network By and For Indigenous Young People

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Cat. Grant: Healthy Youth - Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Urban Ind.)

Principal investigators: Bingham, Brittany L; Cassidy-Matthews, Chenoa M; Desjarlais-deKlerk, Kristen A; Lys, Candice L; Pilarinos, Andreas; Reading, Jeffrey L

Keywords: Health And Wellness; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Sovereignty; Network Development; Relationality; Youth Leadership

$98,500

Towards a Learning Health System to support an Integrated Youth Services Network in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2022National Standards for Integrated Youth Services

Principal investigators: Barbic, Skye P; Mathias, Steve M; Ben-David, Shelly; Bingham, Brittany L; Frangou, Sophia; Henderson, Jo; Jenkins, Emily K; Menear, Matthew; Pomeroy, Beverley C; Sassi, Roberto B; Yatham, Lakshmi N

Keywords: British Columbia; Canada; Foundry; Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health System; Mental Health; Standards; Youth

$243,733

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: Emergency Care Dear Professor Pilarinos, 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 "Facilitators and barriers to patient and public involvement in developing learning health systems within community health services: ascoping review." (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 "Co-Creating a Learning Health System for Emergency Care in British Columbia to Strengthen Health Emergencies Preparedness" (2025), 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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Andreas Pilarinos

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Latest papers

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Facilitators and barriers to patient and public involvement in developing learning health systems within community health services: ascoping review.

Correction: A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada.

A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada.

Interest in using buprenorphine-naloxone among a prospective cohort of street-involved young people in Vancouver, Canada.

Methadone Maintenance Treatment Discontinuation Among Young People who use Opioids in Vancouver, Canada.

Navigating Opioid Agonist Therapy among Young People who use Illicit Opioids in Vancouver, Canada.

Initiation of opioid agonist treatment and subsequent substance use and other patterns among adolescents and young adults in Vancouver, Canada.

Centering Young People's Perspectives, Needs, and Preferences in Research Regarding Barriers to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder-Reply.

Digital Health Interventions for Delivery of Mental Health Care: Systematic and Comprehensive Meta-Review.

Latent patterns of polysubstance use among people who use opioids: A systematic review.

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness

Co-Creating a Learning Health System for Emergency Care in British Columbia to Strengthen Health Emergencies Preparedness

The Toronto Youth Equity and Substances (TYES) Study: Investigating Substance Use-Related Social and Clinical Outcomes among Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia

AMPLIFY: Elevating the stories of Indigenous women, gender diverse, and Two-Spirit peoples

Wellness, Health, and Youth: A Research Network By and For Indigenous Young People

Towards a Learning Health System to support an Integrated Youth Services Network in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Kora DeBeck

Danya Fast

Brittany Bingham

Mohammad Karamouzian

Thomas Kerr

Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Kanna Hayashi

Kanna Hayashi

Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Ryan Mcneil

Lillian Hung

Evan Wood