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Kali-olt Sedgemore

ResearcherSchool of NursingUniversity of British Columbia

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Kali-olt Sedgemore

Researcher

School of Nursing

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Health Equity Overdose Policy Qualitative Social Determinants Of Health Structural Determinants Of Health Substance Use Youth

Latest papers

Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026
Trends of incident stimulant use disorder diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia (2013-2024): a population-based study.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026
Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.
The International journal on drug policy · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Thrive: CBR Team Grant to Strengthen STBBI-Related Health Equity for People Who Use Drugs including those who Have Experienced Incarceration in Small to Medium Urban, Rural and Remote Communities in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Thrive: CBR Team Grant to Strengthen STBBI-Related Health Equity for People Who Use Drugs including those who Have Experienced Incarceration in Small to Medium Urban, Rural and Remote Communities in British Columbia
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$765,620
Evaluating and addressing health impacts of drug prohibition and public use legislation among people who use drugs in Vancouver, BC
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,147,500

All 8 grants and awards

14 publications.

Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Zhao B, Hu K, Desai R, Au S, Sedgemore KO, Tardelli V, Carter A, Bach P, Schutz C, Slaunwhite A, Crabtree A, Palis H

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2026

DOI: 10.1111/add.70580 PMID: 42621749

Trends of incident stimulant use disorder diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia (2013-2024): a population-based study.

Desai R, Hu K, Zhao B, Au S, Chen X, Flynn M, Irvine M, Sbihi H, Kinniburgh B, Sedgemore KO, Marchand K, Bartlett S, Janjua N, Crabtree A, Palis H

Frontiers in psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1682481 PMID: 42179987

Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.

McAdam E, Milloy MJ, Sayre EC, Verdicchio C, Sedgemore KO, May H, Pranteau S, Corriveau D, Friesen D, Fleury M, Fast D, DeBeck K

The International journal on drug policy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105068 PMID: 41240751

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

Preferred pharmaceutical-grade opioids to reduce the use of unregulated opioids: A cross-sectional analysis among people who use unregulated opioids in Vancouver, Canada.

Speed KA, Choi J, Felicella G, Sedgemore KO, Mok WY, Milloy MJ, DeBeck K, Kerr T, Hayashi K

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104564 PMID: 39236550

Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis.

Lee-Pii K, DeBeck K, Choi J, Sedgemore KO, Kerr T, Kennedy MC

Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00849-9 PMID: 38536600

Addressing overdose risks and fatalities in public bathrooms: insights from the development of a Safer Bathroom Toolkit in British Columbia, Canada.

Gagnon M, Goodyear T, Riley S, Sedgemore KO, Leyland H

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00810-4 PMID: 37581749

Preferred stimulant safer supply and associations with methamphetamine preference among people who use stimulants in British Columbia: Findings from a 2021 cross-sectional survey.

Ferguson M, Sedgemore KO, Scow M, Choisil P, Haywood B, Xavier J, Crabtree A, Stitilis B, Liu L, Buxton JA

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104186 PMID: 37708585

Rising rates of infective endocarditis in North America: An urgent need for attention to the rapidly changing unregulated drug supply.

Palis H, Barocas JA, Moe J, Scow M, Sedgemore KO, Slaunwhite AK, Buxton JA

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104110 PMID: 37390695

Autonomy and (In)Capacity to Consent in Adolescent Substance Use Treatment and Care.

Goodyear T, Jenkins E, Knight R, Sedgemore KO, White M, Culham T, Fast D

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.10.031 PMID: 36496336

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Kali-olt Sedgemore

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Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3&#x2009;years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Trends of incident stimulant use disorder diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia (2013-2024): a population-based study.

Policing and access to harm reduction services among young people who use drugs and young Indigenous people who use drugs before and after the pilot implementation of decriminalization of personal possession.

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

Preferred pharmaceutical-grade opioids to reduce the use of unregulated opioids: A cross-sectional analysis among people who use unregulated opioids in Vancouver, Canada.

Characterizing Use of Supervised Consumption Services among Street-involved Youth and Young Adults in the Context of an Overdose Crisis.

Addressing overdose risks and fatalities in public bathrooms: insights from the development of a Safer Bathroom Toolkit in British Columbia, Canada.

Preferred stimulant safer supply and associations with methamphetamine preference among people who use stimulants in British Columbia: Findings from a 2021 cross-sectional survey.

Rising rates of infective endocarditis in North America: An urgent need for attention to the rapidly changing unregulated drug supply.

Autonomy and (In)Capacity to Consent in Adolescent Substance Use Treatment and Care.

Frequent collaborators

Heather Palis

Kora DeBeck

Amanda Slaunwhite

Danya Fast

Kanna Hayashi

Kanna Hayashi

Trevor Goodyear

Thomas Kerr

Kirsten Marchand

Marilou Gagnon

Paxton Bach

Brian Grunau

Kurt Lock

Hind Sbihi

Sofia Bartlett

Christian Schütz

Tonia Nicholls

Naveed Janjua

Emily Jenkins

Jane Buxton

Jessica Moe

Prescribed alternative stimulants among people who use unregulated stimulants: Examining the association between maximum dose reached and medication discontinuation in the first 3 years of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

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