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Jane Buxton

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Jane Buxton

Researcher

Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 11 trainee awards (11 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Harm Reduction Overdose Naloxone Resuscitation Methamphetamine Health Equity Priority Setting Public Health Emergency

Latest papers

Performance of the Medical Priority Dispatch System® in Identifying Patients Requiring Chest Compressions at Overdose Prevention Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Prehospital emergency care · 2025
"They Give you a bus Ticket and They Kick you Loose": A Qualitative Analysis of Post-Release Experiences among Recently Incarcerated Women Living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada.
Violence against women · 2024
An ecological study of the correlation between COVID-19 support payments and overdose events in British Columbia, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy · 2024

All 65 publications

Latest funding

Advancing co-produced research priorities to respond to the overdose public health emergency in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$150,000
"You can't teach what I know" - Building best practices and capacity for engagement of people with lived experience of incarceration in health research
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,259,946
Enhancing Public Health Through a Comparative Analysis of Drug Supply Data: Revealing the Impact of the Unregulated Drug Supply on Canadians' Health
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 39 grants and awards

65 publications.

Performance of the Medical Priority Dispatch System® in Identifying Patients Requiring Chest Compressions at Overdose Prevention Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Armour R, Grunau B, Iammarino S, Buxton J, Kinniburgh B, Burgess H, Sedgemore KO, Choisil P, Nielsen S, Ross L

Prehospital emergency care2025

DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2024.2319150 PMID: 38407219

"They Give you a bus Ticket and They Kick you Loose": A Qualitative Analysis of Post-Release Experiences among Recently Incarcerated Women Living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Erickson M, Deering K, Ranville F, Bingham B, Young P, Korchinski M, Buxton J, Elwood Martin R, Shannon K, Krüsi A

Violence against women2024

DOI: 10.1177/10778012231172693 PMID: 37194251

An ecological study of the correlation between COVID-19 support payments and overdose events in British Columbia, Canada.

Richardson L, Geddes C, Palis H, Buxton J, Slaunwhite A

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104362 PMID: 38484530

People who use drugs' prioritization of regulation amid decriminalization reforms in British Columbia, Canada: A qualitative study.

Xavier JC, McDermid J, Buxton J, Henderson I, Streukens A, Lamb J, Greer A

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104354 PMID: 38402802

Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island.

Tan M, Park C, Goldman J, Biello KB, Buxton J, Hadland SE, Park JN, Sherman SG, Macmadu A, Marshall BDL

Harm reduction journal2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00969-0 PMID: 38424553

An emergency-department-initiated outreach program for patients with opioid use disorder is associated with an increase in agonist therapy and engagement in addictions care: a one-year cohort study.

Lakkadghatwala R, Lane D, Scheuermeyer F, Hilburt J, Buxton J, Johnson C, Nolan S, Sutherland C, Moe J, Daoust R, Dong K, Christenson J, Miles I, Orkin A, Whyte M, Kestler A

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-023-00578-3 PMID: 38383467

Staying Together No Matter What: Becoming Young Parents on the Streets of Vancouver.

Fast D, Charlesworth R, Thulien M, Krüsi A, Buxton J, West S, Chase C, Manson D

Culture, medicine and psychiatry2023

DOI: 10.1007/s11013-022-09813-1 PMID: 36692806

Patient opinion and acceptance of emergency department buprenorphine/naloxone to-go home initiation packs.

Duncan K, Scheuermeyer F, Lane D, Ahamad K, Moe J, Dong K, Nolan S, Buxton J, Miles I, Johnson C, Christenson J, Whyte M, Daoust R, Garrod E, Badke K, Kestler A

CJEM2023

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-023-00568-1 PMID: 37606738

Estimating the prevalence and correlates of pain among people living with HIV who use unregulated drugs in a Canadian setting.

Loh J, Buxton J, Kaida A, Voon P, Grant C, Milloy MJ

Journal of opioid management2023

DOI: 10.5055/jom.2023.0778 PMID: 37145925

The Cannabis-Dependent Relationship Between Methadone Treatment Dose and Illicit Opioid Use in a Community-Based Cohort of People Who Use Drugs.

Lake S, Kerr T, Buxton J, Walsh Z, Cooper ZD, Socías ME, Fairbairn N, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ

Cannabis and cannabinoid research2023

DOI: 10.1089/can.2021.0080 PMID: 34813374

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Harm Reduction Dear Professor Buxton, 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 "Performance of the Medical Priority Dispatch System® in Identifying Patients Requiring Chest Compressions at Overdose Prevention Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study." (2025), 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 "Advancing co-produced research priorities to respond to the overdose public health emergency in British Columbia" (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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Jane Buxton

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Performance of the Medical Priority Dispatch System&#xae; in Identifying Patients Requiring Chest Compressions at Overdose Prevention Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

"They Give you a bus Ticket and They Kick you Loose": A Qualitative Analysis of Post-Release Experiences among Recently Incarcerated Women Living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

An ecological study of the correlation between COVID-19 support payments and overdose events in British Columbia, Canada.

People who use drugs' prioritization of regulation amid decriminalization reforms in British Columbia, Canada: A qualitative study.

Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island.

An emergency-department-initiated outreach program for patients with opioid use disorder is associated with an increase in agonist therapy and engagement in addictions care: a one-year cohort study.

Staying Together No Matter What: Becoming Young Parents on the Streets of Vancouver.

Patient opinion and acceptance of emergency department buprenorphine/naloxone to-go home initiation packs.

Estimating the prevalence and correlates of pain among people living with HIV who use unregulated drugs in a Canadian setting.

The Cannabis-Dependent Relationship Between Methadone Treatment Dose and Illicit Opioid Use in a Community-Based Cohort of People Who Use Drugs.

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Evan Wood

Thomas Kerr

Julio Montaner

Mel Krajden

Kanna Hayashi

Andrew Kestler

Jason Wong

Mawuena Binka

Hasina Samji

Zach Walsh

Roy Purssell

Jessica Moe

Frank Scheuermeyer

Kanna Hayashi

Dahn Jeong

Mark Gilbert

Robert Hogg

Seonaid Nolan

Hasina Samji

Jeannie Shoveller

Nadia Fairbairn

Sofia Bartlett

Raoul Daoust

Kathryn Dong

Amanda Slaunwhite

Brian Grunau

Cheyenne Johnson

Eric Grafstein

Maryam Darvishian

Samona Marsh

Kate Shannon

Keith Ahamad

Lianping Ti

Raoul Daoust

Kathleen Deering

Kora DeBeck

Perry Kendall

John Oliffe

Mark Gilbert

Bonnie Henry

Performance of the Medical Priority Dispatch System® in Identifying Patients Requiring Chest Compressions at Overdose Prevention Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study.