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Evan Wood

ResearcherSocial MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Evan Wood

Researcher

Social Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
37 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 14 research grants (14 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 8 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Academic metrics

399

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386

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Research

Addiction Hiv/Aids Substance Use Clinical Trials Decision Support Tool Opioid Overdose Opioid Use Disorder/Addiction Public Health

Latest papers

Temporal and regional associations between fentanyl concentrations in the unregulated drug supply and drug-related mortality in British Columbia, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Risk reduction behaviours following the detection of unexpected drugs through community drug checking: a cross-sectional study.
Harm reduction journal · 2026
Uncertain Benefit and Potential Harms of Serotonergic Antidepressants in Persons With Substance Use Disorder.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026 · first author

All 399 publications

Latest funding

Characterizing the uptake and the health and economic impacts of evidence-based pharmacotherapy practices for alcohol use disorder
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$520,199
Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse: BC Node
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$2,400,000
Evaluating tetrahydrocannabinol as an adjunct to opioid agonist therapy for individuals living with opioid use disorder: A Phase II, placebo-controlled, blinded, pilot study to assess safety and feasibility
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$279,224

All 47 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 399 publications.

Temporal and regional associations between fentanyl concentrations in the unregulated drug supply and drug-related mortality in British Columbia, Canada.

Tobias S, Bird J, Guzman SM, Palis H, Crabtree A, Hein JE, Wood E, Ti L

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105200 PMID: 41691894

Risk reduction behaviours following the detection of unexpected drugs through community drug checking: a cross-sectional study.

Tobias S, Grant C, Lysyshyn M, Roux P, Wood E, Kerr T, Ti L

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01374-x PMID: 41787496

Uncertain Benefit and Potential Harms of Serotonergic Antidepressants in Persons With Substance Use Disorder.

Wood E, Rehm J, Perry TL, Menkes DB, Poulin G, Lim R, Healy D, Le Foll B, Bruneau J

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261468911 PMID: 42565805

Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder.

Wood E, Rehm J

JAMA2026First author

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.22277 PMID: 41525054

Unintentional benzodiazepine use and frequency of drug checking service utilization: a cross-sectional study.

Airth L, Goodyear T, Marshall BDL, Grant C, Lysyshyn M, Sherman SG, Wood E, Ti L

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01381-y PMID: 41559671

Discerning the Forest From the Trees When Comparing Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder.

Wood E, Naji L

JAMA network open2026First author

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29640 PMID: 42640645

Treatment of Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.

Wood E, Rehm J

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261467118 PMID: 42417002

Correction: Unintentional benzodiazepine use and frequency of drug checking service utilization: a cross-sectional study.

Airth L, Goodyear T, Marshall BDL, Grant C, Lysyshyn M, Sherman SG, Wood E, Ti L

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01497-9 PMID: 42415130

Sharing drug checking results in a Canadian setting: a multi-site analysis.

Bird J, Tobias S, Grant C, Lysyshyn M, Tupper K, Wood E, Kerr T, Ti L

The International journal on drug policy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104903 PMID: 40561713

Applying a Modified Version of the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale in a Canadian Community Withdrawal Management Setting.

Crepeault H, Cowan N, Socias ME, Riazi N, Knill A, Khela A, Wood E, Ti L

Drug and alcohol review2025

DOI: 10.1111/dar.14075 PMID: 40328513

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Evan Wood

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Temporal and regional associations between fentanyl concentrations in the unregulated drug supply and drug-related mortality in British Columbia, Canada.

Risk reduction behaviours following the detection of unexpected drugs through community drug checking: a cross-sectional study.

Uncertain Benefit and Potential Harms of Serotonergic Antidepressants in Persons With Substance Use Disorder.

Treatment of Methamphetamine Use Disorder.

Unintentional benzodiazepine use and frequency of drug checking service utilization: a cross-sectional study.

Discerning the Forest From the Trees When Comparing Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder.

Treatment of Comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.

Correction: Unintentional benzodiazepine use and frequency of drug checking service utilization: a cross-sectional study.

Sharing drug checking results in a Canadian setting: a multi-site analysis.

Applying a Modified Version of the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale in a Canadian Community Withdrawal Management Setting.

Frequent collaborators

Thomas Kerr

Kanna Hayashi

Julio Montaner

Kora DeBeck

Lianping Ti

Kanna Hayashi

Nadia Fairbairn

Jan Klimas

Seonaid Nolan

Bohdan Nosyk

Keith Ahamad

Bohdan Nosyk

Mark Lysyshyn

Lindsey Richardson

Paxton Bach

Jane Buxton

Kate Shannon

Ryan Mcneil

Bernard Le Foll

Rolando Barrios

Michael-John Milloy

Benedikt Fischer

Surita Parashar

Hudson Reddon

Robert Hogg

Cheyenne Johnson

Nikki Bozinoff

Mel Krajden

Eric Grafstein

Jeannie Shoveller

David Moore

Edward Joseph Mills

Mark Hull

Viviane Lima

Richard Harrigan

Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Lynda Balneaves

Benoît Mâsse

Britt Dennis

Mark Gilbert