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Kathryn Dong

ResearcherUniversity of Alberta

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Kathryn Dong

Researcher

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Community-Engaged Research Compulsory Drug Treatment Focused Ethnography Illegal Drug Use Structural Vulnerability Addiction Medicine Administrative Health Data Covid-19

Latest papers

Just the facts: identifying and managing opioid use disorder in the emergency department.
CJEM · 2026
Emergency department care of people with opioid use disorder and people at risk of opioid-related harms: time for evidence-based national guidelines and system-wide changes.
CJEM · 2026 · senior author
Comparison of iloprost therapy versus non-iloprost therapy for severe frostbite: a retrospective cohort study of two Canadian cities.
BMJ open · 2026

All 49 publications

Latest funding

Expanding compulsory drug treatment in Alberta: Perspectives of people who use drugs and healthcare providers
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Development of a Planning Summit to Launch the Peer Engagement and EmpoweRment in Emergency Departments Research Network (PEER-ED Research Network)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$49,145
Optimizing outcomes for patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid poisoning
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,526,175

All 16 grants and awards

49 publications.

Just the facts: identifying and managing opioid use disorder in the emergency department.

Miles I, Dong K, Koh JJ

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01163-w PMID: 41931202

Emergency department care of people with opioid use disorder and people at risk of opioid-related harms: time for evidence-based national guidelines and system-wide changes.

Koh JJ, Moe J, Kestler A, Miles I, Hulme J, Li H, Ali S, Orkin AM, Gupta S, Dong K

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01125-2 PMID: 41721190

Comparison of iloprost therapy versus non-iloprost therapy for severe frostbite: a retrospective cohort study of two Canadian cities.

O'Dochartaigh D, Douma MJ, Picard C, Violato E, Poole A, Gauthier J, Armour A, Tiwana D, Harrigan T, Gabriel V, Brown J, Ghosh SM, MacNairn I, Khangura J, Boucher H, Robinson L, Watt L, Van Nest J, Bown JL, Mageau A, Crooks S, Efegoma Y, Byrnes K, Middleton S, Hayward J, Whiteside B, Dong K, Hyshka E, Zakhary M, Maclean S

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110475 PMID: 42150831

Development of a Canadian emergency department checklist to improve care for people who use opioids: a modified Delphi study.

Kleiner BB, Dong K, Kaczorowski J, Orkin A, Daoust R, Kestler A

CJEM2026

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01167-6 PMID: 42065805

Launch of a CJEM Equity Collection: a commitment and a call to action.

Khangura JK, McLane P, Dong K

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-026-01131-4 PMID: 41865361

Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids.

Gehring ND, Weicker SA, Hyshka E, Lail P, Mrochuk M, Rittenbach K, Speed KA, Salvalaggio G, Harvey G, Twan S, Dong K

CJEM2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-01042-w PMID: 41217727

Temporal trends in emergency department opioid prescribing and related harms in Alberta, Canada: A population-based cohort study.

Hayward J, Li H, Holodinsky J, Dong K, Innes G

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01182-1 PMID: 41870872

Co-creating health system innovation with people who use drugs.

McBeth R, Sandberg C, Varewny V, Piggott B, Ajani A, Auger S, Campbell-Scherer D, Dong K, Hyshka E, Srinivasan C, Twan S, Umpherville L, Salvalaggio G

Harm reduction journal2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01326-5 PMID: 41126202

The relationship between COVID-19 and opioid-related emergency department visits in Alberta, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis.

Speed KA, Bwala H, Gehring ND, Ahmed M, Dong K, Lail P, Twan S, Harvey G, McLane P, Salvalaggio G, Wild TC, Dmitrienko K, Hathaway J, Hyshka E

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2025

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.45.9.01 PMID: 40960730

Population-level individualized prospective prediction of opioid overdose using machine learning.

Liu YS, Pierce DV, Metes D, Song Y, Kiyang L, Wang M, Dong K, Eurich DT, Patten S, Greiner R, Zhang Y, Hayward J, Greenshaw A, Cao B

Molecular psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-02992-4 PMID: 40229401

Expanding compulsory drug treatment in Alberta: Perspectives of people who use drugs and healthcare providers

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research - POR equity-focused

Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine; Dong, Kathryn A; Salvalaggio, Ginetta L; Twan, Shanell

Keywords: Community-Engaged Research; Compulsory Drug Treatment; Focused Ethnography; Illegal Drug Use; Structural Vulnerability

$200,000

Development of a Planning Summit to Launch the Peer Engagement and EmpoweRment in Emergency Departments Research Network (PEER-ED Research Network)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Hulme, Jennifer

Keywords: Diversity And Inclusion; Emergency Medicine; Evaluation Framework; Health Equity; Indigenous Health; Marginalized Populations; Patient-Centred Care; Peer Support; People With Lived Experience; Social Determinants Of Health

$49,145

Optimizing outcomes for patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid poisoning

