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Danya Fast

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Danya Fast

Researcher

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.
27 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Youth Caregivers Community-Based Participatory Research Harm Reduction Health Equity Structural Determinants Of Health Qualitative Social Determinants Of Health

Latest papers

"I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.
Contemporary drug problems · 2026
Reimagining recovery: a commentary centering youth and caregiver voices on substance use recovery and healing from across British Columbia, Canada.
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026 · senior author
Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.
The International journal on drug policy · 2025

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Identifying service pathways to reduce overdose risk among youth: a multi-method, population-based, and co-design study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$993,720
Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$405,449
Braiding Wisdoms: Coming Together to Co-Create Research Priorities and Research Capacity for Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$149,630

All 37 grants and awards

52 publications.

"I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.

McDermid J, Fast D, Vieira E, Wise M, Joe DJ, Krüsi A

Contemporary drug problems2026

DOI: 10.1177/00914509251385948 PMID: 42534527

Reimagining recovery: a commentary centering youth and caregiver voices on substance use recovery and healing from across British Columbia, Canada.

Eekhoudt CR, Henry KJ, Friesen D, Marchand K, Barbic S, Turuba R, Moore E, Ignaszewski MJ, Carwana M, Fast D

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-025-00688-0 PMID: 41645225

Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.

McAdam E, Milloy MJ, Sayre EC, Verdicchio C, Sedgemore KO, May H, Pranteau S, Corriveau D, Friesen D, Fleury M, Fast D, DeBeck K

The International journal on drug policy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105068 PMID: 41240751

Building social support into mental health and substance use treatment trajectories: Insights from a longitudinal qualitative and ethnographic study with young people experiencing unstable housing and homelessness.

Lee H, Thulien M, Eekhoudt CR, Friesen D, Manson D, Bagley S, Hadland S, Fast D

Child & youth services2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2025.2468177 PMID: 40857527

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Goodyear T, Thulien M, Anghel A, Slemon A, Jensen M, Ignaszewski MJ, Sassi R, Mathias S, Jenkins E, Knight R, Fast D

Social science & medicine (1982)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118701 PMID: 41135255

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.

Marchand K, Turuba R, Hui D, Gunn H, Wright MD, Marshall T, Fast D, Knight R, Marsh DC, Sassi R, Mathias S, Barbic S

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.07.013 PMID: 39340500

RE-MAKING SELVES AND SOCIAL WORLDS: EXPERIENCES OF LIVE-IN SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AMONG ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCING SOCIAL STRUCTURAL MARGINALIZATION IN VANCOUVER.

Sandhu M, Thulien M, Eekhoudt CR, Friesen D, Moore E, Ignaszewski M, Bagley S, Motta-Ochoa R, Jenkins E, Fast D

SSM. Qualitative research in health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100631 PMID: 42004817

The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South.

Stowe MJ, Gatonye R, Maharjan I, Kehinde S, Arya S, Valderrábano JH, Mcbride A, Scheibein F, Igonya EK, Fast D

Harm reduction journal2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00914-7 PMID: 38368391

2S/LGBTQ+ youth substance use and pathways to homelessness: A photovoice study.

Goodyear T, Jenkins E, Oliffe JL, Fast D, Kia H, Knight R

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104621 PMID: 39427371

Looking beyond drugs: A scoping review of recovery in the context of illicit substance use among adolescents and young adults.

Eekhoudt CR, Sandhu M, Mniszak C, Goodyear T, Turuba R, Marchand K, Barbic S, Fast D

The International journal on drug policy2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104598 PMID: 39378780

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Youth Dear Professor Fast, 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 ""I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC." (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 "Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods" (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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"I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.

Reimagining recovery: a commentary centering youth and caregiver voices on substance use recovery and healing from across British Columbia, Canada.

Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.

Building social support into mental health and substance use treatment trajectories: Insights from a longitudinal qualitative and ethnographic study with young people experiencing unstable housing and homelessness.

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids&#xa0;in Canada and the United States.

RE-MAKING SELVES AND SOCIAL WORLDS: EXPERIENCES OF LIVE-IN SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT AMONG ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCING SOCIAL STRUCTURAL MARGINALIZATION IN VANCOUVER.

The war on drugs is a war on us: young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South.

2S/LGBTQ+ youth substance use and pathways to homelessness: A photovoice study.

Looking beyond drugs: A scoping review of recovery in the context of illicit substance use among adolescents and young adults.

Frequent collaborators

Emily Jenkins

Trevor Goodyear

Kora DeBeck

Andreas Pilarinos

Evan Wood

Thomas Kerr

Kali-olt Sedgemore

Kirsten Marchand

Skye Barbic

Steve Mathias

Kanna Hayashi

Roberto Sassi

Olivier Ferlatte

Nadia Fairbairn

Jade Boyd

Kate Shannon

Olivier Ferlatte

Brittany Bingham

Cheyenne Johnson

Marie Jauffret-Roustide

Brittany Barker

Hudson Reddon

Rodney Knight

Devon Greyson

Lindsey Richardson

William Small

Kanna Hayashi

Gordon Guyatt

William Small

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Britt Dennis

Kimberlyn McGrail

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.