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John Oliffe

ResearcherNursingUniversity of British Columbia

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John Oliffe

Researcher

Nursing

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.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (10 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Crc Depression And Suicide Gender Masculinities Men'S Health Prostate Cancer Support Groups Smoking Behaviour

Latest papers

Validation of Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Assessment on Sexual Health for Men Who Have Sex With Men (COMPASS).
JU open plus · 2026
Romantic relationship challenges and young men's mental health in Canadian-based undergraduate university students.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025
"Put your personality into the call": A qualitative interview study illuminating strategies for improving men's engagement on crisis helplines.
BMC public health · 2024

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Co-Creating and Amplifying Patient Perspectives to Transform Recovery (CAPTURE) after Critical Illness: Peer-Facilitated Online Group Photovoice
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$371,024
The Gendered Dimensions of Men's Post-Prostatectomy Experiences
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Online Participatory Digital Storytelling for People with Endometriosis: Investigating Therapeutic Potential, Authentic Portrayal, and Knowledge Translation
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$455,176

All 38 grants and awards

39 publications.

Validation of Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Assessment on Sexual Health for Men Who Have Sex With Men (COMPASS).

Lee TK, Wassersug RJ, Dowsett GW, Oliffe J, Mittledorf D, Wibowo E

JU open plus2026

DOI: 10.1097/ju9.0000000000000510 PMID: 42781078

Romantic relationship challenges and young men's mental health in Canadian-based undergraduate university students.

Sharp P, Oliffe J, Kealy D, Rice S, Seidler Z, Ogrodniczuk JS

Journal of American college health : J of ACH2025

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2472196 PMID: 40262272

"Put your personality into the call": A qualitative interview study illuminating strategies for improving men's engagement on crisis helplines.

Trail K, O'Gorman K, Seidler Z, Oliffe J, Hunt T, Rice S

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19242-x PMID: 38937734

Engaging Mozambican men in a couple-based therapy to reduce intimate partner violence and improve mental health: Community stakeholders' perspectives.

Mootz JJ, Dos Santos PF, Dos Santos K, Stith S, Wainberg ML, Oliffe J

SSM. Mental health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2024.100297 PMID: 39055238

Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality.

Handlovsky I, Ferlatte O, Kia H, Knight R, Broom A, Oliffe J

Sociology of health & illness2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13500 PMID: 35614527

'We're welcomed into people's homes every day' versus 'we're the people that come and arrest you': The relational production of masculinities and vulnerabilities among male first responders.

Linceviciute S, Ridge D, Gautier C, Broom A, Oliffe J, Dando C

Sociology of health & illness2022

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13481 PMID: 35590482

Suicide by hanging: A scoping review.

Sabrinskas R, Hamilton B, Daniel C, Oliffe J

International journal of mental health nursing2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/inm.12956 PMID: 34825469

Reconciling relationships with physical activity: a qualitative study of women's postnatal physical activity decision-making.

Liva SJ, Hall WA, Oliffe J

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03537-z PMID: 33494715

Gender norms and the mental health of boys and young men.

Rice S, Oliffe J, Seidler Z, Borschmann R, Pirkis J, Reavley N, Patton G

The Lancet. Public health2021

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00138-9 PMID: 34332667

How men step back - and recover - from suicide attempts: A relational and gendered account.

Ridge D, Smith H, Fixsen A, Broom A, Oliffe J

Sociology of health & illness2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13216 PMID: 33151571

Co-Creating and Amplifying Patient Perspectives to Transform Recovery (CAPTURE) after Critical Illness: Peer-Facilitated Online Group Photovoice

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Howard, Amanda F; haljan, gregory; Istanboulian, Laura

Keywords: Arts-Based Health Research; Critical Illness Recovery; Family Caregivers; Knowledge Translation; Participatory Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Photovoice; Post-Intensive Care Syndrome; Psychosocial Health; Qualitative Research

$371,024

The Gendered Dimensions of Men's Post-Prostatectomy Experiences

SupervisorCIHR2025Doctoral Re. Award - PA: Sex, Gender and Intersectionality in Health Research

Principal investigators: Chan, Christy

Keywords: Experiences With Healthcare Services; Gender Relations; Intimate Partner Relationships; Masculinities; Mental Health; Peer Support; Post-Prostatectomy; Prostate Cancer

$120,000

Online Participatory Digital Storytelling for People with Endometriosis: Investigating Therapeutic Potential, Authentic Portrayal, and Knowledge Translation