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hohl, Corinne M; Archambault, Patrick; Brooks, Steven C; Chandra, Kavish; Daoust, Raoul; Dong, Kathryn A; Fok, Patrick T; Grunau, Brian E; Kestler, Andrew; Lock, Kurt; Lysyshyn, Mark; McRae, Andrew D; Moe, Jessica; Morrison, Laurie J; Orkin, Aaron M; Perry, Jeffrey J; Rosychuk, Rhonda J; Stone-McLean, Jordan

Keywords: Addictions Care; Data Registry; Emergency Care; Harm Reduction; Health Services; Opioid Poisoning

$1,526,175

Optimizing outcomes for patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid poisoning

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Hohl, Corinne M; Archambault, Patrick; Brooks, Steven C; Chandra, Kavish; Daoust, Raoul; Dong, Kathryn A; Fok, Patrick T; Grunau, Brian E; Jelic, Tomislav; Kestler, Andrew; Lock, Kurt; Lysyshyn, Mark; McRae, Andrew D; Moe, Jessica; Morrison, Laurie J; Olszynski, Paul A; Orkin, Aaron M; Perry, Jeffrey J; Rosychuk, Rhonda J; Stone-McLean, Jordan

Keywords: Data Registry; Emergency Care; Harm Reduction; Health Services; Opioid Poisoning

$100,000

Addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs through health system innovation

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant - Health System Stream

Principal investigators: The Boyle Street Service Society, .; Taylor, Marliss L; Twan, Shanell; Umpherville, Les; Salvalaggio, Ginetta L

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Pandemic Recovery; Patient-Oriented Research; People Who Use Drugs

$194,369

Evaluating the impact of a novel acute care-based supervised injection service on patient outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine

Keywords: Acute Care; Community-Engaged Research; Health Services Research; Injection Drug Use; Population Health; Supervised Consumption Services

$661,726

Evaluating Microdosing in Emergency Departments: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Microdosing vs. Standard Dosing (EMED Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Moe, Jessica; Carter, Connie I; Davison, Carolyn; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Lock, Kurt; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Slaunwhite, Amanda K; Wong, Hubert H

Keywords: Buprenorphine/Naloxone; Emergency Departments; Opioid-Related Disorders; Randomized Controlled Trial

$1,184,681

Impact of Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing on Health Outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Innes, Grant D; Hayward, Jake; Rosychuk, Rhonda J

Keywords: Addiction; Emergency; Opioid Analgesics; Outcomes; Pain Management; Substance Use Disorder

$149,176

Responding to dual public health crises in the Emergency Department: Advancing patient-centered care for people who use opioids during COVID-19

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine; Dong, Kathryn A

Keywords: Addiction Medicine; Administrative Health Data; Covid-19; Emergency Department; Naloxone; Opioid Agonist Treatment; Opioid Use Disorder; Overdose; Patient-Oriented Research; Qualitative Research

$196,366

Implementing supervised consumption services in acute care: Evaluating a novel opioid crisis intervention

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Evaluation of Interventions to Address the Opioid Crisis

Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine; Dong, Kathryn A; Salvalaggio, Ginetta L

Keywords: Acute Care; Evaluation; Harm Reduction; Injection Drug Use; Opioid Use; Qualitative Interviews; Supervised Consumption Service

$99,996

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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Kathryn Dong

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Just the facts: identifying and managing opioid use disorder in the emergency department.

Emergency department care of people with opioid use disorder and people at risk of opioid-related harms: time for evidence-based national guidelines and system-wide changes.

Comparison of iloprost therapy versus non-iloprost therapy for severe frostbite: a retrospective cohort study of two Canadian cities.

Development of a Canadian emergency department checklist to improve care for people who use opioids: a modified Delphi study.

Launch of a CJEM Equity Collection: a commitment and a call to action.

Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids.

Temporal trends in emergency department opioid prescribing and related harms in Alberta, Canada: A population-based cohort study.

Co-creating health system innovation with people who use drugs.

The relationship between COVID-19 and opioid-related emergency department visits in Alberta, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis.

Population-level individualized prospective prediction of opioid overdose using machine learning.

Frequent collaborators

Elaine Hyshka

Jessica Moe

Ginetta Salvalaggio

Andrew Kestler

Samina Ali

Jake Hayward

Shanell Twan

Johanna Trimble

Raoul Daoust

Eric Grafstein

Frank Scheuermeyer

Emma Garrod

Lisa Hartling

Marliss Taylor

Patrick McLane

Gillian Harvey

Yanbo Zhang

Bo Cao

Rebecca Gokiert

John Muscedere

Cheyenne Johnson

Seonaid Nolan

Henry Li

Aaron Orkin

Jennifer Gratrix

Janki Shankar

Jennifer Hulme

Janusz Kaczorowski

Jane Buxton

Scott Patten

Kathryn Chan

Hance Clarke

Jessalyn Holodinsky

James Downar

Denise Campbell-Scherer

Ian Colman

Bernadette Pauly

Liana Urichuk

Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox

Keith Ahamad