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Jan Klimas

ResearcherUniversity of British Columbia

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Jan Klimas

Researcher

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.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Decision Support Tool Dissemination Educational Intervention Expert Consultation Knowledge Translation Opioid Overdose Opioid Use Disorder Pain Management

Latest papers

Evaluation of a residential group therapy program for Canadian first responders.
Comprehensive psychiatry · 2026
Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia.
Primary health care research & development · 2023
Evaluation of audit and feedback to family physicians on prescribing of opioid analgesics to opioid-naïve patients: A pragmatic randomized delay trial.
Contemporary clinical trials · 2023 · senior author

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Advancing virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$393,929
Reducing unsafe prescribing of prescription opioid medications to opioid nai¨ve patients
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$481,950
Optimizing strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$10,105

All 5 grants and awards

52 publications.

Evaluation of a residential group therapy program for Canadian first responders.

Shields DM, Klimas J, Niyonsenga T, Lutz K, Wong AJ, Kuhl D

Comprehensive psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152650 PMID: 41389652

Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia.

McCracken MA, Cooper IR, Hamilton MA, Klimas J, Lindsay C, Fletcher S, Price M, Hedden L, McCracken RK

Primary health care research & development2023

DOI: 10.1017/s1463423623000580 PMID: 38014436

Evaluation of audit and feedback to family physicians on prescribing of opioid analgesics to opioid-naïve patients: A pragmatic randomized delay trial.

McCracken RK, Narayan S, Maclure M, Cooper I, Cui Z, Cullen W, Dormuth C, Hamilton MA, Nolan S, Singer J, Socías ME, Wong S, Klimas J

Contemporary clinical trials2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107354 PMID: 37802223

Living with prostate cancer: a mixed-method evaluation of group therapy intervention to alleviate psychological distress in a Canadian setting.

Kuhl DR, Lutz K, Wu E, Arsovska O, Berkowitz J, Klimas J, Sundar M, Goldenberg SL, Higano CS

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-023-07866-5 PMID: 37326757

"I'm almost opioid-a-phobic": family medicine residents' perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting.

Narayan S, Brath H, Di Marco D, Maclure M, McCracken R, Klimas J

Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2023.2204310 PMID: 37159547

Development and pilot evaluation of an educational session to support sparing opioid prescriptions to opioid naïve patients in a Canadian primary care setting.

Narayan S, Rizzardo S, Hamilton MA, Cooper I, Maclure M, McCracken RK, Klimas J

Family practice2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmac044 PMID: 35543305

Advancing virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder (VPC OUD): a mixed-methods study protocol.

Hedden L, McCracken RK, Spencer S, Narayan S, Gooderham E, Bach P, Boyd J, Chakanyuka C, Hayashi K, Klimas J, Law M, McGrail K, Nosyk B, Peterson S, Sutherland C, Ti L, Yung S, Cameron F, Fernandez R, Giesler A, Strydom N

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067608 PMID: 36167365

Finding Primary Care-Repurposing Physician Registration Data to Generate a Regionally Accurate List of Primary Care Clinics: Development and Validation of an Open-Source Algorithm.

Cooper IR, Lindsay C, Fraser K, Hill TT, Siu A, Fletcher S, Klimas J, Hamilton MA, Frazer AD, Humphrys E, Koepke K, Hedden L, Price M, McCracken RK

JMIR formative research2022

DOI: 10.2196/34141 PMID: 35731556

Prevalence and correlates of intentional substance use to reduce illicit opioid use in a Canadian setting.

Klimas J, Mok WY, Lake S, Eugenia Socías M, DeBeck K, Hayashi K, Wood E, Milloy MJ

Journal of substance use2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2021.1941341 PMID: 35685454

Impact of the international collaborative addiction medicine research fellowship on physicians' future engagement in addiction research.

