Faculty profile
Jeffrey Brubacher
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Research
Latest papers
Predicting the risk of motor vehicle crash in the first year after cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2026 · senior author
Attitudes toward driving after cannabis use: a systematic review.
Journal of cannabis research · 2024 · senior author
Does the inclusion of vehicle impoundment in provincial short-term administrative driver's license suspension programs reduce total and alcohol-related fatal collisions in Canada?
Traffic injury prevention · 2019
Latest funding
- $1,644,750
The association between cannabis and motor vehicle collisions - looking beyond THC.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $1,560,600
Circumstances of Active Transport Injuries
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $1,602,675
The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
6 publications.
Predicting the risk of motor vehicle crash in the first year after cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
Staples JA, Daly-Grafstein D, Khan M, Erdelyi S, Hawkins NM, Chan H, Steinberg C, Krahn A, Brubacher J
Attitudes toward driving after cannabis use: a systematic review.
Boicu B, Al-Hakim D, Yuan Y, Brubacher J
Does the inclusion of vehicle impoundment in provincial short-term administrative driver's license suspension programs reduce total and alcohol-related fatal collisions in Canada?
Smith NK, Brubacher J, Andreou P, Asbridge M
Factors Predicting Local Effectiveness of Impaired Driving Laws, British Columbia, Canada.
Brubacher J, Chan H, Erdelyi S, Asbridge M, Schuurman N
Estimating the harms and costs of cannabis-attributable collisions in the Canadian provinces.
Wettlaufer A, Florica RO, Asbridge M, Beirness D, Brubacher J, Callaghan R, Fischer B, Gmel G, Imtiaz S, Mann RE, McKiernan A, Rehm J
Vision screening of older drivers for preventing road traffic injuries and fatalities.
Desapriya E, Harjee R, Brubacher J, Chan H, Hewapathirane DS, Subzwari S, Pike I
The association between cannabis and motor vehicle collisions - looking beyond THC.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Cannabis; Epidemiological Study; Impaired Driving; Motor Vehicle Collisions; Per Se Limits; Risk Factors
Circumstances of Active Transport Injuries
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Active Transportation; Built Environment; Cyclists; Electronic Mobility Devices; Injury; Micromobility; Pedestrians; Road Safety; Vulnerable Road Users
The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Fentanyl; Opioids; Overdose; Sedatives; Stimulants; Toxicology; Unregulated Drugs
The impact of 12-hour overnight shifts on nurses' driving safety: A high-fidelity driver simulator study.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Automobile Driving; Cognition; Driving Simulator; Nurses; Quasi-Experimental Design; Road Safety; Shift Work; Sleep Deprivation
The impact of medical cannabis on driving safety: A driving simulation study.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Automobile Driving; Cbd; Cognition; Driving Simulation; Medical Cannabis; Oral Cannabis; Quasi-Experimental Design; Road Safety; Thc
Personalized symptom mapping to understand and treat persistent post-concussion symptoms
Principal investigators: Silverberg, Noah
Keywords: Brain Concussion; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Network Analysis; Precision Medicine
Drug overdose after departure from hospital against medical advice
Principal investigators: Staples, John A
Keywords: Clinical Epidemiology; Discharge Against Medical Advice; Drug Overdose; Hospital Care; Linked Administrative Healthcare Data; Substance Use Disorder (Including Opioid Use Disorder)
ACTIVE: Adding Life to Years in Cognitive Frailty by Preventing Falls
Principal investigators: Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Li, Linda C; Madden, Kenneth M
Keywords: Behaviour Change; Cognitive Frailty; Digital Technology; Exercise; Falls; Older Adults; Physical Frailty; Randomized Controlled Trial
A spatial analysis of inequality in road trauma outcomes in British Columbia.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Burden Of Disease; Disadvantaged Populations; Health Inequalities; Road Trauma; Social Environment
Analyzing linked safety data to improve active transport safety in BC
Principal investigators: Branion-Calles, Michael C
Keywords: Active Transport; Crash Data; Injury Prevention; Road Safety; Road Trauma
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Community Health and Epidemiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Medicine
- Social, Prevention and Health Policy Research
- Pediatrics
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Mark Asbridge
Community Health and Epidemiology
3 shared papers, latest 2019
Russell Callaghan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Ian Pike
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Benedikt Fischer
Social, Prevention and Health Policy Research
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Andrew Krahn
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Pantelis Andreou
Community Health and Epidemiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Nadine Schuurman
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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