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Kurt Lock

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Kurt Lock

Researcher

Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Data Registry Emergency Care Harm Reduction Health Services Opioid Poisoning Addictions Care Buprenorphine/Naloxone Emergency Departments

Latest papers

Widespread Take-Home Naloxone Use Averted the Majority of Potential Opioid Poisoning Deaths in British Columbia, 2019-2024: A Bayesian Modelling Study.
Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2026
Framing decriminalization: A mixed-methods study on media narratives, government resources, misinformation, and public support of British Columbia's drug decriminalization policy.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024-2025.
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2026

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Optimizing outcomes for patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid poisoning
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,526,175
Optimizing outcomes for patients presenting to emergency departments with opioid poisoning
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Drug decriminalization in British Columbia: An equity-oriented qualitative research project
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$439,874

All 8 grants and awards

33 publications.

Widespread Take-Home Naloxone Use Averted the Majority of Potential Opioid Poisoning Deaths in British Columbia, 2019-2024: A Bayesian Modelling Study.

Irvine MA, Ge W, Liu L, Williams S, Lock K, Palis H, Kinniburgh B

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making2026

DOI: 10.1177/0272989x261436841 PMID: 42012358

Framing decriminalization: A mixed-methods study on media narratives, government resources, misinformation, and public support of British Columbia's drug decriminalization policy.

Ali F, Chellew Paternostro S, Imtiaz S, Russell C, Asbridge M, Degenhardt L, Hyshka E, Lock K, Socias ME, Werb D, Rehm J

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105123 PMID: 41475158

Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024-2025.

Ali F, Russell C, Henderson I, Elton-Marshall T, Lock K, Patenaude S, Shahin R, Smith W, Rehm J, Imtiaz S

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2026

DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2026.2612977 PMID: 41642840

Responding to an evolving crisis: Meeting the needs of a growing population who smoke their unregulated substances.

Xavier JC, Burmeister C, Henderson I, Rufus-Sedgemore KO, Streukens A, Lock K, Iammarino S, Williams S, Crabtree A, Palis H

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01046-0 PMID: 40346421

'This is PEEP' participatory qualitative study: learning from a provincial consultation and advisory group of people with lived and living experience of substance use in British Columbia, Canada.

Daowd K, Lock K, Danaei A, Burmeister C, Choisil P, Haywood E, Henderson I, Lamb J, McDougall J, Sedgemore K, Buxton JA

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085183 PMID: 39515850

Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Urbanoski KA, van Roode T, Selfridge M, Hogan KC, Fraser J, Lock K, McGreevy PB, Burmeister C, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Nosyk B, Pauly B

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-024-00625-7 PMID: 39285270

Navigating the nexus between British Columbia's public consumption and decriminalization policies of illegal drugs.

Ali F, Law J, Russell C, Crépault JF, Goulão JC, Lock K, Rehm J

Health research policy and systems2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01150-6 PMID: 38783308

Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study.

Ferguson M, Choisil P, Lamb J, Burmeister C, Newman C, Lock K, Tobias S, Liu L, Buxton JA

Harm reduction journal2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00912-9 PMID: 38093272

The Impact of Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT) on Involvement in Criminalized Activities: A Secondary Analysis from a Clinical Trial in Vancouver, BC.

Dobischok S, Guh D, Marchand K, MacDonald S, Lock K, Harrison S, Lajeunesse J, Schechter MT, Oviedo-Joekes E

Substance abuse and rehabilitation2023

DOI: 10.2147/sar.s438451 PMID: 38026787

Doing community-based research during dual public health emergencies (COVID and overdose).

Beck McGreevy P, Wood S, Thomson E, Burmeister C, Spence H, Pelletier J, Giesinger W, McDougall J, McLeod R, Hutchison A, Lock K, Norton A, Barker B, Urbanoski K, Slaunwhite A, Nosyk B, Pauly B

Harm reduction journal2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00852-4 PMID: 37715202

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

Drug decriminalization in British Columbia: An equity-oriented qualitative research project

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Greer, Alissa

Keywords: Decriminalization; Drug Policy; Health Equity; Health Systems; Policing; Qualitative; Social Determinants Of Health

$439,874

Program of Outcomes Research on Treatment with Injectables for Addiction: Accessibility Needs and Tangible Actions

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia

Keywords: Accessibility; Disability; Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment; Opioid Use Disorder; Opioid-Dependence; Providers

$100,000

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

Principal 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

Estimating the value and long-term impact of implementing Risk Mitigation Guidance to reduce the harms of substance use disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A simulation modeling analysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nosyk, Bohdan P; Irvine, Michael A; Krebs, Emmanuel; Slaunwhite, Amanda K

Keywords: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Economic Modeling; Harm Reduction; Opioid Use Disorder; Overdose; Risk Mitigation Guidance; Service Systems; Simulation Modeling; Substance Use

$925,650

A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Barker, Brittany M; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Pauly, Bernadette M; Slaunwhite, Amanda K

Keywords: Epidemiology; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Indigenous Health; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Safer Supply; Substance Use

$2,050,200

A mixed methods evaluation of risk mitigation measures to address the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and overdose

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Slaunwhite, Amanda K; Hongdilokkul, Natt; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Pauly, Bernadette M; Urbanoski, Karen A

Keywords: Epidemiology; Health Policy; Infectious Diseases; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Pandemic Response; Public Health; Substance Use

$777,439

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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Kurt Lock

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Widespread Take-Home Naloxone Use Averted the Majority of Potential Opioid Poisoning Deaths in British Columbia, 2019-2024: A Bayesian Modelling Study.

Framing decriminalization: A mixed-methods study on media narratives, government resources, misinformation, and public support of British Columbia's drug decriminalization policy.

Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024-2025.

Responding to an evolving crisis: Meeting the needs of a growing population who smoke their unregulated substances.

'This is PEEP' participatory qualitative study: learning from a provincial consultation and advisory group of people with lived and living experience of substance use in British Columbia, Canada.

Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Navigating the nexus between British Columbia's public consumption and decriminalization policies of illegal drugs.

Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study.

The Impact of Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT) on Involvement in Criminalized Activities: A Secondary Analysis from a Clinical Trial in Vancouver, BC.

Doing community-based research during dual public health emergencies (COVID and overdose).

Frequent collaborators

Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes

Kirsten Marchand

Heather Palis

Scott Harrison

Amanda Slaunwhite

Farihah Ali

Bohdan Nosyk

Mathew Fleury

Karen Urbanoski

Bohdan Nosyk

Kali-olt Sedgemore

Tara Elton-Marshall

Brittany Barker

Rita Shahin

Brittany Barker

Mohammad Karamouzian

Natt Hongdilokkul

Bernadette Pauly

Martin Schechter

Karen Urbanoski

Bernadette Pauly

Mark Asbridge

Jill Chettiar

David Byres

Elaine Hyshka