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Carolyn Davison
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Research
Latest papers
A review of policy actions implemented during a toxic drug public health emergency in British Columbia, Canada (2016-2024).
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
The cascade of care for opioid use disorder among youth in British Columbia, 2018.
Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021
Evaluating complex transformation.
Journal of health organization and management · 2019
Latest funding
- $150,000
Advancing co-produced research priorities to respond to the overdose public health emergency in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $108,500
Leveraging health administrative data to evaluate prescribed alternatives and to help map out a path forward for British Columbia's Ministry of Health on the toxic drug crisis.
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $1,184,681
Evaluating Microdosing in Emergency Departments: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Microdosing vs. Standard Dosing (EMED Study)
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
A review of policy actions implemented during a toxic drug public health emergency in British Columbia, Canada (2016-2024).
Zanette M, Enns B, Carter A, Compton M, Daly P, Davison C, Gustafson R, Hedden L, Kerr T, Schnepel K, Nosyk B
The cascade of care for opioid use disorder among youth in British Columbia, 2018.
Krebs E, Min JE, Zhou H, Davison C, McGowan G, Nosyk B
Evaluating complex transformation.
Best A, Ong N, Cooper P, Davison C, Coatta K, Berland A, Herbert C, Mitton C, Millar J, Reichert S, Cano A
Advancing co-produced research priorities to respond to the overdose public health emergency in British Columbia
Principal investigators: Palis, Heather; Davison, Carolyn; Buxton, Jane
Keywords: Health Equity; Overdose; Priority Setting; Public Health Emergency; Social Determinants Of Health; Unregulated Drug Supply
Leveraging health administrative data to evaluate prescribed alternatives and to help map out a path forward for British Columbia's Ministry of Health on the toxic drug crisis.
Principal investigators: Carter, Addie
Keywords: Addiction; Epidemiology; Fatal Overdose; Harm Reduction; Health Systems Research; Mental Health; Overdose Prevention; Policy Evaluation; Services Planning; Toxic Drug Crisis
Evaluating Microdosing in Emergency Departments: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Microdosing vs. Standard Dosing (EMED Study)
Principal investigators: Moe, Jessica; Carter, Connie I; Davison, Carolyn; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Lock, Kurt; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Slaunwhite, Amanda K; Wong, Hubert H
Keywords: Buprenorphine/Naloxone; Emergency Departments; Opioid-Related Disorders; Randomized Controlled Trial
The ASSET Study: Assessing economic transitions and their impacts on health and well-being
Principal investigators: Richardson, Lindsey
Keywords: Covid-19; Employment And Economic Participation; Health Inequity; Inner-City Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Substance Use
A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC
Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Barker, Brittany M; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Pauly, Bernadette M; Slaunwhite, Amanda K
Keywords: Epidemiology; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Indigenous Health; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Safer Supply; Substance Use
Preventing Opioid Deaths due to COVID Related Increase in Smoking Illicit Substances (Preventing OD CRISIS)
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
BC's prisons & the overdose emergency: understanding the impact of policy on continuity of care and healthcare utilization for people who experience incarceration
Principal investigators: McLeod, Katherine E
Keywords: Health System Policy; Health System Utilization; Overdose Emergency Response; Prison Health Policy; Transitions Of Care
An evaluation of the use of Community Transition Teams to improve health outcomes for individuals with an opioid use disorder following release from British Columbia Corrections
Principal investigators: Nolan, Seonaid; MacFarlane, Andrew
Keywords: Bc Corrections; Community Transition Team; Opioid Addiction; Opioid Use Disorder; Overdose; Transition In Care
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Emergency Medicine
- School of Population and Public Health
- Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Bohdan Nosyk
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Bohdan Nosyk
Emergency Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Lindsay Hedden
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Lindsay Hedden
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Thomas Kerr
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Craig Mitton
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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