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Howard, Amanda F; Pukall, Caroline F; Yong, Paul

Keywords: Arts-Based Health Research; Chronic Pelvic Pain; Digital Storytelling; Endometriosis; Knowledge Translation; Participatory Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Psychosocial Health; Qualitative Research; Stigma

$455,176

Establishing a research collaboration to improve health outcomes associated with homelessness among 2SLGBTQ+ youth across British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Goodyear, Trevor H; Chayama, Koharu; Knight, Rodney E

Keywords: 2slgbtq+; Coalition Building; Community-Based Research; Homelessness; Housing; Population And Public Health; Research Priority Setting; Scoping Review; Social Determinants Of Health; Youth

$19,528

The BuddyUp mental health e-intervention: Engaging men through social connection and mutual help

SupervisorCIHR2021CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Sharp, Paul

Keywords: E-Intervention; Masculinities; Men'S Health; Mental Health; Mutual Help; Physical Activity; Qualitative Interviews; Self-Report Survey; Social Connection

$135,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2019Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Oliffe, John L

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Threading gender to a suicide prevention program targeting Canadian Inuit male youth

SupervisorCIHR2017CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Affleck, William P

Keywords: Gender And Health; Gender And Mental Health; Indigenous Mental Health; Indigenous Suicide; Inuit Mental Health; Suicide

$90,000

Addressing sexual- and drug-related HIV risk among young gay, bisexual and other MSM

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: HIV Implementation Science - Component 2

Principal investigators: Shoveller, Jeannie A; Knight, Rodney E

Keywords: Gay, Bisexual And Other Men Who Have Sex With Men; Hiv/Aids; Implementation Science; Intervention Research; Mixed Methods; Program Science; Sexualized Use Of Substances; Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections; Substance Use; Youth Health

$1,999,999

Socio-cultural Contexts and Young Men's Sexual Lives

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shoveller, Jeannie A

Keywords: Femininities; Gender Regimes; Masculinities; Socio-Cultural Influences On Health; Stbbi/Hiv; Young Men'S Sexual Health

$573,375

Interventions to Address HIV and other STBBI Among Young MSM

Co-investigatorCIHR2015HIV Implementation Science - Component 1

Principal investigators: Shoveller, Jeannie A; Knight, Rodney E

Keywords: Hiv; Implementation Science; Masculinities; Stbbi; Young Msm

$149,999

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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John Oliffe

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Validation of Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Assessment on Sexual Health for Men Who Have Sex With Men (COMPASS).

Romantic relationship challenges and young men's mental health in Canadian-based undergraduate university students.

"Put your personality into the call": A qualitative interview study illuminating strategies for improving men's engagement on crisis helplines.

Engaging Mozambican men in a couple-based therapy to reduce intimate partner violence and improve mental health: Community stakeholders' perspectives.

Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality.

'We're welcomed into people's homes every day' versus 'we're the people that come and arrest you': The relational production of masculinities and vulnerabilities among male first responders.

Suicide by hanging: A scoping review.

Reconciling relationships with physical activity: a qualitative study of women's postnatal physical activity decision-making.

Gender norms and the mental health of boys and young men.

How men step back - and recover - from suicide attempts: A relational and gendered account.

Co-Creating and Amplifying Patient Perspectives to Transform Recovery (CAPTURE) after Critical Illness: Peer-Facilitated Online Group Photovoice

The Gendered Dimensions of Men's Post-Prostatectomy Experiences

Online Participatory Digital Storytelling for People with Endometriosis: Investigating Therapeutic Potential, Authentic Portrayal, and Knowledge Translation

Establishing a research collaboration to improve health outcomes associated with homelessness among 2SLGBTQ+ youth across British Columbia

The BuddyUp mental health e-intervention: Engaging men through social connection and mutual help

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Threading gender to a suicide prevention program targeting Canadian Inuit male youth

Addressing sexual- and drug-related HIV risk among young gay, bisexual and other MSM

Socio-cultural Contexts and Young Men's Sexual Lives

Interventions to Address HIV and other STBBI Among Young MSM

Frequent collaborators

Chris Atchison

Anne Klassen

Sally Thorne

Elizabeth Saewyc

Jane Buxton

Steve Mathias

Alison Phinney

Olivier Ferlatte

Anthony Cooper

Noémi Dahan-Oliel

Ingrid Handlovsky

Ruth Martin