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Jade Boyd

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Jade Boyd

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.
30 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Substance Use Overdose Gender Health Services Qualitative Methods Harm Reduction Covid-19 Women

Latest papers

Gender differences in the association between housing status and violence among people who report exposure to benzodiazepines.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Displacement and the disruption of drug use patterns and risks: Experiences of people living with HIV in two urban neighbourhoods.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: Experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of "recriminalization" among people who use criminalized drugs.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026

All 74 publications

Latest funding

Embedding Indigenous research evaluation and governance within British Columbia's Road to Recovery substance use care program.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$948,600
Improving perinatal services for women who use substances in British Columbia
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000
Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse: BC Node
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

All 14 grants and awards

74 publications.

Gender differences in the association between housing status and violence among people who report exposure to benzodiazepines.

Swaich A, Rufus-Sedgemore K, Choi J, Boyd J, DeBeck K, Milloy MJ, Sayre EC, Kerr T, Hayashi K

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105324 PMID: 42119504

Displacement and the disruption of drug use patterns and risks: Experiences of people living with HIV in two urban neighbourhoods.

Chayama KL, Narayan P, McNeil R, Boyd J, McDougall P, Displacement Study Community Advisory Board, Knight R

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105279 PMID: 42061343

Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: Experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of "recriminalization" among people who use criminalized drugs.

Singh Kelsall T, Shane C, Speed KA, McDermid J, Rufus-Sedgemore KO, Moen K, Henry P, Boyd J, Marsh S, P O W E R, Beatrice M, Kerr T, Hayashi K

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105196 PMID: 41690110

The association between benzodiazepine proliferation in the unregulated drug supply and experiences of violence: A gender-based analysis.

Swaich A, Rufus-Sedgemore K, Choi J, DeBeck K, Boyd J, Milloy MJ, Kerr T, Hayashi K

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.113009 PMID: 41447802

Haunted houses: Using photovoice to understand emotional geographies in single room occupancy housing.

Fleming T, Boyd J, Kerr T, McNeil R

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119106 PMID: 41740372

Barriers and facilitators to safer supply pilot program implementation in Canada: a qualitative assessment of service provider perspectives.

Nafeh F, Martignetti L, Strike C, Kolla G, Bonn M, Brunelle C, Boyd J, Hyshka E, Morris C, Eeuwes J, Hobbs H, Haywood E, Pauly B, Werb D, Karamouzian M

Harm reduction journal2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01177-0 PMID: 40296096

"Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access": Mothers who use unregulated drugs' experiences of dual public health emergencies.

Boyd J

The International journal on drug policy2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104719 PMID: 40024632

'It just doesn't stop': Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speed KA, McNeil R, Hayashi K, Maher L, Boyd J

Drug and alcohol review2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/dar.13996 PMID: 39703005

A qualitative study exploring motives for the transition from injecting to smoking drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Bonn M, Kerr T, Boyd J, Rudzinski K, McNeil R, Ivsins A

The International journal on drug policy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104982 PMID: 40946388

Barriers and facilitators to injectable opioid agonist treatment engagement within a structural vulnerability context: a qualitative study of patient experiences in Vancouver, Canada.

Mayer S, Fairbairn N, Fowler A, Boyd J, Kerr T, McNeil R

Harm reduction journal2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01262-4 PMID: 40615907

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Jade Boyd

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Gender differences in the association between housing status and violence among people who report exposure to benzodiazepines.

Displacement and the disruption of drug use patterns and risks: Experiences of people living with HIV in two urban neighbourhoods.

Confiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: Experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of "recriminalization" among people who use criminalized drugs.

The association between benzodiazepine proliferation in the unregulated drug supply and experiences of violence: A gender-based analysis.

Haunted houses: Using photovoice to understand emotional geographies in single room occupancy housing.

Barriers and facilitators to safer supply pilot program implementation in Canada: a qualitative assessment of service provider perspectives.

"Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access": Mothers who use unregulated drugs' experiences of dual public health emergencies.

'It just doesn't stop': Perspectives of women who use drugs on increased overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A qualitative study exploring motives for the transition from injecting to smoking drugs in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Barriers and facilitators to injectable opioid agonist treatment engagement within a structural vulnerability context: a qualitative study of patient experiences in Vancouver, Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Ryan Mcneil

Thomas Kerr

Kanna Hayashi

Kanna Hayashi

Andrew Ivsins

Nadia Fairbairn

Seonaid Nolan

Kora DeBeck

Elaine Hyshka

Evan Wood

Paxton Bach

Mohammad Karamouzian

Taylor Fleming

Geoff Bardwell

Kimberlyn McGrail

Lianping Ti

Carol Strike

Danya Fast

Lindsey Richardson

Bernadette Pauly

Cheyenne Johnson

Patrick McDougall

Marilou Gagnon

Farihah Ali

Lindsay Hedden

Samona Marsh

Gillian Kolla

Jan Klimas

Gillian Kolla

Kate Salters

Lindsay Hedden

Priti Narayan

David Tu

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Britt Dennis

Verena Langheimer

Michael Law

Bohdan Nosyk