Klimas J, Dong H, Hamilton MA, Cullen W, Samet JH, Wood E, Fairbairn N

Substance abuse2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2021.2010256 PMID: 35130132

Advancing virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Hedden, Lindsay K; McCracken, Rita

Keywords: Opioid Use Disorder; Primary Care; Virtual Care

$393,929

Reducing unsafe prescribing of prescription opioid medications to opioid nai¨ve patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: McCracken, Rita; Wood, Evan

Keywords: Academic Detailing; Behavioural Nudges; Decision Support Tool; Health Administrative Data; Opioid Overdose; Opioid Use Disorder/Addiction; Peer Comparison Letter; Public Health; Safer Prescribing; Training And Education

$481,950

Optimizing strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Klimas, Jan; Perry, Thomas L

Keywords: Decision Support Tool; Dissemination; Educational Intervention; Expert Consultation; Knowledge Translation; Opioid Overdose; Opioid Use Disorder; Pain Management; Public Health; Safer Prescribing

$10,105

What works for methamphetamine use disorder? A systematic review of reviews

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Methamphetamine and related psychostimulant use

Principal investigators: Buxton, Jane; Lysyshyn, Mark; Karamouzian, Mohammad

Keywords: Harm Reduction; Methamphetamine; Substance Use Disorders; Substance Use Treatment

$93,967

Will this patient develop a prescription opioid addiction? The Rational Clinical Examination systematic review.

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Operating Grant: Opioid Crisis Knowledge Synthesis

Principal investigators: Wood, Evan; Glynn, Keva

Keywords: Decision Support Tool; Likelihood Ratio; Opioid Overdose; Opioid Use Disorder/Addiction; Public Health; Rational Clinical Examination; Safer Prescribing; Sensitivity; Specificity; Systematic Review

$75,145

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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Jan Klimas

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Evaluation of a residential group therapy program for Canadian first responders.

Access to episodic primary care: a cross-sectional comparison of walk-in clinics and urgent primary care centers in British Columbia.

Evaluation of audit and feedback to family physicians on prescribing of opioid analgesics to opioid-na&#xef;ve patients: A pragmatic randomized delay trial.

Living with prostate cancer: a mixed-method evaluation of group therapy intervention to alleviate psychological distress in a Canadian setting.

"I'm almost opioid-a-phobic": family medicine residents' perceptions of enhancing opioid analgesic and agonist treatment training in a Canadian setting.

Development and pilot evaluation of an educational session to support sparing opioid prescriptions to opioid na&#xef;ve patients in a Canadian primary care setting.

Advancing virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder (VPC OUD): a mixed-methods study protocol.

Finding Primary Care-Repurposing Physician Registration Data to Generate a Regionally Accurate List of Primary Care Clinics: Development and Validation of an Open-Source Algorithm.

Prevalence and correlates of intentional substance use to reduce illicit opioid use in a Canadian setting.

Impact of the international collaborative addiction medicine research fellowship on physicians' future engagement in addiction research.

Advancing virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder

Reducing unsafe prescribing of prescription opioid medications to opioid nai¨ve patients

Optimizing strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain

What works for methamphetamine use disorder? A systematic review of reviews

Will this patient develop a prescription opioid addiction? The Rational Clinical Examination systematic review.

Frequent collaborators

Evan Wood

Nadia Fairbairn

Seonaid Nolan

Kanna Hayashi

Thomas Kerr

Keith Ahamad

Kanna Hayashi

Rita McCracken

Lindsay Hedden

Lindsay Hedden

Cheyenne Johnson

Rolando Barrios

Morgan Price

Paxton Bach

Cheyenne Johnson

Sabrina Wong

William Small

Michael Law

Ryan Mcneil

Colin Dormuth

Lianping Ti

Kimberlyn McGrail

Jade Boyd

Bohdan Nosyk

Julio Montaner

Bohdan Nosyk

Evaluation of audit and feedback to family physicians on prescribing of opioid analgesics to opioid-naïve patients: A pragmatic randomized delay trial.

Development and pilot evaluation of an educational session to support sparing opioid prescriptions to opioid naïve patients in a Canadian primary care setting.